Gender Issues

A feminist who loved, married, became a mother, and single-handedly ruled a male-dominated society that too in the 20th century was a big deal. A woman who opened doors for other women to be successful and make them realize their potential.…

COVID-19 crisis affected men and women in different ways, it turned out to be the major employment calamity for millions. But for women, it turned out crueller in terms of job losses. According to an informal workers’ survey conducted…

Songs are good for ears until they are not promoting sexism. The Punjabi music industry is one of the music industries that present women as materialistic beings. Let us see, how mainstream Punjabi songs paint all women as materialistic…

"Agar tum kisi cheez ko dil se chaho to puri Kaynaat tumhe usse milane me jut jaati hai" We all have heard the dialogue in om Shanti Om and some of us believed it as well. This dialogue holds true for these love birds and even the judiciary…

"Women look good in the kitchen" or "women are born to look after the family". We all have heard such a saying throughout our lives. women should dress a certain way, they cannot do this in heels or too much makeup is the new way to degrade…

Lakhimpur Kheri district located in the state of Uttar Pradesh is famous for being the sugar bowl of the north. Recently, it has been in the news following the rape and murder of two minors. All the cases that have emerged are mostly…

Savitribai and Fatima Sheikh who had set up the first girls’ school called “Indigenous Library”, in their own house, went against both, the upper caste Hindus as well the orthodox Muslims, but unfortunately, they were lost in the pages of…

Ladies, how many of us have had to take half-days from work or make excuses for suffering from “lady problems” and having to answer concerning questions about your health with a feeble “stomach upset” when you really wanted to say “ON MY…

32-year-old woman held captive and bound down by iron chains by her husband in her own house. Investigations done by The Commission's Mahila Panchayat team

This article highlights a few of the day to day inequalities faced by women and are accepted by others as normal.