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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.
It is a difficult and risky job to raid a brothel and bring the culprits to court, but we were determined to continue.
“Those who once taunted me about my gender stand before me with folded hands waiting for a judgment on their case.”
The focus on getting girls in STEM is working in life sciences, less so in math and engineering. “I really don’t enjoy math,” says one 17-year-old. “So I plan on pursuing a career in biology.”
In a country where censors omit kissing scenes in movies, young people have a tough time getting information. My friend Rashi, 18, who got married last month, confesses that as a “good girl,” she knew nothing about sex before marriage.
Sex is a taboo topic in India, but schools are nonetheless mandated to teach it. Parents with an eye on what their children might be doing on the Internet are also anxious to find ways of discussing the issue.
The popularity of novelist Ratna Vira, who writes about this common family drama, could be a sign of cultural shift. But for now, many women in India are discouraged from inheriting family property on the same basis as their brothers.
Ria Sharma wasn’t always an activist. Just a few years back she was a fashion student at Leeds College of Art. But she felt uninspired by the work, and decided to branch into film. Her first project: A documentary about acid attack survivors.
Even the monsoon rains don’t keep the women of Ghunduribadi, a tiny tribal village in India’s eastern state of Odisha, from patrolling the nearby forest at dawn.
The Moods Planet condom store is set on one of Panaji’s busiest streets. Buffered by a motorcycle repair shop on one side and a jeweler on the other, this brightly lit store with its distinctive logo — the shapely ‘o’s of Moods intertwined — seems incongruous.