Sultana’s Dream: Rokeya Hossain’s feminist utopian novel recognised as ‘Memory of the World’
Ramacharitmanas by Tulsidas, Panchatantra and Sahrdayaloka Lochana by Anandavardhana also recognised by UNESCO
Miracle of birth as a nightmare: India needs urgent policies to protect women’s obstetric rights
Obstetric violence is rampant, specially in rural India
Violence against women with disabilities and older women goes unseen: WHO advocates for urgent action
Older women and women with disabilities can be extremely isolated when violence occurs, complicating their ability to seek help and report the abuse
The Woman King is more than an action movie – it shines a light on the women warriors of Benin
For some African feminists, African women have never been frail and defenceless
Investment in care services can generate 234 million jobs for women by 2035, says ILO
An annual investment of $5.4 trillion will be required to generate these jobs
Government welfare schemes slashed by half in 3 years
Women safety schemes, biodiversity, agricultural sector bear the brunt
Women’s Day 2024: Investing in women most effective way to accelerate growth, says UN Women
1 in every 10 women globally lives in extreme poverty; war & crisis eroding decades of progress in gender equality
Women’s Day 2024: Strength of a collective in a not-so-silent revolution
Kishori dals or girls’ collective that began in Odisha village is helping ensure girls’ rights
The women who appear in Dante’s ‘Divine Comedy’ are finally getting their due, 700 years later
A project regarding researching and composing Wikipedia entries on Dante’s (female) characters has doubled as advocacy
World Human Rights Day: Is an India free of witch-hunts possible
Cases of witch-branding have been reported from 12 states in India; some 2,300 ‘witches’ were murdered between 1999 and 2003
Drop ‘patriarchal, sexist’ 2-finger test from medical syllabus: Supreme Court
The two-finger test is an invasive, unscientific and regressive practice used in rape cases to gauge whether a person is sexually active or a virgin
How the American dream has treated demands for reproductive autonomy through history
Pre-1840, abortion was accessible and stigma-free for most
Half the women in sub-Saharan Africa don’t have any say on health, contraception: UN report
Less than 10% women in 3 west African countries have say on sex, family planning and healthcare