Invisible Among the Uncounted
By Nilanjana S. Roy NEW DELHI — Officially, Chandni doesn’t exist, nor is there any space for her in Delhi. Unofficially, the 14-year-old has grown up in the national capital, on its streets, one of the thousands of uncounted homeless women and girls in a city that has little time or empathy for her. “This [...]
Just another day in Delhi
This past weekend, on my way to meet up with friends for an evening of food and live music, I stopped at a popular phone recharge stand in M-block market. After going through the usual motions, I waited for the confirmation text before paying the store worker. Just last week I had 100 rupees stolen [...]
Why should I fear when they don’t?
A few days ago, I saw a picture on Facebook that read: ‘Society teaches don’t get raped rather than don’t rape’. This message immediately struck me as being absolutely true, at least in India, where every time a young girl leaves home, she is reminded by her mother of this very concern. Recently, I wanted [...]
Global News Roundup 12.5.11
Here’s a weekly digest of important news stories from around the world: Violence Against Women Is a Global Pandemic 12/1/11, Huffington Post For Afghan Woman, Justice Runs Into Unforgiving Wall of Custom 12/2/11, The New York Times Gifts That Say You Care 12/3/11, The New York Times Watch the “Common Dreams” documentary 12/1/11, CNN
Breakthrough’s Bell Bajao! wins the Manthan Award South Asia
The Manthan Award is a first of its kind initiative in India to recognize best practices in e-Content and creativity. It was launched on the 10th of October, 2004 by Digital Empowerment Foundation in partnership with World Summit Award, Department of Information Technology, Government of India, and various other stakeholders like civil society members, media [...]
Inequality On The Big Screen: No Progress In 65 Years
A new study was released this week that offers fresh numbers on just how dismal the representation of women in mainstream media can be. To real the full report, head here but we’ve included some highlights in our graphic below: The Good Men Project also ran a great piece responding to the report’s conclusions. Here’s an [...]
Breakthrough at the World Summit Youth Awards
Breakthrough’s Bell Bajao! campaign was among this year’s winners at the World Summit Youth Award in Graz, Austria. Katie McDonough attended the Summit with Bulbuli Mukherjee and writes about her experience here. I have a confession to make. I was really tired when I arrived in Austria for the 2011 World Youth Summit Awards. After [...]
China Inspired By Breakthrough’s Bell Bajao! Campaign Against Domestic Violence
Our team is excited to announce that our Bell Bajao! ads have been adapted by Half the Sky Education in China as part of their own domestic violence awareness campaign. Here are the first ads to be released: For English subtitles, just click on the “CC” button on the bottom of the video.
Entertaining Ourselves to Sexist Death
By Soraya Chemaly According to the USC Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism study released today, a survey of the top 100 grossing movies of 2009 reveals that 67.8% of all speaking characters (in excess of 5000) were male. In addition, female characters, usually isolated by virtue of there just being one speaking role, were consistently depicted [...]
Congratulations to our #Rewrite the Ending contest winner, Purva Dandona!
This week, Breakthrough is excited to announce the winners of our #Rewrite the Ending, fiction (re)writing competition! Applause to all of those who submitted. The sheer talent and creativity of all of the entries made picking just three a difficult task for our staff! Congratulations to the winner of our full entry #Rewrite prompt, Purva [...]
Where Are The Men?
By Sanchari Banerjee While studying my Sociology of Gender paper in college, I came across the term ‘Macho Man’, a concept trying to explain the personality traits of a man who is ‘macho’. There is a certain aggressive, rough demeanour which describes a macho man. But is objectification of women a just part of being [...]
#Rewrite the Ending Contest Facebook Winner!
This week, Breakthrough is excited to announce the winners of our #Rewrite the Ending, fiction (re)writing competition! Applause to all of those who submitted. The sheer talent and creativity of all of the entries made picking just three a difficult task for our staff! Today, we’re delighted to announce the Facebook winner and two runners-up: [...]
Name It, Change It, Flip It, Quip It
By Nell Scovell and Gloria Steinem Women hold only 3% of clout positions in the mainstream media. ~ Annenberg Public Policy Center, “The Glass Ceiling Persists” Here are 15 ways the media would be different if it were run by 97% women and only 3% men: 60 Minutes would be 30 Minutes because, frankly, who has the time? The [...]
