Meet India’s First Transgender Woman Lawyer
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I was determined to enroll only as a trans woman lawyer, even if it took more than a decade.
Anupam Singh: Saving Lives After Her Own Dream Dies
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I tell parents not to marry their daughters young. They must be educated so that they can follow their dreams and not die while giving birth.
India: Where Pregnant Women are More than Statistics
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India has experienced a 22 percent reduction in its maternal mortality rate since 2013. Here’s one major reason why.
Beyond Begging: Meet the Mother of a Thousand Orphans
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Now everybody who rejected me wants to felicitate me, including my marital and natal family.
Looking Up to Visually-Impaired Girls in India, through Judo
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This is a dream come true for 65 visually-impaired girls from marginalized communities in India, who have overcome economic and social challenges to learn judo, and are now teaching others.
Nuns, Reproductive Health Care, and Men
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One of the important outcomes of this innovative intervention with religious leaders has been the involvement of men.
“Yes Men Can,” says India’s Kant Brothers
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It is a difficult and risky job to raid a brothel and bring the culprits to court, but we were determined to continue.
Meet the First Transgender Judge in India
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“Those who once taunted me about my gender stand before me with folded hands waiting for a judgment on their case.”
Equality
For India’s Threatened Koraga, a Heroine Emerges
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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
India Faces Reminders of Failing Maternal Safety
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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.