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Industries invest less in women's health. Companies invest less in female employees and pay gaps and unpaid maternity leaves are just tools to discriminate.
From all news reports, clearly, Aftab Poonawalla seems to be a psychopath, and It was a well-strategized story of domestic violence, abuse, subjugation, and a well-planned murder.
Sanna Marin, a 36 year old woman, enjoys herself in "a private party with friends, on a Sunday when nothing official was scheduled", and is trolled only because she's Finland PM?
Leeza Mangaldas talks about sex, female pleasure, consent, safety and more - a refreshing breath of air in a society that still views talking about sex as taboo.
Here's why I agree with Reshma Saujani's views about hustle culture and working mothers not being prioritised at workplaces.
The long eulogies, the abject misery and the grief that follows the trails of violence could be avoided. Most gun violence can be avoided. The man who shot at kids, or the singer who was shot at, all of it could have been avoided.
I should have a long time ago. I must now. I'll tell her – ‘bahu, ab tu busy ho ja!’ (Now you get busy). Besides, you'll be here to take care of me."
To think that money can buy you anything is as wrong as singling a woman out after her divorce because the world feels she got overcompensated.
Women in India enter into the institution of marriage not with any guarantee but just some faith, and any man who has a healthy and safe relationship with his wife would understand the gravity of the situation and welcome such a law.
Women will also get angry when they are overworked and under or unpaid. When there are unfair social structures and hierarchies. When there are unrealistic expectations.
A good girl is soft spoken, gets along well with the new family and friends, respects elders and traditions, comes from a respected family, is beautiful, and would pass on those great genes to their children.
Trigger Warning: This deals with rape /gang rape/ sexual assault/ victim blaming/ victim shaming/ assault of minors and may be triggering for survivors. Was she actually raped? Was she pregnant? Was there some other reason? Did someone slap her? Was she sick? These were the statements, rather the counter questions, of West Bengal’s CM when […]
What happens to all those women who study medicine? Where are their clinics? Where are the surgeons? Where are these doctors? Where do they go when it’s time to be practising as senior doctors at hospitals?
I suddenly felt bad how these amazing women, with all their existence and their presence, their talents and their skills, and intelligence and depth and intellect, were reduced to one part of their body.
That young black girls deserve to be seen, deserve to be heard, that there was nothing a strong woman couldn’t do, to stand tall and be proud of their identity, and where they came from.
Yes, there are chances that a man may end up with a woman who lies, just as there are endless chances a woman may end up with a man who rapes her.
A country with strong , safe, independent women is a peaceful, confident, economically sufficient, and culturally and socially rich nation.
A husband wanting to separate - why will he think of what she wants, how she feels, what she will face, how to tell the kids?
Fatherhood is very essential to the constitution of manhood in our society. But when this joy is snatched away from some men, who do they turn to?
A hard-hitting poem about women's freedom & sexual assault...
Environmentalist and writer Vandana Shiva said in an interview that the more the lands get drier and the water recedes from our lakes and rivers, the more girls will have to walk farther to fetch water.
The recent 'harmless rape joke' by a politician left me triggered but not shocked. What's also a joke is the ill-representation of women in places of power!
With wedding season there comes the societal pressures to get married. As single women, we often feel anxious about it. Here are some tips on how to tackle wedding season with optimism!
Because many women have fought for this 'privilege' before her, she has a legal right to express her opinions.
It doesn't have to be abuse. Two completely happy and compatible individuals can over time become incompatible and total strangers. It's common. It's natural. And it happens. But we hesitate to take that step.
There's a worrying gender gap in vaccination according to recently released data. Why fewer are women getting the vaccine is something to be explored.
Why should Democratic Party's Vice Presidential candidate Kamala Harris' story be so important to the modern Indian women?
Mental health awareness and dialogues are so important. In every part of the world. In every industry. In every sector. At every age. In all sections.
You can't call yourself a feminist unless you find yourself inclusive of trans women and all other women in your feminism. Ask yourself what kind of woman you are.
The world may not be the easiest place to navigate on right now. It is a very difficult place to survive in. But you if you follow these 21 signs, you will definitely survive!
After the shocking Hyderabad rape case, the Unnao case has jolted the nation. The question remains - in which corner of the country are our girls safe?
Disturbed by the recent brutal rape and murder of a young doctor in Hyderabad, the author wonders about how things came to this point, and what could possibly be done about it.
Let's not fall into the 'right age' trap because it forces us to make decisions which we might not be physically, emotionally, mentally ready to make.
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