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Saturday, November 2, 2024
TopicGender discrimination

Topic: Gender discrimination

India probes Netflix’s business practices amid allegations of visa violations, racial discrimination

Netflix's former India director of business and legal affairs, Nandini Mehta, said she is suing Netflix in the US for alleged wrongful termination, racial & gender discrimination.

Fixing gender insensitivity in HCs needs more than a SC handbook. Let’s begin with judges

Despite the Supreme Court’s handbook on combating gender stereotypes, high court judges refuse to learn and continue to pronounce extremely gender-insensitive judgments.

‘Marriage can’t take away identity’: SC order scrapping ‘discriminatory’ tax law for Sikkim women

Women are 'not chattel' said SC bench, adding that there was 'no justification shown' to exclude women married to non-Sikkimese from tax relief rule & that it violated basic rights.

How Indian schools are failing trans & non-binary teachers — ‘accepted only on the surface’

Earlier this month, trans teacher Jane Kaushik said that a UP school fired her because of her gender identity. Her struggles echo those of other non-gender-conforming educators.

Do laws divide Indian women based on marital status? Supreme Court has key cases coming up

Recent judgement of the Supreme Court regarding reproductive autonomy of unmarried women has again reminded us that the journey for equal rights for women is not over.

‘Extraordinary battle’ — How Col. Leena Gurav took on the Army 12 times in court, and won

The Supreme Court is currently hearing Gurav’s thirteenth case. If she wins, she could be promoted to the rank of brigadier and be in the reckoning to head the Army’s JAG wing.

I want to tell my 13-yr-old self — opposing patriarchy, casteism is what being ‘good’ means

Campus Voice is an initiative by ThePrint where young Indians get an opportunity to express their opinions on a prevalent issue.

Covid-19 could undo progress on female genital mutilation. It needs a zero-tolerance approach

Female genital mutilation is practiced in 31 countries around the world. It affects at least 200 million girls worldwide, according to WHO.

Women are working harder and burning out. But their labour is “invisible”, new study says

Women are working harder – and getting more burned out – but their efforts are being overlooked, finds Women in the Workplace 2021 report.

‘My daughter’s studies can wait’: Covid pushes girl child out of school as family incomes drop

Education ministry data shows 35 lakh children are currently out of school, which includes those who dropped out during the pandemic.

On Camera

As a Hindu Canadian, I am deeply hurt by cancellation of Diwali. My community is now sidelined

Canada faces serious foreign interference issues, but these challenges must not be weaponized to unfairly target friendly and important allies like India.

Watch CutTheClutter: Flattening INR-USD rate, and debate on pros and cons of a ‘strong’ rupee

In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.

All about Major Bob Khathing, whose daring expedition & diplomatic parleys secured Tawang for India

The decorated Naga officer from Manipur also served as envoy to Myanmar & Nagaland chief secy. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated a museum dedicated to the Tawang hero Thursday.

Xi wanted to teach India about imbalance of power. We should take a budgetary lesson from it

While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.