Women's rights
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Controversy over low-quality sanitary pads in China fuels feminist mobilisation
Chi Zhang, The Conversation
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Eight persons accused in India’s last known sati case acquitted by Jaipur court
Scroll Staff
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Why family laws are usually patriarchal: An evolutionary perspective
Raheel Dhattiwala
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The uncomfortable gender politics behind the accusations against a war widow
Divya Aslesha
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How Donald Trump’s racist appeals to America’s ‘nostalgic past’ could swing votes in his favour
Spencer Goidel, The Conversation
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What are some of the major barriers urban Indian women face in owning land?
Anindita Tagore
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Why do Indian women still need their husband’s assent to use their maiden name?
Vineet Bhalla
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Delhi HC hears plea against notification requiring husband’s NOC for women to use maiden name
Scroll Staff
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Uttarakhand Uniform Civil Code draws significantly from Hindu law – and barely represents others
Vineet Bhalla
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How the idealisation of motherhood undermines all women
Pragya Agarwal, The Conversation
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The woman who refused to be a mother
Amrita Dutta
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Taliban’s war on Afghan women must be called what it is – gender apartheid
Vrinda Narain, The Conversation
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In the Centre’s UCC push, women’s rights and ‘religious neutrality’ are just optics
Saumya Saxena
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Women misusing rape law as weapon against men, says Uttarakhand HC judge
Scroll Staff
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Marital rape: This book highlights sexual violence against women in marriages and relationships
Joanna Bourke
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Single women and widows in Afghanistan are struggling to find their next meal under the Taliban
Nitya Rao, The Conversation
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Delhi HC allows abortion at 25 weeks for pregnant minor, issues guidelines to police
Scroll Staff
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Opinion: A multipronged assault on women’s rights is underway around the world
Aintzane Márquez, Thomson Reuters Foundation
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UN Security Council urges Taliban to reverse restrictions on women in Afghanistan
Scroll Staff
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Women should be able to go out at any time in an ideal society, says Kerala High Court
Scroll Staff