Category: Gender and Society

By — Manushree Mahat Abstract: This article aims to examine the supposedly ‘complicated’ case of menstrual leaves in countries all around the globe, and the legislative blackhole associated with it. This article will look at the case of Karnataka in India in particular, to understand how policies of menstrual leave are taking place in India…

By — Sritha M Abstract Women’s empowerment has been central to India’s developmental goals for years, several state-level initiatives aim to solve the persistent gender inequalities in its communities through targeted interventions. Among these interventions is the Kudumbashree mission launched by the Kerala Government, aiming to alleviate poverty and empower the women of its state.…

By – Trisha Bhatnagar Abstract The state of Haryana has struggled with a long-standing cultural issue of a disproportionate gender ratio. This ratio is the result of generations of son preference and the resultant female infanticide/female feticide. This article looks at how advances in medical technology have been used for illegal sex selection. It further…

By – Siddarth Poola Abstract Gender diversity in Karnataka did not arrive with LGBTQ+ Twitter. What arrived with Twitter was a string of debates  about it. Karnataka’s history of gender variance runs through temple traditions, devotional communities, and folk practices that predate the colonial state by several centuries. This article.traces how throughout history, from pre-colonial…

By – Kadambari Chand Abstract Increasing participation of women in labour is often seen as a step leading towards empowerment. However, the relationship between labour and empowerment is far more complex than conventional development narratives. Using Uttarakhand as a case study, this article explores the feminisation of labour and managerial feminisation in reality; it discusses…

By — Anisha Jyotirmayee Abstract: Among all the Indian states, Goa is considered to be one of the top ranked states with regard to women empowerment in aspects like education, health, economic participation, decision making at home and gender indicators through NFHS-5 surveys. These data are often cited in comparisons with other Indian states, although without…

By — Manushree Mahat Abstract The article aims to contextualize how experiences of Dalit women vary significantly in the digital sphere, where both empowerment and harassment are ever-present. While some online spaces become spheres of activism, others become means through which hatred and bigotry is actively spread.  The article will examine how being a woman and…

By — Siddarth Poola Abstract Indian queer spaces like to describe themselves as “casteless,” which is roughly as believable as a landlord describing himself as anti-property. This essay is a slightly irritated, completely sincere analysis of how caste survives inside queer community by rebranding itself as desire. Dalit and Bahujan queer people are not usually…

By – Jyotsna Panicker Abstract India’s legal system has tried to protect the rights of women belonging to the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes, but it is a very hollow framework without any implementation or change in Indian society. This article examines how the intersectionality of gender and caste makes Dalit and Adivasi women…

By – Kadambari Chand Abstract The intersection of caste and gender has always been a subject of great interest for various feminist and caste scholars like Dr. B.R.Ambedkar, Uma Chakarvarti, Nivedita Menon. This article argues that everyday violence faced by women cannot be studied separately from the caste aspect of it in India.  Drawing from…

By – Sritha M Abstract This article aims to discuss how the mass hysterectomies of Dalit and Adivasi women working in Maharashtra’s sugarcane fields are not merely isolated events, but are parts of a much bigger system built on caste-gendered structural violence. In it, the state’s lack of labour protections, the profit motives of private…

By – Trisha Bhatnagar  Abstract The article aims to highlight distressing lived experiences of Dalit women, particularly in higher education institutions. It will highlight how their violence-backed struggles are more often than not rendered structurally invisible. My article analyses how Institutional Redundancy interacts with the Dalit female student experience. Crises of Dalit women in this…