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The Women’s Commission begins its big review session at the U.N. today and Aditi Bhaduri made a small, anonymous, contribution to one piece of research on the table about media coverage. But here’s her more complete report.
Indian women have made history since September by holding combat positions along the country’s difficult border with Bangladesh. Some of the new recruits say it was tough getting the job, but so far they like the work.
A politician in rural India has risen from the violent Nandigram land clash in 2007. She wants to help fellow resisters, particularly female survivors of rape and sexual assault, who have not received financial awards recommended by the High Court.
After years of silence, Muslim women in India are loudly battling repressive religious laws. The case of one semi-literate woman, a survivor of rape, ignited their cause. Second in a series on the changing role of women in India.
After criticizing Muslim clerics in India for treating wives unfairly in disputes with their husbands, one activist is distributing a new marriage contract. Couples are slowly signing on.
Inside Nepal’s sealed borders women are running for historic April 10 Constituent Assembly elections. As they take advantage of ambitious gender quotas they are learning how to vote and doing what they can to weather campaign violence.
The first all-women’s political party in India has formed after 100 women joined. A first order of business is to boost female representation in parliament from 8 to 50 percent. Seventh in a series on the changing role of women in India.