Period poverty and stigma
Period poverty is basically the lack of menstrual hygiene or shortage of access to menstrual hygiene or menstrual education and anything and everything in relation to it in terms of medical facilities, healthcare facilities, waste management, sanitation facilities, etc. Stigma, usually social in nature, is the negative…[Read more]

Indian female role models
India is suffering from many viruses other than Covid-19, one of them being gender discrimination. Living in the 21st century has made no difference to one’s society and this is what is affecting our women negatively as it always has. Despite the limitations that the society imposes on women, the hardships they have to f…[Read more]

Decriminalization of Section 377 IPC
Section 377 IPC stated that any sort of ‘unnatural’ intercourse or intercourse with any man, woman, transgender or animal against the ‘law of nature’ would be legally offensive and a punishable crime, with a term that could extend up to 10 years and fine. On 6th September, 2018, this Section 377 was decrimi…[Read more]

Why is homosexuality against Indian culture?
Homosexuality is basically the attraction towards one’s own sex or gender. Although it is a widely known and recognized type of sexuality all over the world and people are well versed with it, India is yet to cope with it. India is famous for it’s culture and heritage but the society says hom…[Read more]

Laws on transgender are really helping them?
India definitely counts as one of the developing counties in the world and it definitely is on top among the third world nations today, yet, it is far behind the larger part of the rest of the world in the social development sector. India is very well known not only for its rich culture and heritage,…[Read more]

The Cruel Practice of Conversion Therapy
In the typically unfair and unjust world that we live in, the society is just another stepping stone making it far difficult for people to survive; terrorism, global warming, casteism, xenophobia, homophobia, society issues and what not? One of the major problems our coming generations will have to face is…[Read more]

Female actresses should not use their femininity for promotion.
Female actresses should not use their femininity to promote themselves or their career, although men can use as much manliness and masculinity as they want. Is that the equality that our society has? Is that the gaze of the society towards our gender-discrimination based mindsets;…[Read more]

Compromise and kill your dream in silence, just because what will people say?
In our society, ‘people’ have shattered innumerable dreams. ‘People’ have broken homes. ‘People’ have slit through relations. ‘People’ have taken lives. Who are these people; our very own society. Our society has been so fond of ‘talking’ about things and sort of cursing…[Read more]

Should prostitution be made legal?
Prostitution is the practice or act of indulging into sexual activity with people and receiving payment in return for the same. In India, prostitution as such is not illegal as no part of the constitution covers it but managing or handling a brothel is definitely illegal. Even though prostitution or…[Read more]

Innovative ideas for gender equality
Gender equality is the state of equal access to things like education, opportunities, resources, liberty, etc. to everyone regardless of their sex or gender. It is also called equality of sexes. Looking at the current scenario from all aspects, our society still lags behind in social understanding and…[Read more]

Should women stay at home?
As a girl, I have faced multiple issues in my life of 18 years. I have been loved and despised. I have won and lost, loved and lost. I have been through the highs and lows of life as a girl, now a woman. The worst thing in my life that I have faced other than losing people is, being punished for something that has never…[Read more]

Has too many meanings given to the cause of feminism ruined the basic aim of the movement?
Feminism is actually supposed to be a movement that would help uplifting women in the society and bringing them at par with the rest of the society, especially men. Hence, it actually means empowering women and making them equal to men. In the many events…[Read more]

Entertainment industry is safe or unsafe for women?
Like various other unsafe workspaces for women in our society, I think the entertainment industry is largely unsafe for women. In fact, it is unsafe mostly for new people to the industry, also called beginners or struggling actors. Like we all know, a number of cases are reported every day of…[Read more]

How Safe Are Women At Their Workplace in Current Time?
In the current social setting of our environment, women are not safe anywhere. There is some sort of misogyny in the air and women can sense it, which is why they feel insecure and unsafe everywhere. When certain women do not feel safe at home, what is a workplace then? Hence, I would say,…[Read more]

Gender Stereotypes and Their Impact on Women’s Career
Gender stereotypes are like a force that drives our society and controls everything in it. Each and every individual’s actions and words depend largely on the status that he or she has in the society and this status is given to him or her by the society through these gender stereotypes. Hen…[Read more]

Do gender stereotypes play a role in the professions we choose?
As we all know, gender stereotypes in our society are mostly misogynistic. Also, these very misogynistic stereotypes have affected all spheres of living for the women population, most importantly, their progress and development has become stunted. A very important aspect of…[Read more]

Is it SAFE for Women to Travel India?
In my opinion, no, it is not safe for women to travel India. From Kashmir to Kaniyakumari, from Kutch to Arunachal, we cannot even count the number of crimes that have taken place against women. In, fact the point of concern here is, that gender discrimination is not the only reason behind the mistreating and…[Read more]

Gender Stereotypes contribute to Misogyny. What do you think of this?
Gender stereotypes are some beliefs that people build in their minds over time about male and female characteristics. They make one expect things from people based on their gender. On the other hand, misogyny is the feeling of dislike or hatred against women. It makes one…[Read more]

How ‘Free’ Are Women in this ‘Free’ India?
India is not exactly the sort of ‘free’ it claims to be. In fact, women are absolutely the opposite of ‘free’ in this ‘free’ India. With a rapidly falling sense of respect, declining status of women in the society, fueled rising number of crimes against women and discrimination against women at every leve…[Read more]