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When it comes to dealing with conventional notions of masculinity or femininity, questions like these, and many more, baffle the minds of young women and men. Living in a predominantly patriarchal society leaves little or no room for independent ...

"Mian, aap mein kuch kami hai" (Gentleman, there is something wrong with you)." Some months ago, when Kamla Bhasin, well-known feminist from Delhi, came up with this retort to Aamir Khan on his headline-grabbing tele-show Satyameva Jayate on saying ...

When protesters filled the streets of the Indian capital after the deadly rape of a young physiotherapy student on a bus last December, the government hastily appointed a committee headed by a respected judge to examine existing laws on sexual ...

Protest fury is focused on officers' slow response when the parents of the 5-year-old victim reported her missing. One activist is calling for a full-fledged safety effort on behalf of girls and women on the scale of a national literacy campaign.

font size decrease font size increase font size Rate this item (0 votes) Kabul (BNA) The second vice president Mohammad Karim Khalili in meeting with consultative association of Ghazni province here yesterday said that the people of Afghanistan ...

By Women's eNews, Swapna Majumdar NEW DELHI (WOMENSENEWS)--Women's groups here are hailing a new law, passed March 21, that stiffens punishments of sexual violence in the aftermath of the notorious gang rape last December that left a medical student ...

The Chhattisgarh government has initiated an enquiry into the mental health of Adivasi teacher Soni Sori lodged in the Jagdalpur jail to ascertain whether she should be sent to the mental asylum in Agra, according to women's rights groups. A legal ...

Kamla Bhasin and Bindia Thapar launched the Hindi version of their feminist joke book, Laughing Matters on All Fool's Day. Kanika Sharma attempts to understand the humour, women and ideology amidst giggles Mumbai The Guide Team ...

The other day at the annual Women in the World conference in New York, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton took to the stage to speak bluntly and directly about what she called a "culture of rape." She talked about the brutal rape and ...