Gender discrimination – NICKELED AND DIMED

Where are Bollywood’s Working Women?

This article examines the portrayal of women in Bollywood films, in the specific context of women’s careers. Through several archaic and sexist tropes, Bollywood keeps reinforcing the idea of a reality or at least the aspiration of a society where women either only have certain socially approved professions such as teacher or nurse or have…
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Book Review: Gendering Caste through a feminist lens by Uma Chakravarti

Caste has been made to be this ambiguous concept, painted by mainstream media and society to be almost holographic in nature. Thus a privileged individual grows up questioning if caste still exists or is it just an excuse for reservation and a term used to discredit merit? But what is caste and what does caste…
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Overturning Roe vs. Wade: The Bigger Picture

The overruling of Roe vs. Wade by SCOTUS was shocking – not only for the citizens of the United States but also for the people across the globe. Gender Rights activists have put this as – “robbing women of their basic rights and bodily autonomy”. In this article, the authors looked at the effects of…
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Hijab Ban and the Political Apathy of the Indian Middle-class

There was no popular, long-drawn public outrage, protests or even discussion among the common middle classes, otherwise known as the backbone of all political protests and dissent against the State. Is this political apathy of the middle classes just an unconscious act of self-preservation and general lethargy or an active set of practices based on…
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Abortion Ban: Pushing Back Decades of Activism

This article dwells into the ongoing ‘pro-choice’ and ‘anti-choice’ debate while laying special emphasis on the draft opinion belonging to the American Supreme Court which was leaked. Even though the judgement overturning the ‘Roe v Wade’ has been passed, it might have serious effects on the right to abortion which is the basic reproductive right…
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ARE COURTS LEGALISING MARITAL RAPE THROUGH RESTITUTION OF CONJUGAL RIGHTS?

This provision has done more harm than good, and the following piece aims at exploring how so by revolving around its archaic origin and its disproportionate effects on women. This piece also covers how RCR is violative of the Right to Equality, Right to Freedom, Right to Privacy, and Right to life and liberty.
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Bridging the Covid-19 Amplified Gender Digital Divide

Gender discrimination against women in the digital ecosystem has had many harmful ramifications, further amplified due to COVID. This article explores the causes and consequences of this divide and, most importantly, the solutions to bridge it through effective policies and measures to empower women both economically and socially.
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Closing the Gender Pay Gap in Sports: Examining the Gender-based Wage Discrimination Across Sports

Between particular sports, there are vast discrepancies in pay for men and women, ranging from tennis, where pay is comparable in terms of winnings, to cricket, football, and hockey where the pay gap is a minimum of 10-folds.
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Women, Property Rights and the Many Failures of The Hindu Succession Act

There are many women who still do not assert their inheritance rights, resulting in the persistence of male control over family property.
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Martial Rape — Culture Over Consent

In India marital rape, not only remains decriminalized, but is indicative of an even larger problem. That the crime is not even seen as one. This article analyses whether the Indian legislature and judiciary are progressing or if they remain stuck in the age-old view of marriage and its sanctity.
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Women and property rights: Evolution of Hindu Succession Rights over years

This article attempts to trace a much larger trajectory of succession laws in India pertaining to Hindus, right from the ancient time to the colonial times and to the post-independence era.
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Sexual Violence, Military Impunity, and Women Resistance: The Case of Kashmir – II

After introducing the basic themes encircling Kashmiri Feminism in the first article, the second article of this series draws attention to the grave sexual violence and abuse committed against the Kashmiri women. This article aims to, first, underline the culture of impunity enjoyed by the Indian Armed forces and, second, show the impact of military…
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