Category: The Feminist
Gender and Sexualities have always been sidelined and not addressed in mainstream media. We are committed to report, write and analyse issues that matter to people. Sexuality Rights issues and reproductive health will be one of our biggest focus.
Life for Gay People After Supreme Court’s Ban
This post is commentary. I have been judged and pronounced guilty by a group of people who know nothing of me. My crime is wanting to love, to live and exist with dignity and equality without fear. The Supreme Court’s ugly, unfair judgment Wednesday tells me that my love for another human being is illegal. The Constitution gave us the right to be equal. In … Continue reading Life for Gay People After Supreme Court’s Ban
Black Day for Human Rights: Supreme Court reverses Delhi High Court ruling on gay rights
In a major setback to the rights of gay people across India, the Supreme Court of India today reversed a landmark judgment of the Delhi High Court which had decriminalized homosexual acts. We are shocked at the decision of the Supreme Court in Suresh Kumar Kaushal v. Naz Foundation and join millions of people across the country to protest against this decision. The decision by … Continue reading Black Day for Human Rights: Supreme Court reverses Delhi High Court ruling on gay rights
Doublespeak on women’s rights – Vidya Subrahmaniam
One year ago, India went into convulsions over the brutal gang rape of a young Delhi physiotherapy intern. She struggled to fight the odds, but succumbed in the end. The young woman died against her own desperate wish to recover and live life fully and normally, without in any way feeling diminished for having been through the ordeal. With her exemplary courage and matter-of-fact defiance … Continue reading Doublespeak on women’s rights – Vidya Subrahmaniam
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Sexual harassment and women lawyers
The Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace Act, 2013, uses the definition of sexual harassment,as laid down by the Supreme Court of India in the famous Vishakha case of 1997. The very court that gave this innovative law held back on its implementation for 16 long years. Naina Kapur IT’S easy to imagine a time early on in one’s legal career when women faced sexual … Continue reading Sexual harassment and women lawyers
“Repeal S.377 IPC ! Use of s.377 IPC is itself an abuse!” says PUCL
PUCL Statement on SC Judgment reversing Naaz ruling of Delhi High Court “Repeal S.377 IPC ! Use of s.377 IPC is itself an abuse!” The People’s Union of Civil Liberties is shocked and expresses its deepest disappointment at the judgment of the Supreme Court in `Suresh Kumar Kaushal v Naz Foundation’ delivered on December 11th, 2013, reversing the Delhi High Court judgment of 2009 which … Continue reading “Repeal S.377 IPC ! Use of s.377 IPC is itself an abuse!” says PUCL
Pillay dismayed at re-imposition of criminal sanctions for same-sex relationships in India
GENEVA (12 December 2013) – United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Thursday expressed her disappointment at the re-criminalization of consensual same-sex relationships in India following a judgment by the Indian Supreme Court in the case of Naz Foundation v. Govt. of NCT of Delhi. “Criminalising private, consensual same-sex sexual conduct violates the rights to privacy and to non-discrimination enshrined in the … Continue reading Pillay dismayed at re-imposition of criminal sanctions for same-sex relationships in India
Mandela, Gandhi and Modi
HAMBA KAHLE UMKHONTO! – Urmila Bhoola
What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead.” — Nelson Mandela A spear has fallen – the Spear of the Nation. Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela, father of our nation and first African President of a free, democratic South Africa … Continue reading HAMBA KAHLE UMKHONTO! – Urmila Bhoola
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