How Maharashtra’s Women Academics Are Resisting The Hate Narrative
In the face of rising right-wing hostility in western Maharashtra, women academics are pushing back, asserting their right to freedom of speech
‘Committed To Janata, Not Sarkar’: Protesting Anganwadi Workers In Maharashtra
With the state indifferent to their demands for better wages and their workload heavier by one more scheme, Anganwadi workers in Maharashtra are protesting again. But their resistance tactics have changed
In A Forest Amidst Mumbai’s Concrete Jungle, Adivasi Women Are Demanding Their Right To Shelter And Dignity
An ambitious road project is likely to swallow many Adivasi homes in Aarey forest, already the site of many other development projects
Why A Dalit Woman Is Demanding A Cremation Ground For Dalits In Her Village
In rural Maharashtra, landless Dalit families often struggle to find space to cremate their dead. Pramila Zombade wants that to change
Maratha Women’s Voices Missing In Public Discourse Around Reservation
Even the women who are leading pro-reservation rallies in Maharashtra are using the language of patriarchy
Why Odisha’s Adivasi Women Are Trekking Forests And Hills To Collectivise Against A Mining Project
The Sijimali mining project could end up destroying a fragile ecosystem and an entire way of life, say Adivasi women and they are determined to protect them
Delhi Anganwadi Workers To Move Court Against Termination Orders
Delhi’s anganwadi workers (AWW) and helpers (AWH), who ended their 38-day strike on March 9, will move court against the state government order terminating the services […]
‘Growing Workload, Still Treated As Volunteers:’ Why Delhi’s Anganwadi Workers Are Protesting
A sea of red flags rises up along Flagstaff Road in north Delhi’s Civil Lines area, just a few metres from the home of chief minister […]
How Women Garment Workers Took On A Global Clothing Giant And Won Their Rights
On 24 October, 2020, 1300 women garment workers of Euro Clothing Company– 2 (ECC-2) of a unit of Gokaldas Exports in Srirangapatna, in Mandya district of […]
How Women Farmers in Punjab Mobilised Against The Farm Laws
“These capitalists will ruin us,” thundered Charanjeet Kaur, a thirty nine year old farmer with a medium landholding of 12 acres (4 hectares) from Wara Bhaika […]
Women Criminalised For Protecting Spiti Valley
For the past 6 months, Sonam Dolma (29) along with 15 women, has stood guard at the entrance gate everyday in Kaza town- the gateway to […]
Garment Workers Take On Global Clothing Giant
For over a month now, over 600 women garment workers have been sitting in protest against the illegal layoffs in the factory premises of the ECC […]
Women Resist Against India’s Citizenship Laws
‘Jamia ki ladkiyon ne raasta dikhaya hai, toh Jamia ki ladkiyon ko Inqualab Zindabad’ [ Jamia’s women have shown us the way, so revolutionary greetings to […]
Why are Politically Inactive Students Like Me On The Streets?
Debsmita Chaudhury (24) has no regrets. On the contrary, she is quite proud of herself for using the most important platform of her life to stage […]
“Women Of AMU Will Keep The Resistance Alive” Tazeen Junaid
Tazeen Junaid (18) believes she has a duty to keep the resistance against the discriminatory and exclusionary citizenship laws alive in Aligarh Muslim University. On 15th […]
Women of Shaheen Bagh Are Fighting For The Soul of this Country
Saima Khan (33) is heartbroken and angry. “ I cannot explain in words my pain when I am asked as a Muslim to prove my citizenship […]
