Category: Empowerment
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A snippet to ponder over!
“And I am not going to abandon my courage over fears” she said choking up. This time again she didn’t took stand for herself, as usual. Just a couple of days were over in her college. She was drown in her leaps and bounds that she forgot who she is, a daughter of a courageous…
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Are women safe?
Women’s safety can be considered to be a highly debatable topic. The intruding question here arises : How many women feel safe to roam around the streets , especially at night, without any fear of facing harassment? I will say in consideration of those Women’s who would have or may have or already undergone safety…
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Stop Throwing Acid!
Kofi Annan rightly observed that “Violence against women is perhaps the most shameful human rights violation, and perhaps the most pervasive.” Violence against women is not a thing of the past, we witness violence even today. There has been hardly any day when we have not read or heard news about violence against women which…
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“Beauty without Irony”
“I don’t feel any less of a woman, I feel empowered that I made a strong choice that in no way diminishes my feminity “, Angelina Jolie on getting a double mastectomy. Breast cancer campaign day, recognized as ‘WEAR IT PINK’. Hundreds and thousands of people stood together for Breast cancer campaign across the country,…
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‘Married Women’, stepping out for Work to be Independent: ‘Is it A Crime’
We all know the situation that as a society we have created for Women in India. Here is the common conversation even now happens between a newly wedded couple: Wife : I was thinking that if, i could join back my office from next month as of we are done with all wedding rituals and…
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It’s not her, it’s us!!
“Let’s not reciprocate the predominating culture and keep judging her past!’ “Because being judgemental is the birth right of human!!” Sunny Leone, picture of beauty and grace in every contribution she have ever made. Whether being indulged in charity or adoption of a girl child, she slammed the outrageous demands of the society.But no this…
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Mann on wheels!!
Girls riding bikes! A very common scene these days, yet not very common! It’s great to see women breaking stereotypes in every field, however small it may be. Did you hear about the EMANCIPATION RIDE FOR WOMEN which happened in the month of August? Shiwani Mann organised the event. So let’s know something about her.…
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Home-maker-‘The IronFists’
“Mom I am home. You are still in your pajamas… not well? why you aren’t dressed up till now, what were you doing since?” many a times I used to ask these questions to my mom, to which she always gave me the same reply- “i was doing the house chores”. At that time I…
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A Filter on the Judges
We are all pretty bizarre. Some of us are just better at hiding it, that’s all. Everyone has their own insecurities, their own passion, their own flaws and their own achievements. You see everything is your own and yet there are people who will judge you. That is the flaw of the human nature. We…
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7 TED Talks That Every Women Should Listen
“It’s vitally important to help each other. No, we can’t walk in each other’s shoes, but we can walk side-by-side and support each other,” says Michele Sullivan, President of Caterpillar Foundation. Such are words of wisdom and to add to it, encouragement and empowerment. TED is a platform which offers a voice, a stand to…