There’s outrage among women in a Kolkata-based club on “allowing” swimming during periods. Here’s why you don’t have to stay off the pool during periods.
There is nothing unhygienic about swimming during periods if you are aware how to.
Gender
Forty-seven per cent urban and 40 per cent rural adolescent girls feel unsafe in public transport, finds sample survey; more shocking facts on perception of girls’ safety in five Indian states
Other findings include negative perception about government programme for girls, women play provoke harassment/rape
Sexual violence is slowing down India’s economy, study finds
Only 27% women are employed
We are doing little to prevent the creation of toxic masculinity, our focus is more on how to fight it
Aggression and violence are not the answers to fighting sexual harassment and rape. We need inspiring words and discussions.
I decided to disclose my name and share my photograph with you: woman who was molested, assaulted two weeks ago in Kolkata for smoking, writes for The Bengal Story
Why are women afraid to talk about incidents of violence on them, when it is the molester who should be ashamed?
Woman who was molested and beaten up because she was smoking a cigarette in Kolkata, recalls the nightmare
He tried to snatch the cigarette, slapped her and beat her up
Nobel Prize In Literature cancelled this year following sexual assault allegations
The Nobel Foundation said it supported the Swedish Academy’s decision.
The Trouble With Being a Woman, and a Journalist
The Tamil Nadu Governor sparked controversy after he patted the cheek of a woman journalist in Chennai. Women journalists are either spoken to condescendingly, or…