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Topic: Gender

How ‘pad bank’ set up by Allahabad University students is helping slum residents junk rags

Shuruaat Pad Bank — set up in January 2021 — offers free pads to beneficiaries. It has around 300 beneficiaries from slums across Prayagraj.

I am a sexual abuse survivor. No, I am not a woman

Male sexual abuse in India is an epidemic. But we still don’t want to talk about it.

Three Indian brides who were sold spoke to me. This is their story

Mahira left her home in Assam at 14, and was ‘bought’ as a bride for Rs 8,000 by a man in Haryana. She isn’t the only one.

Hathras, Balrampur are preventable. This is what we found in our study of UP and Bihar teens

We asked over 20,000 boys and girls from UP and Bihar what they think of education, household chores, marriage and being harassed.

Why more men are dying due to Covid-19

The higher survival rate for women with Covid-19 shows why researchers should have been studying immune system sex differences years ago.

Sex education, breaking gender stereotypes in Modi govt’s new school curriculum

The ‘Health and Wellness Curriculum’ doesn’t call it ‘sex education’, but uses creative ways to teach children about adolescent health, including puberty.

‘Murder of gender justice’ — activists urge President Kovind not to sign transgender bill

Trans-rights activists say the transgender bill will lead to complete disenfranchisement of the community.

IB checks Delhi HC judge candidate’s Facebook profile for proof of sexual orientation

The Intelligence Bureau report, sent to SC collegium, says lawyer is gay and lives with his partner, who is a foreign national and could pose a security risk.

‘Even the definition is off the mark’ — why transgenders are upset with Modi govt bill

Members of the community say the Modi government’s Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill overlooks several of their grievances. 

Women aren’t better multitaskers than men – they just do more work

Using robust data to challenge these myths is important, especially given women continue to be bombarded with work, family and household tasks.

On Camera

Postcards from Hyderabad—stories Europeans told about the city

For all their colonial underpinnings, postcards from Hyderabad also inadvertently preserve a trace of local memory: a glimpse of a street, a face, a forgotten name.

Navigating Trump’s tariffs is no child’s play. Indian toymakers are losing out on orders, enquiries

Indian toymakers are now exploring new markets, but they want govt to negotiate a trade deal with US soon, introduce incentives and subsidies to make the industry more competitive.

What is Project Sudarshan Chakra, announced by Modi from ramparts of Red Fort

The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?