Garment factories in Karnataka are breeding grounds for sexual predators, often trapping women employees into the sex work industry. ASI study shows around 20 million involved in the sex work industry. Bengaluru Urban has the highest number of sex workers among all the districts in Karnataka with over 21 thousand in the industry. Among the […]
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The chillies that add spice to our food turns out to be hazardous for the workers who handle them. Renuka works underneath the blazing sun separating the stems from the chillies at the Byadagi Chilli market. It is 11 a.m. when the sun is at its peak and the temperature is 30 degrees Celsius in […]
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Najma was happy about her pregnancy, but her joy lasted for four months only. In January this year, severe abdomen pain woke her up at night; leaving her in tears with the news of miscarriage. Najma Maibusab Mujavar got married last year at the age of 19. The reason behind her miscarriage as stated in […]
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20,000 women prisoners suffer physical and mental trauma inside as well as outside the jail. Malti* sat there with the biggest smile on her face in her one-bedroom home in Sarjapur, Bangalore. With her 11-year-old daughter and husband who was also a prisoner. It has been 13 years since she got out of jail but […]
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Ten years after the Nirbhaya gang-rape, lack of public safety is still affecting women’s freedom and job opportunities. Tanisha Kannan was an intern at India Today when it happened. It was Karnataka Rajyostav—Nov. 1, 2019. She had been called in to work on an assignment in the afternoon and was waiting for an auto to […]
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Women in India alone carry the responsibility of contraception in India, even if it sometimes comes with a health warning. Alka, 35, decided to get sterilized along with the c-section when she had her second child. The process is called ‘postpartum sterilisation’ and is generally considered to be safe. However for Alka, the decision was […]
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Discriminated for beat allocations, doubted for potential, judged on physical appearance, subject to sexist remarks, women journalists in Indian newsrooms have been suffering the brunt of patriarchal mindsets since ages, and it continues. Aditi (name changed), a newspaper reporter, went to cover Uttar Pradesh elections in Muzaffarnagar five years back. Since she was a fresher […]
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Lack of friendly cyber spaces causes poor health for the cyber bullied Vijayalakshmi* set a resolution last night to reduce her screen time and instead focus on her own well-being from today. Attempting to do justice to her morning routine, she woke up and went ahead to make her morning coffee. As she proceeded to […]
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Surveys show 38 percent of women face sexual harassment at their workplace with 50 percent of women believing that it’s still increasing. Women working in companies, working from home, or in a factory as laborer face some sort of sexual harassment. Many of these cases go unnoticed as many women don’t register to complain as […]
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Female sterilization is the most accepted contraceptive among couples. One out of 10 men uses condoms according to the National Family Health Survey-5. Rama Belgavi, (38) of Harohalli in Bengaluru’s rural area, was dressed in a faded blue saree with her head covered by her pallu and spoke hesitantly, “After my second child during the […]
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