#Metoo: Director Rajkumar Hirani accused of sexual assault, denies charges
Rajkumar Hirani, director of blockbuster films like 3 Idiots, PK, and the Munna Bhai series, has been accused of sexual assault by…
Gender
Caught In The Slips
The two-match ban on Hardik Pandya does nothing to address the culture of entitlement and misogyny that runs deep in men’s cricket…
Women who entered Sabarimala unable to return home yet due to threats
Bindu Ammini and Kanakadurga, the first women to enter Sabarimala temple, are unable to return home due to threats by protesters. They…
Stop harassment of single mothers during admission in schools, Bengal child rights commission asks government to make stringent rules
After receiving several complaints from single mothers who had faced harassment during admission of their children in schools, the West Bengal Commission…
Protesting gender violence through an event showcasing essays, poetry, films and thought-provoking discussions
Humanising the world and empowering the society to find its own voice of protest to do away with gender and domestic violence…
Lessons on football and equality: a mixed gender football tournament in Kolkata
Girls versus boys? Or girls and boys? Of course, it is so much better if girls and boys play in the same…
For the right to breastfeed anywhere
I have breastfed in bank foyers, airport lounges, flights and trains, on railway platforms, at Kolkata’s Gariahat market, in my office, at…
Kolkata woman not allowed to breastfeed publicly inside South City Mall, Kolkata mothers plan “nurse-in” outside
A young woman in Kolkata faced humiliation and agony at a city mall on Sunday evening when she was denied a suitable…
Stand And Pee device for women developed by IIT-Delhi students, costs only Rs 10
Two students from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)-Delhi, have developed a “stand and pee” device for women. It was launched in Delhi…