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Supreme Court Combats Gender Stereotypes In Handbook: Banishes Words Like…
New Delhi: Supreme Court on Wednesday launched a handbook to go after gender stereotypes prejudicial to women. Words like eve-teasing, housewife, and affair may soon be out of the legal…
Child Born Out Of Wedlock ‘Can’t Be Called Illegitimate’: NCW…
New Delhi: "Children born out of non-marital relationships cannot be called illegitimate," said Rekha Sharma, a Chairperson of the National Commission for Women (NCW). Endowing dignity and…
Chennai India’s First Gender-Inclusive City; Check Details
Chennai: In a first-of-its-kind initiative in India, the efforts of an urban local body to promote gender mainstreaming and make the city a safer place for women has borne fruit.
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Supreme Court Seeks Centre’s Response On Pleas Seeking Criminalisation Of…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Monday sought the Centre’s response on a batch of petitions related to the criminalisation of marital rape. A bench led by Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud…
Taliban Bars Women From Universities In Afghanistan
Girls in their hijabs turned up to their university campuses on Wednesday only to be blocked and turned away by Taliban guards.
Hostel Curfew Timings: Lockup The Men, Let Ladies Walk Out, Says Kerala HC
New Delhi: Coming down heavily on the state administration over a curfew for girls studying at a government-run medical college in Kozhikode, the Kerala High Court has demanded to know why…
More Boys With Cancer Being Diagnosed Than Girls In India; Gender Bias To Blame?
New Delhi: More boys than girls with cancer in India are being diagnosed with the disease and the probable cause for this is gender bias in society, according to a study published in The…
‘India’s Sons’: False Rape Case Survivors Narrate Their Ordeal In…
New Delhi: Ever since the ‘Nirbhaya’ gang rape in Delhi, various amendments have been made to India’s rape laws, making them stricter and more severe than ever before. But such changes in…
Teacher Changes Gender To Marry Lover, A Student
Bharatpur: In an unheard-of but heartwarming incident, a schoolteacher in Rajasthan changed her gender and married one of her students on Sunday. Meera, a physical education teacher at…
Two-Finger Test To Confirm Rape Patriarchal & Sexist, Says Supreme Court
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday slammed the use of the "two-finger test" in cases of rape and sexual assault and asked the centre to ensure the practice is stopped. The test has no…