Quotas for women in legislatures are welcome, but not a panacea
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Rarely would a person addressing a nationally televised press conference have used the word “forwarded” as frequently, but under fire over the apparent inaction of the National Commission for Women (NCW) in a case involving the barbaric sexual assault of two Kuki women by a mob in Manipur, that’s exactly what national women’s panel chief […]
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Already struggling to control simmering ethnic clashes that have driven a deep wedge between communities, the security forces in Manipur are now dealing with a new problem – mobs, some of them led by women, blocking the path of personnel trying to reach violence-hit villages and even thwarting combing operations. This newspaper reported on Sunday […]
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Among the handful of issues that India’s Constituent Assembly was starkly divided on, the fractious question of Uniform Civil Code (UCC) was the most prominent. On one side were modernists and reformers who believed a free India should do away with personal laws and focus on creating equal pathways for all, especially women. On the […]
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Is nudity obscene? This question has vexed lawmakers and courts alike all over the world. This week, the Kerala high court proffered an answer — not always, and definitely not linked to gender. In a case where an activist was booked for filming a video of her minor children painting on her naked upper body, […]