Gender Equality
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg had reshaped American law even before she went on the US Supreme Court
While nominated Ginsburg, Bill Clinton compared her legal work on behalf of women to the epochal work of Thurgood Marshall on behalf of African-Americans.
Jonathan Entin, The Conversation
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Kerala to have women drivers in government, public sector offices
Presently, Kerala has women drivers for private buses, taxis, autorickshaws and ambulances.
Scroll Staff
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US: Berkeley City Council votes to remove gendered pronouns from its municipal code
Firemen and firewomen would be called firefighters, brothers and sisters will be siblings, and manholes would become maintenance holes.
Scroll Staff
Trending
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Bilkis Bano gangrape: 11 men sentenced to life imprisonment released from jail
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Why many young Muslims are leaving India
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India at 75: What is the place of women’s writings in the historical imagination of the nation?
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‘What’s behind the flag?’: India’s cartoonists prompt a laugh on the country’s 75th Independence Day
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How the Kerala government’s appeal in the Supreme Court may dash the release hopes of UAPA prisoners
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Sabarimala violence: In battle of republic vs orthodoxy, Supreme Court’s authority is being debased
The failure of the state government to protect women at the shrine is a sheer abdication of its constitutional responsibility.
Sruthisagar Yamunan
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The men’s liberation movement: What today’s #MeToo sceptics can learn from their 1970s brothers
A few decades ago, small groups of progressive men began to look beyond the reductive gender roles that they had been conditioned into.
Emily Priscott, The Conversation
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India votes against WTO declaration seeking to improve gender equality in trade
Nearly three-quarters of the 164-member agency backed the declaration on women’s empowerment in trade.
Scroll Staff
Video
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Caught on camera: Pair of leaping dolphins appears to escort cargo ship in Florida
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Watch: Indian bride and groom play stone-paper-scissors to decide who goes first with the garland
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Watch: Hindu ascetics and Muslim priests in Bihar hoist national flag together on Independence Day
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Watch: Man swims across flooded Las Vegas street with the help of a pool float
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Watch: Jailed journalist Siddique Kappan’s daughter, 9, asks for protection of citizens’ rights
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India falls 21 places in global gender equality report, ranks 108 in 144-nation list
In 2016, India’s rank was 87.
Scroll Staff
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Norway doubles women’s footballers’ salary and trims men’s pay to bring wages on par
Players from both teams will now earn 6 million kronor (Rs 4.8 crore) a year.
AFP
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England’s Lewes FC become first professional club to award equal pay for men and women
The initiative was made a part of the club’s campaign to raise awareness about gender equality in the sport.
Scroll Staff
The Reel
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‘Between Two Dawns’ review: A gripping film about workplace ethics
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Deepa Mehta’s ‘Earth’ is a reminder of lines arbitrarily drawn between countries and hearts
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Watch: ‘Pippa’ teaser is out, release date set for December 2
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Does Netflix series ‘The Sandman’ make your every comic-loving dream come true?
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‘The Legend of Maula Jatt’ trailer: Fawad Khan leads reboot of a Pakistani classic
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Colombian rebels have a new plan for the country, and it’s called ‘insurgent feminism’
Demilitarised female guerrillas in Colombia are hoping to spark a new women's movement based in the FARC's revolutionary ideals.
Camille Boutron, The Conversation
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A Rabbi is bringing gender equality to Orthodox Judaism – from the synagogue in Delhi
Rabbi Ezekiel Malekar’s daughter and his work at the National Human Rights Commission have turned him into a feminist.
Aditi Bhaduri
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Father’s name on a degree should not be compulsory, Maneka Gandhi tells HRD Ministry
The women and child development minister said that the requirement made it hard for single or divorced mothers to procure the certificate for their children.
Scroll Staff
The Field
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Fifa suspends AIFF: Timeline of events that led to India’s expulsion from football’s governing body
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Cricket: Kapil Dev on rising popularity of T20 leagues – ‘ICC must protect ODIs and Tests’
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Fifa suspends AIFF: Full text of CoA statement – 'Surprised and disappointed’
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Fifa suspends AIFF: What is Fifa Council, of which Praful Patel is a member, & who forms its bureau?
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Cricket: India to host England, Australia for a Test as ICC confirm women’s schedule for 2022-25