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Voices: Nepal, are you still my home?
Nepalese women on a protest march. They are carrying a poster that reads in Hindi, "Women Against Violence Day". They are wearing white caps, and holding placards.
Voices: Nepal, are you still my home?

Nepal has been occupying the news headlines for the last few months, either due to the devastating earthquake that killed…
By Shubha Kayastha
September 1, 2015
Voices: Nepal, are you still my home?
Why the Absence of Safe Abortion in the Post-2015 SDGs Matters
Infographic titled, "Banning abortions endangers women's health." Other data given: "222 million women in the developing world have an unmet need for modern contraception"; "47,000 women die yearly...millions more are injured"; "86% abortions take place in the developing world where most abortion laws are highly restrictive."
Why the Absence of Safe Abortion in the Post-2015 SDGs Matters

The eight UN Millennium Development Goals (MGDs) have been rightly criticised because they were too narrow, failed to address the…
By Kristin Francoeur
September 1, 2015
Why the Absence of Safe Abortion in the Post-2015 SDGs Matters
The Millennium Development Goals: An Overview of the Success So Far
A poster reading "MDG3, the world has achieved equality in primary education between girls and boys"; "let's take action to achieve gender equality in all fields". There are several photos of black girls on the poster.
The Millennium Development Goals: An Overview of the Success So Far

[slideshow_deploy id=’6698′] The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) have not always been easy to understand. In this set of posters the…
By Curated Content
September 1, 2015
The Millennium Development Goals: An Overview of the Success So Far
Nothing for us without us: Young People and Development
A meme of a woman with her finger pointing outward speaking angrily. Text written reads, "Meaningful youth participation means involving young people in decision making process, not just making them as decoration!"
Nothing for us without us: Young People and Development

There are many mechanism, agendas and processes such as the post-2015 mechanism in development to ensure gender equality and ‘to…
By Sarah Soysa
September 1, 2015
Nothing for us without us: Young People and Development
The Editorial: Let’s Talk Sexuality
A man looking outisde through window blinds, as light filters in from it into the darkened room.
The Editorial: Let’s Talk Sexuality

“There is no sexuality without knowledge.” -Slavoj Žižek, Agitating the Frame Philospher and cultural critic Slavoj Žižek writes and talks…
By TARSHI
August 15, 2015
The Editorial: Let’s Talk Sexuality
I Wish I May, I Wish I Might Have the Wish, I Wish Tonight
Names of several Indian cities are typed all over in grey or black on a white background. Kochi, Dehradun, Jaipur, Cuttak, etc.
I Wish I May, I Wish I Might Have the Wish, I Wish Tonight

While we were researching women’s access to public space in Mumbai under the aegis of the Gender and Space Project,…
By Shilpa Phadke
August 15, 2015
I Wish I May, I Wish I Might Have the Wish, I Wish Tonight
“DON’T LET YOUR FOOT SLIP!” : MESSAGES ON ‘APPROPRIATE’ FEMININITY BY SCHOOL TEACHERS IN MUMBAI
Comic panel. A school teacher offering an apple to a girl and a boy student, while both of them look at it skeptically.
“DON’T LET YOUR FOOT SLIP!” : MESSAGES ON ‘APPROPRIATE’ FEMININITY BY SCHOOL TEACHERS IN MUMBAI

“In Hindi, though there is a word for rape (balaatkaar), it is rarely used by women. Instead they say izzat…
By Juhi Sidharth
August 15, 2015
“DON’T LET YOUR FOOT SLIP!” : MESSAGES ON ‘APPROPRIATE’ FEMININITY BY SCHOOL TEACHERS IN MUMBAI
DIASPORIC VALUES // Part II
DIASPORIC VALUES // Part II
August 15, 2015
DIASPORIC VALUES // Part II
Bandar Aur Insaan Reloaded
Painting of crows attacking red-coloured grass.
Bandar Aur Insaan Reloaded

Last year, I received a research fellowship from the International Association for the Study of Sexuality, Culture and Society (IASSCS)…
By Surabhi Shukla
August 15, 2015
Bandar Aur Insaan Reloaded
Brushstrokes: Word’s Worth
A poster that reads, "Female condom is a polyurethane sheath that has a flexible ring at both ends. It is approximately 3 inches wide and 7 inches long. Its efficacy is known to be around 79-95%. It reduces the risk of STI and HIV transmission." In the background is an image of a dictionary and a condom with a female face."
Brushstrokes: Word’s Worth

[slideshow_deploy id=’6411′] In a culture where sex is depicted all over media messaging, it’s funny how the word itself is…
By Curated Content
August 15, 2015
Brushstrokes: Word’s Worth
“IS THERE ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ASK ME?
A young woman smiling. She is wearing a white top, and has her hair open.
“IS THERE ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ASK ME?

A lot of research concludes that globally, young people aren’t learning enough about sexuality, and that they would like to…
By Padmini Iyer
August 15, 2015
“IS THERE ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ASK ME?
Damage
Doodle. A long O shape with three x's drawn on its very top, one over the other.
Damage

When I was younger, someone took a knife to my clitoris and cut out a small but significant part of…
By Curated Content
August 15, 2015
Damage
Open Letter to Parents-Who-Are-Katti-With-The-Daughter-Mumbai-Police-Illegally-Harassed
Some ten policemen in uniforms walking through a jungle in a queue.
Open Letter to Parents-Who-Are-Katti-With-The-Daughter-Mumbai-Police-Illegally-Harassed

Dear Parents-of-the-Young-Woman-Picked-Up-By-Moral-Mumbai-Police, I write this as a citizen, outraged by the actions of the Mumbai Police in picking up consenting…
By Shilpa Phadke
August 11, 2015
Open Letter to Parents-Who-Are-Katti-With-The-Daughter-Mumbai-Police-Illegally-Harassed
Issue In Focus: This Thing We Call Freedom
Screenshot of a computer screen, on which is opened a webpage titled, "Kama Sutra for parents of young children."
Issue In Focus: This Thing We Call Freedom

Chandra Deo Singh, a name not necessarily familiar to many of us, spent time in prison in1945 for taking part…
By Shikha Aleya
August 1, 2015
Issue In Focus: This Thing We Call Freedom
A Critical View Of Sexual Health Education In Iran
Two women wearing full black clothing and a headscarf sitting in a cafe. The photo is taken from other side of a glass door, such that they are blurred.
A Critical View Of Sexual Health Education In Iran

When I was 16, I thought: ‘Some topics in physics have no benefit for students throughout their life. For instance,…
By Nikzad Zangeneh
August 1, 2015
A Critical View Of Sexual Health Education In Iran
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