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Thursday, September 4, 2025
TopicWomen rights

Topic: Women rights

‘Last Torch’ — how two burqa-clad sisters became the voice of resistance against Afghan Taliban

Under the name ‘Last Torch’, the sisters from Afghanistan use music as a weapon to challenge harsh Taliban rule and inspire others to join their cause.

SubscriberWrites: TISS Mumbai examines the importance of Savitribai Phule’s role in contemporary times

The Ambedkarite Student’s Association at TISS Mumbai celebrated 192nd Savitribai Phule's birth anniversary on 4 January 2023, writes Vinay Damodar.

Iran banned from UN women’s rights group after US campaign

The 54-member UN Economic and Social Council adopted a US resolution to remove the Islamic Republic of Iran from the Commission on the Status of Women until 2026.

A fierce feminist, poet – how Kamini Roy broke the glass ceiling for women in the 1880s

With many firsts to her name, Kamini Roy was a trailblazer in women’s rights advocacy

Today is the last day Afghan women can take flights alone, its Virtue and Vice Ministry has ruled

Last week, the Taliban went back on its promise to allow secondary and high school girl students to continue formal education.

Eminent women’s rights activist Kamla Bhasin passes away at 75

Bhasin was a prominent voice in the women's movement in India and other South Asian countries.

A global demand for one’s place under the sun, Women’s Day is a fight not a celebration

From the women’s wall outside Sabarimala to the 'Dignity March' that cut across 24 states, a look at the women-led resistance campaigns of the past year.

Sabarimala temple, Gujarat college or PMS jokes: How Indians loathe menstruating women

Women from a college run by followers of Swaminarayan Temple in Gujarat's Bhuj were ‘paraded’ to washrooms so teachers could check if they were bleeding from their vagina.

Political parties think women are ‘weak’ candidates, but data doesn’t say so

On Women’s Political Empowerment Day, ThePrint looks at women candidature in Lok Sabha polls and what existing data tells us about their representation.

Not just a bar at Sabarimala, menstruation has got women ostracised & labelled witches

It may not be the primary argument, but the age bar at Sabarimala has often been justified as an attempt to keep out ‘impure’ menstruating women.

On Camera

Counter-insurgency is Indian military’s reality. Op Sindoor was brief flash in combat spectrum

The Chief of Defence Staff was spot on when he declared war fighting as ‘military’s bread and butter.’

GST 2.0: India streamlines indirect tax regime amid Trump tariffs & what it means for consumers

Goods and Services Tax Council paves way for a broad two-slab structure of 5% and 18% with a demerit rate of 40% for super luxury and 'sin' goods.

HAL team to visit US this month for talks on joint production of GE 414 engines

The engines are meant for Tejas Mk 2 and the first tranche of Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (AMCA).

For Indian Mercedes, Asim Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears

From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.