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Tuesday, March 26, 2024
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Topic: Women

Women’s pleasure not precaution — Indian condom ads have become better over the years

They started with family planning and gradually evolved to show safe sex and now talk about female pleasure. Good to see ads where the woman is not a placeholder or overly sexualised.

Wikipedia needs more women. And India can help bridge this gender gap

Last year, about 100 women contributors in the Wikimedia movement and thought leaders from 30 countries came together in India as part of a global conference, 'WikiWomen Camp 2023'.

Draft policy on disability to have dedicated chapter on women, provision for early detection centres

This is to ensure that more women with disabilities get benefits of various govt schemes. Activists, experts appreciate the initiative, but also urge govt to fast-track implementation.

Sindoor, ghoonghat & grit: A day with UP’s ‘Green Army’ & their campaign to school abusive husbands

The women, many of them from Dalit & tribal communities, are easily recognisable in their green sarees. Their aim is to use non-violent methods to help those facing domestic abuse.

Women were equal to men in early Aryan culture. It changed when they settled on Ganga plains

In ‘The Future in The Past’, historian Romila Thapar revisits Indian history and expands the narrative beyond kings, battles and territories won and lost.

What do Uorfi Javed and Captain Zoya Agarwal have in common? They know how to fight the odds

If Zoya’s motivational videos can make a huge difference to other women, Uorfi’s dare-to-bare reels will free those who shy away from expressing themselves.

Single women at work: a challenge in male-driven offices

In Lady, You're the Boss, Apurva Purohit tells us with anecdotes and examples about the peculiar barbs single women face at work.

This govt mission is changing lives of 1.74 crore women through climate-resilient agriculture

Three-fourths of the full-time workers on Indian farms are women because men move to cities. Yet, there was little attention to uplifting them and their finances.

Britain sanctions Iran’s ‘morality police’ for using violence to dictate the country’s women

Citing the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini and the subsequent protests, Britain said it had sanctioned the morality police, its Chief and the Head of the Tehran Division.

Stalkers, creepy 1 am emails, flowers – What two women judges in small towns battled

More women may be making their presence felt in the judiciary, police and administrative services, but their robes, badges and uniforms don’t deter the rampant sexism.

On Camera

Mamata Shankar stuck in Dark Ages. Gen Z showing India there’s no one way to wear a saree

In an interview with Anandabazar Patrika Shankar waxed eloquent about her many objections to the pallu not covering the bosom area of Gen Z women. She called them ‘women of the street’.

Why Tamil Nadu’s women make up nearly half of India’s female factory workforce

With an educated & skilled workforce, Tamil Nadu has a burgeoning industrial sector which has scored massive investments in automobiles, electronics, and even footwear.

Taiwan reports Chinese military activity around the island

Taiwan has detected a total of 301 Chinese military aircraft and 165 Chinese naval vessels so far in 2024.

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.