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Gap between education and jobs for women in Delhi

April 12, 2026 7:10 am

Nearly three-quarters of educated, non-working women surveyed had never worked at all. This is not a story of women dropping out and struggling to return. It is about figuring out why educated women are not entering the workforce in the first place.

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From ‘food committee’ to ‘boys club’: 3 generations of women lawyers reveal hidden barriers in India’s judiciary (watch video)

March 08, 2026 2:43 pm

On International Women’s Day, three generations of women from the legal profession reflected on the evolving realities of gender and justice in India’s courts.

A judicial system that often re-victimises women needs the Gender Handbook

February 18, 2026 4:11 pm

Recently, a bench of Justices Nagarathna and Ujjal Bhuyan commented in court that women ought not to enter into premarital sexual relations. Their awareness that their view was "old-fashioned" did not stop the judges (including, in a sad ironic twist, the sole woman judge) from passing moral judgments on women's character and freedom of choice rather than deciding the case at hand on actual facts, which is exactly what the Gender Handbook warns against

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Custom v. Constitution: Why Punjab and Haryana High Court struck down a 40-year-old curb on a widow’s right to sell land

March 24, 2026 6:20 pm

Widow property rights: The Punjab and Haryana High Court said that customary law like Riwaj-i-Am that curtails a woman's proprietary rights solely based on gender and withstand scrutiny of Article 14 of Constitution of India.

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Madhubani Bar Association refutes gender bias claims of lawyer Anita Jha, says district magistrate examining issue

January 22, 2026 2:01 pm

Madhubani Lawyer Chamber Dispute: The association president said women lawyers sat in a hall beside the hall meant for male laywers, which was built on Anita Jha's application during the relevant time, but she doesn't sit there.

'Somehow I am disappointing someone by not having a son': Soha Ali Khan gets candid about gender discrimination in society

January 04, 2026 3:17 pm

Parents may feel compelled to adhere to cultural practices, even when they conflict with their personal beliefs or modern values.

How to raise a boy: Raising a boy is not about protecting the world from him or him from the world

November 17, 2025 5:20 pm

We tried to raise both our children in the school of humanism. We could not control what they saw online or heard from friends, but I could curate what they encountered at home: A thoughtful article, a film watched together, a lively conversation around the dinner table

Deepika Padukone breaks silence on gender bias and the price women pay for boundaries

‘By virtue of being a woman, I’m called pushy’: Deepika Padukone on the backlash over her demanding an 8-hour workday; how gender double standards affect working women

October 10, 2025 4:27 pm

Her statement raises important questions about how women asserting boundaries, whether at work, home, or in relationships, are often labelled as ‘difficult’ or ‘demanding’