Global News Roundup 12.12.11
Here’s a weekly digest of important news stories from around the world: ‘Mother Robin’ Wins CNN Hero of the Year 12.12.11, CNN Missrepresentation: Are You a Part of it? 12.6.11, Huffington Post 179 journalists jailed worldwide 12.1.11, Committee to Protect Journalists Social Media Voices for Freedom and Justice 12.8.11, UN Women Where Are India’s Working [...]
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 [...]
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
Global News Roundup 11.28.11
Here’s a weekly digest of important news stories from around the world: Why India Can’t Feed Its Children 11.28.11, The Wall Street Journal In Manipur, Women Take the Lead 11.25.11, The New York Times Name It, Change It, Flip It, Quip It 11.25.11, Huffington Post Nurses most vulnerable to domestic violence 11.28.11, India Today
Global News Roundup 11.14.11
Here’s a weekly digest of important news stories from around the world: Arianna Huffington And Pat Mitchell Discuss Women And Power At The Paley Center For Media 11.10.11, Huffington Post Progress for Women, but a Long Way to Go 11.1.11, The New York Times Don’t pigeonhole us, say Saudi women artists 10.8.11, CNN Girls Just [...]
Rock for Rights 2011 concert in Delhi
For everyone in Delhi, make sure you head to the Rock for Rights concert on November 27th! They’ve got a fantastic group of musicians and the event is for a wonderful cause. The concert brings together some of South Asia’s most explosive musical talents crossing genres and nations – from Sufi to electronic, folk to [...]
My Rendezvous with Udupi
By Bulbuli Mukherjee On October 28th, I set out for my sojourn. The destination was Udupi, a town in the southwest state of Karnataka. When I was first informed about my trip to this place, I was thrilled. The excitement was growing thanks to my colleagues and friends who well informed me about the salubrious [...]
Immigration and Detention: Women’s Human Rights Across Borders
As she went into labor Juana Villegas was shackled to her hospital bed. Living in Tennessee, she gave birth while in custody. She had been pulled over while driving and taken to jail when the officer discovered that she did not have a valid drivers license as was undocumented. She went to prison, where she [...]
In the Name of Love…STOP!
Relationships have always been a li’l puzzling for me. And I know when it comes to love, all of us are pretty unsure about how to define it or draw boundaries in it. But like everything else, how we define love is largely determined by the socially accepted norms and trends of our generation, class, [...]
When it happened to me…
No, today was not the first time I was ever insulted by a man in public. It was the first time though I ever bumped someone’s car unintentionally and unfortunately in the last five years that I’ve been driving on the angry male dominated Delhi roads, the first time when someone made me feel sorry [...]
