Kalpana Sharma, Author at Women's eNews

Removing the Veil Does Not Empower Women

By Kalpana Sharma ● Uncategorized ● December 19, 2001

The difficult and complex issues of women’s empowerment are all too often and too easily reduced to the symbolism of the burka. The author argues that fixating upon the veil sidesteps the real issues of Muslim women’s rights.

U.S. Should Heed How Our Allies Treat Women

By Kalpana Sharma & Mona Eltahawy ● Commentary ● October 24, 2001

Two writers, a Seattle journalist from Egypt and a columnist for India’s national newspaper, argue in separate essays that, as we plan for peace, attention must be paid to our allies’ denial of rights to women–food, medical care and full citizenship.

Indian Women Pioneer Informal Justice Courts

By Kalpana Sharma ● Crime & Law ● November 30, 2000

Some pioneering women jurists in remote Indian villages are barely literate, but they know the law often ignores women. Sitting in a circle on the floor, they dispense justice in cases of divorce, abandonment, violence, rape and dowry demands.

Tale of Woman Burned Alive Tells Much About India

By Kalpana Sharma ● Commentary ● August 4, 2000

A woman who was set afire and allowed to burn to death in front of the bustling Mumbai Railway Station is but one gruesome example of the abiding and even increasing violence against women in India where laws are enlightened but people are not.

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Removing the Veil Does Not Empower Women

U.S. Should Heed How Our Allies Treat Women

Indian Women Pioneer Informal Justice Courts

Tale of Woman Burned Alive Tells Much About India