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Sahiyo’s Mariya Explains To Us How A Law Banning Female Genital Cutting Would Not Be Enough To Stop It

Female Genital Cutting (FGC) is a religious practice, where a part of the girl’s clitoris is cut in lieu of “controlling her sexual desires.” Dawoodi Bohras, the community spread around the wor...
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Lawyer Mini Saxena On Breaking The Silence Around Consent, One Workshop At A Time

There’s no denying the fact that #MeToo movement has played a significant role in fostering dialogue and propelling action in matters of sexual harassment and assault, but what it has also done is t...
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World’s First Sex Trafficking VR Documentary Made Us Live The Reality Of Survivor Ramadevi

According to reports, a girl is sold into flesh trade in India every 10 minutes. Only 1% of girls who are trafficked are rescued. Even fewer are successfully rehabilitated, and a minuscule fraction of...
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Activist Monisha Behal On NRC Draft And Northeastern Women Facing Demeaning Identity Remarks

Monisha Behal is no lesser known name in the Northeast. A social development activist, she dedicated her life to working for the social and economic upliftment of women in Assam, Nagaland, and other ...
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Once Sold Into Prostitution, These Girls Became Lawyers To Bring Justice To Others Like Them

Survivors of the crime of Commercial Exploitation of Children (CEC) are today aiming to become top-notch lawyers. They have different stories. Some were child brides sold into prostitution by their hu...
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Quran Has 80 Verses Benefiting Women, But Never Propagated: Rajasthan’s 1st Woman Qazi

In 2017, breaking down stereotypes, Jahan Ara along with Afroz Begum became the first women Qazis in Rajasthan. They completed a two-year training course from Mumbai-based Darul Uloom-i-Nisawa. Ara no...
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Vithika Yadav Talks About Abortion Rights In India, The Stigma Attached To It, And Its Implications

Ahead of Global Day of Action for Access to Safe and Legal Abortion, Love Matters launched India's first 360/VR film on safe and legal abortion titled I Am Not Alone. IWB thus reached out to...
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Dropadi Escaped Abusive Marriage, Hunger, And Patriarchy To Tell Women They Deserve More

It’s a fact that women activism is shaping our world. To accelerate social equality and put forth the policy agendas supporting their rights, women from all walks of life are uniting and forming sma...

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