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Forced To Give Up A Daughter And Abort Another: How I Fought For My Girls
By Oxfam India: When I got married to Kishor Singh in 2008, I was a student in standard 10. Initially I opposed the idea of marriage as I wanted to study further, but I had to give in when my parents...
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On Breaking Patriarchal Structures, Women Through The Ages, And The Need To...
By Anju Anna John: What do Ramayana, Mahabharata, the medieval age and the post-Independent India have in common? Glaring examples of patriarchy and violence against women! Photo Credit In an ideal...
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How One Initiative Is Utilizing The Delhi Metro To Make Girls Count
By Soumya Raj: What is common between these incidents: Gauhar Khan getting slapped for wearing short clothes; the Hindu Mahasabha’s ban on jeans and cell phones for women and the Uber cab rape case?...
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2 Years Since 16th Dec, 7 Women Narrate Why They Did Not Report Cases Of...
By Shambhavi Saxena: December 16th, 2012 was a tipping point. The anger and outrage empowered many to take a stand in their personal lives, to call out against sexual violence, and hold the concerned...
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Too Dirty To Study: “The Teacher Always Made Us Sit In A Corner Of The Room”
By Nishant Chhinkwani: “The teacher always made us sit in a corner of the room, and would throw keys at us (when she was angry. We only got food if anything else was left after other children were...
View ArticleOne Google Hangout That Compels You To Question Patriarchy And Challenge...
By Kirrat Sachdeva: From 976 in 1961, to 918 in 2001; six years down the line, the newspapers will flash a fresher number of the child sex ratio from the 2021 Census. This number will be used for the...
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5 Daughters And A Son: When Women’s Reproductive Rights Are Conveniently Ignored
By Kainat Sarfaraz: Some moments get engraved in our minds and stay there for eternity. One such memory is from the day when I saw her for the first time. Oblivious of her own surroundings, she was...
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Here’s How We Fare In Comparison To Some Other Countries In Spending On...
By Krishangi Singh: Education is something that most of us who are reading this, have just ‘had’. We haven’t had to give a second thought regarding whether we will be ‘able’ to go to school or not....
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“Women Are Never Quite Seen As Human. Death Becomes Easy, Elimination Justified”
By Anwesha Dhar: In October 1993, I was born in North Point Nursing Home, Calcutta. In August 2012, Farah told me that I was wasting my time trying to teach her and the rest of the girls of my class at...
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The Sex Imbalance That’s Not Really A Matter Of ‘Choice’
By Kirrat Sachdeva: Curiosity gets the best of us and so does all the subsequent guesswork! While the internet and your family can give you lists of signs and symptoms to ponder over whether you are...
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Yes For Sex If The Man Wants It: The ‘Mardaangi’ That’s Feeding Society’s Son...
By Zehra Kazmi: Mardaangi. Manliness. Masculinity. One in three men don’t allow their partner to wear certain clothes and one in five agree with the statement, “When my wife/partner wears things to...
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“Pay 5,000 Now, Save 5 Lakh Later”: How The Law Against Sex Selection Is...
By Nishant Chhinkwani: 1991 Census 2011 Census Chandigarh 899/1000...
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The Missing Girls Of India
By Akshaya Kumar Biswal: Recently, I was in Dhenkanal discussing about domestic violence with one of the vigilance groups supported by our partner organisation. We discussed about dowry and domestic...
View ArticleThat Slap Across Her Face: 70% People Believe Physical Or Sexual Violence Is...
By Kainat Sarfaraz: “As I sat hunched over a stove in the kitchen, he came in from behind, splayed my back with kerosene oil, threw in a lighted match and ran away.” (Source) This isn’t a one-off story...
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Punished At School. His Fault? He’s A Muslim!
By Nishant Chhinkwani: “We don’t feel like going to school because the teachers always single us out to beat us. The Hindu boys laugh at us. The teachers don’t let us participate in any sports. Class...
View Article[Video] Stories Of These 3 Young Men Highlight Why Violence Against Boys Is...
मर्द को दर्द नहीं होता – Be a Man! is Agenda 1’s latest video. Information and our understanding on forms of abuse, including systematic statistics on sexual violence against boys, are woefully...
View Article‘Do Condoms Reduce Pleasure?’ Watch What These Young People Have To Say About...
In 2009, a volunteer with TARSHI walked around Delhi University asking students what their thoughts were on ‘sex-ed’. They spoke about where they learnt about sexuality from, and some common myths and...
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Of Giggles, Whispers, And Embarrassed Teachers: The ‘Sex-Ed’ Classes That...
By Nistha Relan: I remember an incident from my 5th grade, when a boy from the class had giggled and asked a classmate, “Do you know what sex is?”, and everybody who heard him knew he was in trouble....
View ArticleAn Open Letter To World Leaders By Aamir Khan, Malala And 29 Other Global...
Dear World Leaders, There are moments in history that become turning points. In our view, 2015 will be such a moment. It is the most important year for global decision-making since the start of the new...
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Here’s Why 80 mn Indian Children Are Likely To Drop Out Of Schools!
By Nishant Chhinkwani: “We were asked to massage a teacher’s legs. If we refused, he used to beat us. There was a toilet for teachers, which is the one we had to clean.” – Naresh, a 12-year-old Dalit...
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