When the clock stopped ticking…
A red coloured Maruti van parked 100 metres away. Four hefty men with bulging eyes. Stark silence, dreaded darkness. No familiar faces in sight. The time was past midnight. … a shiver ran down my...
View ArticleWe Shall Overcome
THE RAPE OF THE 23-year old medical student, Ms. Jyoti Singh Pandey, in New Delhi in December 2012 outraged many around the world. Sadly, for those of us with ties to India, this crime, as horrific...
View ArticleEvent Announcement: Panel Discussion
Reclaiming Rights: Challenging Gender-based Violence in South Asia Date and time: Wednesday, September 25, 2013; 6 to 8 pm Venue: International Development Exchange (IDEX), 333 Valencia St.,...
View ArticleThat Film After Every Film?
In times not very different from our own, there were three girls. ‘Good’ girls, all of them. They came from middle-class families. They dressed up ‘decently’ and had ‘respectable’ jobs. Almost as a...
View ArticleThe “Unspeakable Inequalities”: Gender-Neutrality and Educational Spaces
Some educational institutions in India follow a policy of gender equality, but in practice there exist subtle forms of gender power relations and a disciplining of the female body. Despite the fact...
View ArticleAtonement is Insufficient: The Rule of Law Must Prevail: NWMI Statement on...
“NWMI Demands Institutional Redress of Sexual Harassment and Assault” Recent developments at the weekly news magazine Tehelka demonstrate that media houses have a long way to go in ensuring safety for...
View ArticleOf Penance and Justice
In the January 2013 edition of Tehelka Weekly, managing editor Shoma Chaudhary severely condemned the absence of “harsh and swift punitive measures to puncture the idea of immunity” built up around the...
View Article16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence – Queer Feminist Caucus India
Queer Feminist Caucus India is hosting 16 Days of Activism against Gender Violence online. This year’s theme is militarism, and we are especially focusing on AFSPA and gender violence. We are: 1....
View ArticleOn the SC judgement on Sec 377: Statement from TISS teachers
It is with deep shock and disappointment that we received the regressive judgment of the Supreme Court dated 11-12-13, on the reading down of Section 377 of the IPC related to the rights of queer...
View ArticleGloria Steinem and Ruchira Gupta Mesmerize the Jaipur Literary Festival...
Gloria Steinem, whose powerful work has been inspiring feminists across the globe for 50 years, along with Ruchira Gupta, who founded the anti-trafficking organization Aapne Aap, led a session at the...
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