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Believing in her strength, putting her at the centre of nation’s story

Believing in her strength, putting her at the centre of the nation's story

August 31, 2026 12:45 am

Empowerment means creating an environment in which a girl can grow into a confident citizen.

Women Empowerment: Delegation from Liberia visiting India for the IBSA funded peer-learning programme.

Liberia to take a leaf out of India’s playbook on engaging, empowering women

August 24, 2026 4:12 am

A 12-member delegation of Liberian lawmakers visited India to study women's political participation, women-led development, digital inclusion and gender-responsive governance.

Stop expecting women to be perfect victims

August 16, 2026 5:22 am

Women do not owe anyone the performance of devastation. They do not owe anyone the right reaction, the right memory, the right amount of anger, the right amount of fear.

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Another age for the Exhausted Woman

July 22, 2026 8:51 pm

Multitasking was sold to us like the smartphone – that it was possible for one device to do everything; that women could be like the multifunctional kitchen gadgets they used, the OTG, or the mixer-grinder

Women Uber drivers in Chandigarh highlight safety, low earnings and the need for stronger support from ride-hailing platforms. (File Photo)

‘I don’t fear the night anymore’: Women Uber drivers in Chandigarh seek better support from aggregators

July 10, 2026 7:20 pm

Women Uber drivers in Chandigarh say active policing has improved safety, but they seek better support, fairer fares and stronger welfare measures from ride-hailing platforms.

From Subbamma’s kitchen to Mantralaya

June 01, 2026 1:12 am

The climb is not finished. In every tehsil office and police station, women are still at that early stage, still the first, still proving themselves

Raveena Tandon on tackling modern day sexism

Raveena Tandon gets candid about women's rights, calls it 'the saddest truth'

May 25, 2026 11:25 am

"You realise the world is progressing, but statistically, women’s rights are worse today than they were 30 years ago. That’s the saddest truth," Tandon shared during the interview.

Turns out, women also hunted and went to war

Turns out, women were also hunters and warriors

May 18, 2026 6:50 am

How are perceptions of male-female domains, capabilities and sexual division of labour formed? The arguments tend to go far back to the hunter-gatherers

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What we measure, what we miss

May 10, 2026 1:16 am

If outcomes are to be meaningful, they must move beyond surface indicators to capture substantive freedoms: the ability to make choices without coercion, to access and control resources, and to act without fear of sanction.