Denied a chair, Dalit women confront discrimination on Indian village councils
By Anuradha Nagaraj
CHENNAI, India (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - When Priya Periyasamy was elected to lead her village council in...
Kerala woman who worked as part-time sweeper at panchayat office is...
A Anandavalli was elected on a Communist Party of India (Marxist) ticket in the recently concluded local body election and elevated to...
Nuns amplify rights of domestic workers in Bihar
By G. Leema Rose
Patna: Missionary Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (ICM) began working with the domestic...
Four men charged with rape and murder of Dalit woman in...
By Hannah Ellis-Petersen South Asia correspondent
Case prompts nationwide protests and further highlights country’s endemic problem of sexual violence
‘Annihilation of caste’ and ‘annihilation of patriarchy’ must go hand-in-hand
Sowjanya Tamalapakula, Hyderabad.
Considering women as category “internal” to a community is not based on Ambedkarite politics but the...