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Case study of the Genocide Convention amongst Nagorno-Karabakh

This article will focus on the recent Russian-brokered ceasefire between Armenia and Azerbaijan 27th September 2020 – 20th November 2020 which halted fighting over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh territory where long-standing hostilities re-erupted on Sept. 27. It will also highlight the claims of Genocide between the two nations and briefly analyse if India is abiding by…
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The US Bidin’ its Time on the Trans-Pacific Partnership

This article looks closely at the TPP and provides an insight into its economic and strategic importance to the US. It analyses the deal in some detail, offering a succinct commentary on the overarching effect this can have in determining the result of the ongoing US-China power tussle. It also connects it to the contemporary…
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The claim of Residence Order under Section 19 of the Domestic Violence Act

This article focuses on how a wife is entitled to claim the right of residency which belongs to her husband and the husbands’ relatives, overruling the judgment of ‘S.R. Batra vs Taruna Batra’.
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G-20 Summit 2020: A Win for Saudi, Loss for Human Rights

This article talks about the recent G-20 Summit held in Saudi Arabia on 21st-22nd November 2020, its impact on the global standing of Saudi, and the sidelining of human rights violations committed by the country.
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Evaluating the impact of the IBC (2016) on Corporate Governance & the Economy

Bad loans and non-performing assets (NPAs) are increasingly becoming a major problem for the banking sector of India. The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code of 2016 was implemented by the RBI to help banks cope with the losses of these NPAs. Let us take a look at the full picture and understand why this reactionary policy…
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Violence Against Rural Women in Relation to Land Rights

According to WHO, one in three women worldwide has experienced physical or/and sexual violence. However, Violence against women does not only entail physical or sexual violence but, takes many other forms such as psychological violence, or economical violence that is often overlooked. In this podcast, Dr. Soma and Ms. Poonam would draw the listener’s attention…
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Understanding Domestic Abuse Signs, Responses & The Way Forward

PAIGAM Network and Sangh Collective, in conversation with Urvashi Batalia, discussed the issue of the rise in domestic abuse cases as a result of lockdown in India. The COVID-19 pandemic brought the whole world to a halt and forced everyone to lock up and stay home. While this was the only solution available to prevent…
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Sexual Violence Against Dalit Women and the Pattern of Impunity

In this Samvaad discussion, Dr. Sowjanya Thamalpakula from the Tata Institute of Social Sciences guides us through the sexual violence committed against Dalit women and the pattern of impunity one can observe. She starts with discussing the Nirbhaya case that happened in 2012. In the process, she discusses in length of what might have actually…
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Structural Gender Based Violence: Women and Workplace

In conversation with Dr. Albeena Shakil. Q. Constitutional laws on the prevention of women’s harassment, in principle, with regards to their treatment in the workplace exist within India, such as the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act. Despite existing, there is a lack of proper implementation, and a plethora of…
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Deconstructing the Treatment of Women as Property

Engagement of women in active paid employment has increased more than tenfold in the past century in the United States. Much of it can be attributed to the feminist propaganda spread by the government to keep the economy of the county afloat while all able bodied men were deployed on the front in the European…
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The Role of the Civil Society: Changing Social Prejudices.

Tanya Malik. The focus of the Streedhan Association of Women’s Development is on educational intervention and social advocacy. Prior to this, I worked with an organisation in Mumbai, which dealt with women who face domestic violence in Maharashtra. What I realised with my experience, is that there is an immense knowledge gap when it comes…
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BOOK REVIEW: ‘HINDU RULERS, MUSLIM SUBJECTS’ BY DR. MRIDU RAI

Much of the history of Jammu and Kashmir has been written from the lens of ongoing territorial conflict between the nations of India and Pakistan. Within such a narrative a complex story of the Princely past of the state gets lost and we tend to forget the territorial limits of Indian nationalism as it existed.…
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