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Friday, March 29, 2024
TopicWomen empowerment

Topic: women empowerment

Subscriber writes poem on women empowerment

Taking inspiration from Rabindranath Tagores’ ‘Where the Mind is Without Fear’, Jayanti Sengupta Sharma writes about the shackles that hold women back

Women are living through a ‘shadow pandemic’. Covid-19 has worsened it

Recent data shows that nearly 1/4 of all girls have faced gender-based violence by the age of 19. We need survivor-centric solutions.

Transport has a gender bias problem. This is what needs to change

Transport services regularly overlook the travelling patterns and mobility needs of women, evidence shows. The World Bank is helping to rectify that.

SubscriberWrites: Women are at the forefront of Manipur’s culture and development. Time to give them their due

Women have abysmal representation in Manipur Legislative Assembly despite forming the state’s backbone in every other matter, writes Halley Nongmaithem

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.

SubscriberWrites: Women empowerment in India needs strong will and new civil discourse

Political parties should denounce their dynastic political practices to encourage women irrespective of their social and economic conditions, writes Raghavendar Askani.

SubscriberWrites: A poem to highlight the personal experience of working women in India

This composition is an attempt to stir a conversation on a woman’s basic right to make her own choices ahead of Women’s Day, writes Sangeeta Kampani.

Women are now 2/3rd of Kerala DCs but one step forward in a state steeped in patriarchy

9 of 14 district collectors in Kerala are women but experts say it is still not the turning point for state grappling with patriarchy, despite mobility on other social indices.  

Crisis centres, helpline assisted 57 lakh women in India: Smriti Irani at G20 meet

Speaking at the first-ever G20 meet on women's empowerment, the Union Minister said India firmly committed to eliminating all forms of violence and discrimination against women.

Why India’s poor WEF’s Global Gender Gap ranking isn’t part of a foreign conspiracy

In episode 715 of 'Cut the Clutter', Shekhar Gupta highlights key findings from WEF's Global Gender Gap Report and tells us why there's no global conspiracy against India.

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Oka to Nagarathna—Bombay High Court judges taking up the cudgel when faith in courts eroding

When lynching, hate speech and bulldozer politics do not speedily invite the wrath of courts, then something is wrong with the third pillar of governance.

Congress attacks chief economic advisor over statement on unemployment, asks BJP govt to ‘vacate seat’

While releasing 'India Employment Report 2024', V Anantha Nageswaran said govt can't solve 'all social, economic challenges'. Congress leader Kharge says CEA protecting 'dear leader'.

Amid plans to lift AFSPA, Army starts joint training with Jammu & Kashmir Police

In an interview with Gulistan News this week, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said the government would leave law and order to J&K Police and slowly withdraw troops.

For BJP, Kejriwal is an idea whose time has come to be destroyed

The ‘idea’ Kejriwal's politics grew around was a no-holds-barred fight against corruption. That is the reason Modi govt has now tarred him and his entire party with the same paint.