Women News

This was among the first public hearings in Delhi to centre the structural realities of Dalit women sanitation workers within outsourced labour systems.
A national gold medallist and India's only female taekwondo athlete to reach the quarterfinals of the Senior World Championships, Vaishnave has been shut out of the selection trials for the Asian Championship, the direct qualifying event for the Asian Games.
Women safai karamcharis are directed by two kinds of authority: the authority of the family, where being a woman she is compelled to do all kind of work; and social authority caste and socio-cultural norms which dictate the type of work women perform without question.
Parvathy has spent twenty years in an industry that told her she had a shelf life. She has been broke, nearly homeless, trolled, threatened with death and rape, and booed by thousands.
Domestic workers, house maids gheraoed the Cleo County society premises, raised slogans for fair wages, and in moments of intense frustration, shattered the glass door of one building.
As soon as the divorce was formalized, Pranita’s family gave her a grand welcome. Dhol and nagade beats echoed as family members, including her retired judge father, danced and celebrated.
The mother-in-law allegedly told her that the family's entire wealth had been acquired through these rituals and that all family members participate by removing their clothes and sitting nude for the puja.
Thousands of women, along with men, are involved in preparing mid-day meals for children in government schools across the state.
In emotional posts shared amid the election announcement, these women described relentless, targeted campaigns that intensified after they raised issues like women's safety, police excesses, Dalit rights, and government accountability.
In her posts, Nath stated that her security has been downgraded and drew a comparison with the recent assassination attempt on National Conference president and former Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah.
Taking on the court's observation that such pleas portray women as "inferior," the MP countered that menstruation is not a disease or weakness, but a natural biological process.
Economic ruins fueling social insecurity.
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