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The Government Must Rethink the Surrogacy Bill
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The Government Must Rethink the Surrogacy Bill

The draft Bill appears to have been framed without addressing the actual concerns of the surrogacy arrangements in India, and could do more harm than good by leading to the exploitation of women.
By Curated Content
October 17, 2016
The Government Must Rethink the Surrogacy Bill
The Gaysi Guide To Understanding Privilege
The Gaysi Guide To Understanding Privilege

This article was originally published here. This article aims to be for everyone and thus not something someone can dismiss…
By Curated Content
September 15, 2021
The Gaysi Guide To Understanding Privilege
The Gaysi Guide To Dressing Like A Lesbian
The Gaysi Guide To Dressing Like A Lesbian

This article was originally published in Gaysifamily Posted by Srishti Berry Posted onApr 25 2020 In only a few simple steps…
By Curated Content
December 15, 2020
The Gaysi Guide To Dressing Like A Lesbian
The Future Is TransFeminist: from imagination to action
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The Future Is TransFeminist: from imagination to action

Facebook. Google. Apple. Microsoft. Amazon. As the white male-dominated Big Five in Silicon Valley monopolise most platforms that guide online interactions almost everywhere outside China, any aspiration towards a feminist revolution has become capitalised.
By Curated Content
August 14, 2020
The Future Is TransFeminist: from imagination to action
The future as envisioned by WHO for the post-2015 agenda: a serious regression from its long-standing commitments on sexual and reproductive health and rights
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The future as envisioned by WHO for the post-2015 agenda: a serious regression from its long-standing commitments on sexual and reproductive health and rights

Marge Berer Editor, Reproductive Health Matters What has gone wrong at WHO? The Lancet’s Offline report (31 May)  of what…
By Curated Content
September 15, 2015
The future as envisioned by WHO for the post-2015 agenda: a serious regression from its long-standing commitments on sexual and reproductive health and rights
The F-Word: 10 Common Myths About Feminism Debunked
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The F-Word: 10 Common Myths About Feminism Debunked

This article was originally posted in the Feminism in India blog. Feminism has earned a bad name for itself in recent…
By Curated Content
November 15, 2015
The F-Word: 10 Common Myths About Feminism Debunked
The Case For Platonic Relationships: Rethinking The Rules In Law And Society
The Case For Platonic Relationships: Rethinking The Rules In Law And Society

The social value of the platonic relationship needs to be restated: Too many boys today grow up with the idea that their relations with women (who are not their mothers and/or sisters) are confined to an oversexualised romantic bubble.
By Curated Content
September 15, 2020
The Case For Platonic Relationships: Rethinking The Rules In Law And Society
That Hashtag Was My Colleague
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That Hashtag Was My Colleague

By Sonia Khan | Grist Media – Mon 18 Aug, 2014 Doubting doctors, corrupt cops, jeering lawyers and, of course,…
By Curated Content
October 15, 2014
That Hashtag Was My Colleague
Teenage feminism – coming to a blog near you
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Teenage feminism – coming to a blog near you

By: Chelsea Birkby at The F-Word. Chelsea Birkby welcomes the spread of the feminist movement online with open arms for changing young women’s…
By Curated Content
March 15, 2014
Teenage feminism – coming to a blog near you
Swipe me left, I’m Dalit
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Swipe me left, I’m Dalit

Dalit women are primarily viewed as victims and survivors of various kinds of violence. Reification of the Dalit identity has led to the boxing of our existence whose dimensions are solely defined by the savarna (dominant caste) gaze. Our self-assertions of identity are commodified to create a warped limiting of our lives, creating an image that is voiceless in the minds of our potential suitors. We are not seen as being capable of desire, love or happiness; we don’t exist as individuals outside of violence.
By Curated Content
June 15, 2021
Swipe me left, I’m Dalit
Supreme Court Has Done Well to Legally Reaffirm Women’s Right to Choose Sexual Partners. So What?
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Supreme Court Has Done Well to Legally Reaffirm Women’s Right to Choose Sexual Partners. So What?

Whether it is family, society, gangs of thugs, or political parties, the threats to women’s freedom to choose in India are many and varied. To the above list, one may add the police and the judiciary as well.
By Curated Content
March 18, 2019
Supreme Court Has Done Well to Legally Reaffirm Women’s Right to Choose Sexual Partners. So What?
Story of an Odd Couple
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Story of an Odd Couple

True were his words that people will always talk, but why? What was so wrong with us? Was it because he was shorter and I was taller? Or was it because that when we hugged he was more in my embrace than me in his? Or was it that I had to bend a bit to kiss him? Strange how perceptions work about couples – no matter which identity one conforms to.
By Shivani Gupta
May 16, 2016
Story of an Odd Couple
Sport is slowly catching up with transgender realities
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Sport is slowly catching up with transgender realities

“The UFC was appalled by the transphobic comments made by heavyweight Matt Mitrione,” stated the mixed martial arts governing body, which recently suspended…
By Curated Content
September 15, 2014
Sport is slowly catching up with transgender realities
South Korea Plans Lifelong Parenting Education
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South Korea Plans Lifelong Parenting Education

South Korea is planning to provide people with lifelong parenting education in the hope that it will prevent child abuse, it’s reported.
By Curated Content
October 17, 2016
South Korea Plans Lifelong Parenting Education
Social Media
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Social Media

By: Women’s Rights Campaigning Info-Activism Toolkit People are more likely to trust – and act on – messages from people they…
By Curated Content
July 15, 2014
Social Media
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