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Women in Varanasi Take Charge of their Own Future
Shabnam Begum is dismantling patriarchy by helping women from a conservative society push boundaries and to study, work and to be treated as equal members of society.
Meet Rohtak’s Only Woman Motorcycle Mechanic
In a state infamous for crimes against women, Mukesh Devi, the only woman automobile mechanic, is running her repairing business with aplomb.
Dismantle Patriarchy: Years after Marriage, Women say their Husband’s Name for the First Time
Community Correspondent Rohini Pawar shares how women in Walhe village are breaking away from patriarchal cultural practices.
Ostracism in the Name of Respect
A woman is expelled from her marital home and shunned by her neighbours for addressing in-laws by their name.
Married at Thirteen: How the State Failed a Teenager in Rural Bengal
Conditional Cash Transfer schemes are not enough when powerful patriarchal norms make it acceptable to marry off a child instead of investing in her education
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Home is Where We Must Start to Dismantle Patriarchy
This International Women’s Day, let’s radically transform our private spheres into equal spaces This women’s day are you feeling smothered by pink messages extolling your ‘feminine’ virtues? Are you besieged by offers to buy household and beauty products at great discounts? In the last hundred years, since the USSR, in...
Unpacking Motherhood in the times of Bharat Mata and Gaumata
Mothers from our network reflect on challenges of balancing motherhood and work.
Oppression of the Veil
“I don’t like it, But I am forced to do it…[t]here’s a lot of pressure to veil myself”. This video examines how women’s choices and their voices are repeatedly nulified under patriarchal oppression in the garb of tradition. The video reveals women performing hard labour like fetching water and...