Breakthrough at UnBox
Unbox festival (2nd Feb-5th Feb 2012) is a blend of different events, conference, workshops, exhibitions and performances designed in sync with one another, to stimulate thought, debate and action. Various themes for the conference were Photography and Public Access, Digital Activism, Livelihood for Children, Sustainable fashion, lifestyle etc. http://www.unboxfestival.com Breakthrough was a part of this [...]
The Ticker 2.6.12
Here’s a weekly digest of important news stories from around the world: Cuts force domestic violence refuges to turn victims away 1.31.12, The Guardian How I Convinced Myself to Stay in a Violent Relationship 1.31.12, Huffington Post ‘Honour’-based violence runs deep and wide 2.1.12, The Guardian Your Domestic Violence Awareness Campaign Probably Isn’t Helping Me 1.31.12, The Good [...]
Panel for equal property rights among couples
A high-level government panel has suggested that all movable and immovable assets acquired by a married couple or a couple living together be classified as joint property which would be divided equitably in the event of separation or desertion. The Planning Commission’s working group on Women’s Agency and Empowerment wants a comprehensive legislation – ‘Right [...]
NDTV: Six-month-old girl abandoned in train in West Bengal
The same week that India was named the most dangerous country for girl children, NDTV runs this heart-breaking story: Kolkata: Just a few days after Baby Falak’s story made headlines across the country, another infant girl has been found abandoned – this time in a train in West Bengal. Estimated to be six months old, the [...]
Times of India: India deadliest place in world for girl child
By Rukmini Shrinivasan NEW DELHI: It’s official – India is the most dangerous place in the world to be a baby girl. Newly released data shows that an Indian girl child aged 1-5 years is 75% more likely to die than an Indian boy, making this the worst gender differential in child mortality for any country in the world.Infant (0-1 [...]
The Ticker 1.31.12
Here’s a weekly digest of important news stories from around the world: Maha No. 1 in domestic violence cases: Study 1.31.12, The Times of India Funding crunch hurts war against domestic violence 1.31.12, The Jerusalem Post Canadian values in spotlight after “honor killings” 1.31.12, The Times of India Serial domestic abusers should not be hidden 1.30.12, [...]
Dude of the Day: His Holiness Gyalwang Drukpa
Who deserves to be called “Dude of the Day” more than a man who wants to reincarnate as a woman? Gyalwang Drukpa, spiritual head of the 1,000-year-old Drukpa lineage of Buddhism, is that man. His Holiness is always in the vanguard where women’s rights are concerned. He fights for gender equality and even wishes to [...]
India’s Youth Walks On The Risky Side
A new study reveals around 7% of young women and 27% of young men in India, who are having or have had premarital sex, use condoms. Only a mere 3% of women and 13% of men said to have always used protection in premarital relationships. The other results are equally alarming. Not more than 40% [...]
Feeling the “Power Cuts” in Delhi
Who am I? It’s a question I find myself asking more and more these days. Am I British? An “Overseas Citizen of India (OCI)?” A “trailing spouse?” Perhaps I should explain: I was born and brought up in England, the daughter of Punjabi parents who emigrated to the UK in the 1960s. I moved to [...]
