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#India – Wanted: Gender sensitive political leaders

  By Ajitha Menon “Enjoy..! It’s just like being raped, yaar! You can shout or you can enjoy. Nothing more than that”… This was what matinee idol Dev alias Deepak Adhikari, Trinamool Congress candidate from Ghatal constituency in West Bengal, had… Continue Reading →

India Politics So Dangerous to Women They Keep Out

By Swapna Majumdar WeNews correspondent Friday, May 16, 2014 India’s marathon national elections have added to the collective toll of vicious, sometimes deadly, violence against political women. Only 8 percent of this year’s candidates were women and advocates point to… Continue Reading →

Mexico’s Climate Laws Ignore Women

By Emilio Godoyl The Ajusco forest, one of Mexico City’s green lungs and water sources. Credit: Emilio Godoy/IPS MEXICO CITY, May 8 2014 (IPS) – The rural communities of San Miguel and Santo Tomás Ajusco, to the south of Mexico City, are… Continue Reading →

Sexual violence soars in South Sudan #Vaw

  Photo: Hannah McNeish/IRIN South Sudan’s ongoing violence puts women at risk of sexual and gender based violence. JUBA, 13 May 2014 (IRIN) – Sexual and gender-based violence might not be a new phenomenon in South Sudan, but the current crisis… Continue Reading →

Three Female Medical Students Who Destroyed Gender Norms A Century Ago

The Huffington Post  | by  Mallika Rao Every so often, the same mysterious image seems to pop up on the internet. The black-and-white portrait looks to be at least a hundred years old, and yet, it is of an Indian woman, a Japanese… Continue Reading →

Why most women would never marry Narendra Modi #Sundayreading

By Shobhaa De, Mumbai Mirror | Apr 12, 2014, 02.28 AM IST Important disclosure: I have asked approximately a hundred women this idiotic question: “Would you marry Narendra Modi?” I have even asked myself the same one (errr… maybe he goes for older… Continue Reading →

SHOCKING! Women having sex should be hanged, says Abu Azmi of SP #WTFnews

By Varun Singh|Posted 11-Apr-2014- MIday In a controversial statement, Maha SP chief says that if any woman, regardless of consent, has physical relations with a man, she deserves death penalty. WE HAVE THE AUDIO CONVERSATION In a bizarre and grotesque… Continue Reading →

Pastor Who Prayed For Obama’s Death asks Women to Shut Up In Church #WTFnews

AlterNet / By Alex Kane Pastor Steven Anderson said that female congregants should not speak up while church is going on. Photo Credit: ptnphoto/Shutterstock.com March 25, 2014  | Steven Anderson is a fundamentalist Arizona pastor who first made headlines when he said he prayed… Continue Reading →

Indian Women Channel Rape Outrage into Elections #Womenrights

By Swapna Majumdar WeNews correspondent Thursday, March 20, 2014 For the first time, 350 women’s and civil society organizations in the influential state of Tamil Nadu are uniting against national parliamentary candidates who are “gender unjust.” Their coalition demands rights… Continue Reading →

Open Letter to Chief Justice of Allahabad HC – Imambara decision to make head cover mandatory for women #Womenrights

Open Letter to Chief Justice of Allahabad High Court by concerned citizens regarding the Imambara administration’s decision to make head cover for women mandatory Kind Attn: Justice Dhananjay Yashwant Chandrachud   Respected Sir,   This is with reference to the news… Continue Reading →

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