-The Times of India NEW DELHI: It was a historic moment in April 2017 when four women Judges headed the most important high courts of Bombay, Delhi, Calcutta and Madras. But the Indian judiciary may have to wait for another decade to repeat the feat as women Judges constitute barely 9% of the current working strength in high courts of the country. The golden moment for women in judiciary, which got its...
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Three schools from Delhi have made it to the nationwide list of top 12 government schools -Janane Venkatraman
-The Hindu One student is making a drone, another a dancing robot. Scenes from two government schools in Delhi The walls of the entryway of the school are covered with bright charts that talk about everything from sustainable development and ‘Swachh Bharat’ to ‘happiness goals’ and exam schedules. The cream-coloured floor gleams and the sun peeps out from the clouds behind the rows of students — dupattas pinned, shirts tucked in, not...
More »Spike in sexual harassment plaints to NCW this year -Ambika Pandit
-The Times of IndiaNEW DELHI: The National Commission for Women has received 2,383 complaints pertaining to sexual harassment at workplace since 2015. The numbers have been increasing with each passing year with a visible spike this year with over 750 complainants approaching NCW for redressal till October. 14 complainants came forward just in the last one month after the #MeTooIndia campaign took social media by storm.As the number of complaints pertaining...
More »TheyToo: What about men and the third gender? -Sriparna Ray
-The Telegraph The harassment at workplace act needs an upgrade to include men and transgenders in the MeToo conversation I have been sexually harassed and bullied by my boss. I was threatened I would lose my job if I didn’t comply — sounds like an excerpt from one of the hundreds of accounts of women that have been doing the rounds on social media? Well, it is a story of sexual harassment...
More »Baatein Aman Ki: Here's Why Over 100 Women are Traveling Across India to Spread the Message of Peace -Simantini Dey
-News18.com All the women yatris who are currently traveling through different parts of India and spreading the message of peace will reach Delhi by 13 October, where a day-long event will be held to celebrate peace and harmony. Last month, five minibusses, with twenty-five women in each of them, started their journeys from five different states of India – Kashmir, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Assam, and Uttar Pradesh. These 5 different groups of...
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