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It took a bride shortage for some northern India communities to realize the value of girls

By Sonia Narang ● Culture ● October 11, 2015

In India, there are towns and villages with a drastically higher number of men compared to women. The northern state of Haryana has the worst gender ratio in the country: 879 women for every 1000 men.

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After the floods come the human traffickers, but these girls are fighting back

By Sam Eaton ● Uncategorized ● October 4, 2015

The Sundarbans — a collection of densely populated islands in India’s sprawling Ganges delta — are so remote that the only way to get there is by boat. But human traffickers still manage to get in, and that’s left many families with missing daughters.

For India’s Threatened Koraga, a Heroine Emerges

By Swapna Majumdar ● Politics ● June 10, 2015

As a schoolgirl she had to pick up the teacher’s shoes and stand outside the classroom. Now Sabitha Koraga is the inspirational figure in a film that in July will start being shown in government and government-aided schools.

India’s ‘Dark Is Beautiful’ Campaign Builds Force

By Swati Sanyal Tarafdar & Por Alison Bowen ● Arts & Culture ● May 26, 2015

“Many women, and men, nurse a feeling of unworthiness and despair for being dark,” says the founder of the campaign, which has spread throughout the country by word of mouth and is attracting interest now from activists in other countries.

India Faces Reminders of Failing Maternal Safety

By Swapna Majumdar ● Health & Science ● May 11, 2015

When the World Health Assembly convenes May 18 in Geneva, public health campaigners will try to highlight something very wrong in India: the high number of poor and marginalized women still dying of preventable causes linked to childbirth.

Bike Rally in India Spotlights Scarcity of Women

By Maham Javaid & Por Alison Bowen ● Politics ● February 23, 2015

India’s female shortage, say activists, makes the country more dangerous for women. In an effort to raise awareness of female feticide, 100 bikers pedaled 50 miles on Sunday.

Transgender Becomes Mayor; Anti-Choice Laws Rise

By WeNews Staff ● Arts & Culture ● January 10, 2015

A transgender Dalit in central India has become the country’s first transgender to be elected mayor. Also this week, House Republicans are renewing their effort to ban abortion after the first 20 weeks of pregnancy and anti-choice efforts continue across the U.S.

Women of the Tsunami Face Business Survival Test

By Swapna Majumdar ● Employment ● December 26, 2014

Female co-owners of the fish processing Sea Dot unit in Chennai, India, are struggling to keep their comeback enterprise going. After several good years, times have gotten tough. As the economy slackened, so did their sales.

Tsunamika, a Doll of the Tsunami, Turning 10

By Deepa Kandaswamy ● Arts & Culture ● December 16, 2014

Deepa Kandaswamy is an award winning freelance writer based in India. With over 700 articles to her credit published in six continents and a co-author of three books, she specializes in stories about gender, technology, environment, terrorism, health, politics and social issues.

India’s Coastal Women Gather Post-Tsunami Force

By Swapna Majumdar ● Health & Science ● November 17, 2014

The 10th anniversary of the deadly tsunami in the Indian Ocean offers an impressive panorama of achievements by coastal woman in southern India over the past decade. For one of their leaders everything changed, even her marriage.