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Wednesday, November 12, 2025
TopicWomen's rights

Topic: Women's rights

Pakistani director shames women on TV. But the audience cheered

Khalil-ur-Rehman Qamar said that men are manufactured to cheat, and co-education distracts boys. His comments prompted an op-ed that urged the banning of his TV appearances.

An email from an AIIMS doctor changed India’s abortion debate. Heartbeat the new flashpoint

Abortion in India is protected by law, not a judgment which can be overturned at any time. There are also no religious & conscientious objection problems, which the West is facing.

Nawaz Sharif’s first speech back in Pakistan shows he’s still putting women down for votes

Politics & misogyny go hand in hand in Pakistan. Imran Khan blamed rise in sexual violence on women wearing 'very few clothes’.

Iran’s Narges Mohammadi ‘expanded geography of fighting’. Even cleric came on TV without hijab

The mass scale of the protests has dwindled, but there are still several smaller strikes and sit-ins taking place, according to journalist Rana Rahimpour.

2 men raped Bhanwari Devi for trying to stop 1992 child marriage. ‘I curse her daily,’ says bride

Many have overlooked how that 9-month-old infant-bride grew up hating Bhanwari Devi. ThePrint traced, for the first time, and spoke to that child who is today 32.

Kalakshetra ‘sexual harassment’ row: College closed till 6 April after students protest

Students demand suspension of assistant professor and 3 other senior repertory dancers. After day-long protests, college instructs hostellers to vacate, postpones exams.

5 older feminists recall what kickstarted their fight—1975 report that changed everything

Brimming with nostalgic stories, these women recalled their contribution to the 1970s women’s movement in India at an event in Delhi’s IIC.

‘Angry at your religion, your hearts of stone’ — ‘Afghan’ woman curses Taliban in viral clip

The video was shared by Afghan news channel Hasht e Subh Daily. The clip also shows a white poster on a wall behind her that says, ‘discrimination against women’.

Uniform Civil Code can be the real unifying force in India. Critics must think again

If we are to live in a truly unified and harmonious society, where each person is treated equally, accepting and enforcing a UCC is the need of the hour.

Yes, we still need a Women’s Day. But it’s not about flowers, cards or discounts

Surrounded by consumerism, Women's Day is a celebration of the 'invisible sex' and of all the invisible ways it suffers.

On Camera

BBC scandal: Britain’s elite establishment is rapidly sinking

The impact of all this upheaval is unmooring. We search for the BBC to confirm that Britain still exists and find it missing.

India’s factory data may get reality check in MoSPI’s new IIP plan, defunct factories to be dropped

MoSPI proposes to remove closed factories from IIP sample, aiming for truer picture of India’s industrial health in upcoming 2022–23 base series. Plan open to public feedback until 25 November.

‘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.