Over the years, the women's movement in Rajasthan has had some success in making violence against women into an important political issue. Activists have forced political parties and
A few years ago, this reviewer was discussing women's representation in the media at a course on gender. The session focused on the invisibility of women's
Nalini Jameela, author of The Autobiography of a Sex Worker (2007; extracts below) and the forthcoming The Company of Men: The romantic encounters of a sex worker is a former
If and when peace comes to Sri Lanka, the new structures of political relations must be designed to preserve and advance the gains made by women in the last two decades.
Between Democracy & Nation:
Gender and militarisation in Kashmir
by Seema Kazi
Women Unlimited, 2009
To date, each and every one of the political initiatives undertaken to resolve the Kashmir
Women in Indian Film, 1-10
edited by Nasreen Munni Kabir
Zubaan Books, 2009
In the past, publications on women and Hindi cinema have become, more often than not, treatises on
Mailing pink chaddis, setting brasseries afire and more, all for the sake of women´s rights.
According to popular myth, women's-libbers of the 1960s burned their brassieres as
A review of 'Women, Gender and Development Reader' edited by Nalini Visvanathan, Lynn Duggan, Laurie Nisonoff and Nan Wiegersma, New Delhi: Zubaan 2006.
The ‘informal’ sector in India actually comprises 93 percent of the country’s workforce, 40 percent of whom are women. As the Self Employed Women’s Association has discovered, such overwhelming numbers are sure to offer significant opportunities – and frighten the establishment.
The declining ratio of girls to boys born in the two Punjabs points to a heart-rending problem which few want to discuss. It is not a matter of education, it is not a matter of poverty, it is not a matter of religion. What is going on here?
The Women in Cages: Collected Stories by Vilas Sarang, Penguin Books India.
Even many dedicated readers know little or nothing about Vilas Sarang, a talented writer who is equally at
