Extreme measures to “protect” daughters in India
The torrent of reports of sexual attacks in India underscores the persistent vulnerability of girls and women in India, but is preventing girls from going to school or college, banning them from...
View ArticlePostcard from Brazil: A woman free in Rio, not in Delhi
Women in Delhi have learnt to be guarded, to keep up a wall, to use reputable cab services and to take pictures of licence plates on our phones and send them to friends as we board auto-rickshaws.
View ArticleChild rape victim jailed in India: A journalist’s “immunity” breaks down
I think I've heard enough of these stories to be immune, unaffected by the tale of suffering that each victim recounts in the aftermath of her sexual assault. But I am wrong -- perhaps because this...
View ArticleHow old is old enough to be jailed for gang rape and murder?
Many want the juvenile law to be amended and the age lowered from 18 to 16, saying that if a person is old enough to rape and kill, they are old enough to pay the price. But human rights activists say...
View ArticleWhy the India gang rape verdict doesn’t bring closure
While we have focused on the issue of rape and sexual violence in India over the last nine months, we have failed to see it as wider issue about the deeply-entrenched patriarchal views which lie at the...
View ArticleGender injustice: When Indian judges get it wrong
An Indian judge who called pre-marital sex "immoral" and against "the tenets of every religion" has been criticised by activists who say his remarks highlight gender insensitivity within the judiciary...
View ArticleUsing rape as an excuse for moral policing in India
The Delhi gang rape helped create greater awareness and social intolerance towards gender crimes, but it has also led to a disturbing conservative backlash which can only be described as an attempt at...
View ArticleEnding the beatings, rapes, murders: Where are India’s men?
Violence against women is widespread in India, as well as across the world. Yet, while there are many programmes focused on promoting gender equality in this largely patriarchal country, few of them...
View ArticleFrom the sickening to the bizarre, Indian politicians still don’t get rape
The discussion on rape has brought to surface the deep-rooted patriarchal and misogynist attitudes that exist in the higher echelons of political power - among those who have the ability to forge laws...
View ArticleIndia’s greed for dowries lies at heart of many abuses against women
The illegal custom of dowry has been exploited over the years so much that today it is directly responsible for the death of a woman every hour, and the mental and physical torture of countless others.
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