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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Members of the community say, upcoming generations need to know what already exists, which is natural and needs acceptance Pallavi Pandey, a member of the LGBTQIA+ community, finds it difficult to live in a society where members of the community continue to be subjugated. She says it becomes hard when you have to hide your […]
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Many companies still don’t know how to enforce it. Kolkata: Several companies have been found flouting the government’s directive to provide for creches for children of female employees. Aditi Gupta, a mother of a three-year-old child, informed The Observer: “I worked for many years before I had my first baby, but after his birth, I […]
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Being a working woman in India has never been as easy as making a lemonade out of lemons. It has always been a tough mental exercise for them to be able to handle as they face gender discrimination at several stages at their workplace. According to a recent study and survey conducted, out of 250 […]
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Women navigate through a pandemic of cyber harassment as they share how easy it has become for harassers to attack them online. Bengaluru: It’s worse than you think it is. Imagine this: It’s a Friday. You wake up with your phone blowing up with notifications. It’s seven in the morning. What could possibly be wrong? […]
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