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Charge of the climate brigade: Women and activists are suing governments for failing to protect their right to life

India, April 14 -- India's Supreme Court has, for the first time, weighed in on climate change, ruling that citizens have a right to lead a life safe from its adverse effects. The apex court was hear... Read More


The missing link in political empowerment of women

India, April 12 -- For all their stirring speeches while passing the women's reservation bill in Parliament in September last year-454 for, two against-political parties across the board have gone bac... Read More


The time of their lives: For some women age is just a number

India, April 7 -- For the first nine decades of her life, Prabhavati Bhagwati had focused on bringing up her daughters and being a supportive wife. Even after his retirement as chief justice of India... Read More


The good wife: A lesson from India's courts

India, April 1 -- She left him because, she said, he and his family were torturing her for dowry. Five years later, the husband has gone to court asking for 'restitution of conjugal rights'. In court ... Read More


The mood has changed, misogynists better behave

India, March 29 -- Candidate lists are trickling in, and seat-sharing configurations are being hammered out, but you can already smell it, that unmistakable stench of misogyny and sexism. The announc... Read More


Ee sala cup namdu: How WPL is a gamechanger for girls and sport

India, March 24 -- For Ananya Upendran, the pivotal moment came on the opening night of Women's Premier League (WPL) when Mumbai Indians beat Delhi Capitals with a last ball six by Sajeevan Sajana. T... Read More


Laapataa lady: The world has gone bonkers over the 'disappearance' of Kate Middleton

India, March 17 -- In a post AI world, rarely have images mattered as much as they do now. An innocuous-enough photograph of a mother and her three children has created a stir that is bouncing off our... Read More


Where have all the women gone? A film offers answers

India, March 15 -- The brides, veiled and dressed nearly identically in red, have been swapped. And what seems to be the starting premise of a wholesome comedy is actually a portrait of women in searc... Read More


India, we have a rape problem. What are we doing about it?

India, March 10 -- Why was she wearing ____ ?Who told her to go to _____ ?Wasn't she being too adventurous in ____? The latest horror story out of Jharkhand has inflamed social media-not so much beca... Read More


When there will be no need for a Women's Day

India, March 2 -- This is for the one who turned up for football practice, leaving her mohalla with her dupatta modestly draped over her salwar kameez to avoid neighbourhood gossip, changing to shorts... Read More