Indian gamer girls battle rape threats, abuse, unfair playing field

Women are carving out a space in a male-dominated industry, but it has come at a cost.

Vidhi Doshi, Thomson Reuters Foundation

· May 21, 2023 · 07:30 pm

‘Emotionally, physically and financially distressing’: What women are not told before IVF treatment

Women who have undergone IVF treatment say that many of their doctors did not tell them about all the health risks involved and the rare possibility of death.

Priyanka Vora

· Nov 13, 2018 · 02:30 pm

#ExposeYourPig: How French women took #MeToo campaign a step further

They are naming names rather than just sharing their experience of abuse or discrimination.

Zoe Tabary, Thomson Reuters Foundation News

· Oct 22, 2017 · 08:30 pm

Is the Devadasi system still being followed in southern India?

Reports about minor girls being offered to a temple in Tiruvallur, Tamil Nadu, and stripped naked have sparked fears the exploitative practice is well alive.

Vinita Govindarajan

· Oct 08, 2017 · 06:30 am

Years after the attack on Aruna Shanbaug, there has been no let up in sexual violence in hospitals

A 21-year-old woman was raped at the Delhi Municipal Corporation hospital in October, allegedly by doctor and an x-ray technician.

Priyanka Vora

· Dec 12, 2016 · 02:30 pm

In Goa's spas, Northeastern women work under fear of sexual assault, salary cuts

A dozen therapists with a leading spa quit en mass in August, saying they were forced to make house visits and attend parties.

Pamela D’Mello

· Nov 21, 2016 · 06:00 am