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Tuesday, November 11, 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.

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The govt’s ‘fix’ to speed up insolvency could add at least a year to the process

The proposed amendment to the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code aims to reduce timelines and provide for a mechanism that involves minimal interaction with the court. It fails on both counts.

No more text-heavy ads, wider scope of services—ICAI’s ethics code overhaul to promote Indian CA firms

Open to public feedback until 26 November, the revised guidelines, among other changes, give CA firms more flexibility to advertise & promote their services.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.