By Ashley Tellis Telugu author Manasa Yendluri is challenging mainstream perceptions of gender, sexuality and religion Dalit feminist writer Manasa Yendluri has won the Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar 2020 for her collection of Telugu short…
Gaslighting, Stalking, Revenge Porn: Right-Wing Hate Fuels Attacks…
By Ruchira Gupta Doyen of the Indian Women’s Press Corps, 75-year-old Mrinal Pandey was charged last month with sedition by the Indian government. She had tweeted about a massive ongoing farmers’ protest in Delhi. This…
Christian Women In Koraput Face Religious Persecution
By ADF India “If non-violence is the law of our being, the future is with women.” - Mahatma Gandhi Women are equally endowed with human dignity and no woman should be discriminated or targeted for exercising…
Dalit Women In India Are Facing A Sexual…
By BRITNI DE LA CRETAZ On September 14, 2020, 19-year-old Manisha Valmiki was raped in Uttar Pradesh, a northern state in India. She had her tongue cut, and spine broken during the attack, which was allegedly conducted…
“Exclusion, Segregation And Atrocity”: How The State Oppresses…
By Jaya Lakshmi and Arvind A S Trigger warning: Mentions of rape, caste-based discrimination The recent rape and murder of a 19-year-old Dalit woman who was forcibly cremated by the police in Uttar Pradesh, an incident which…
“Overwhelming And Taxing”: Navigating Academia As A Dalit…
By Priyanka Bhalshankar Jaya (name changed) 24, a Dalit woman from Mumbai, is studying Masters in Social Work at Tata Institute of Social Science (TISS). She is a first-generation learner in a family with three…
Denied a chair, Dalit women confront discrimination on…
By Anuradha Nagaraj CHENNAI, India (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - When Priya Periyasamy was elected to lead her village council in southern India a year ago, her parents warned that she would face hostility as a low-caste…
Kerala woman who worked as part-time sweeper at…
A Anandavalli was elected on a Communist Party of India (Marxist) ticket in the recently concluded local body election and elevated to the post of block president on Wednesday. By Ramesh Babu, Thiruvananthapuram For almost…
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 workers in Bihar in 1985 when they came in contact with the worker who was abused…