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

· Sep 20, 2020 · 09:30 pm

Kerala to have women drivers in government, public sector offices

Presently, Kerala has women drivers for private buses, taxis, autorickshaws and ambulances.

Scroll Staff

· Aug 22, 2019 · 10:48 pm

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.

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· Jul 20, 2019 · 11:34 am

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

· Oct 17, 2018 · 08:58 pm

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

· Mar 04, 2018 · 09:30 pm

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.

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· Dec 13, 2017 · 08:55 pm

India falls 21 places in global gender equality report, ranks 108 in 144-nation list

In 2016, India’s rank was 87.

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· Nov 02, 2017 · 04:54 pm

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

· Oct 09, 2017 · 07:21 pm

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.

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· Jul 12, 2017 · 06:33 pm

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

· Jul 04, 2017 · 11:30 pm

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

· May 11, 2017 · 11:30 am

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

· Apr 17, 2017 · 08:54 am