Motherhood is best described by the adage” Hands that rocks the cradle rules the world”. To quote Abraham Lincoln also known as “Honest Abe” “All that I am or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother.” Thomas Edison said “Had it not been for my mother’s appreciation and her faith in me at [...]
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One of our rights advocates, Kaamini rang the bell.
Kaamini lives in a slum near the Shivaji Nagar area of Bangalore, India. She along with the help of few more girls, all of who have atteded a breakthrough leadership training, took action against a man who used to always get drunk and create nuisance in [...]
The river beckons me. It is a life force that attracts me and propels me downstream in its surging waters. Civilization crowds both its banks in all its grandeur and humanity traverses its banks in all its humility, overawed by the pull of the current. It is majestic, it is wide, and it is deep.
Yes, [...]
The United Nations defines ‘violence against women‘ as
Any act of gender-based violence that results in, or is likely to result in, physical, sexual or mental harm or suffering to women, including threats of such acts, coercion or arbitrary deprivation of liberty, whether occurring in public or in private life.
In a recently concluded 3 day [...]
Peace is loud has joined the 16 days of activism by doing something very interesting. They are honoring 16 amazing women across the world who are committed to bring a change in this world by empowering women and by talking the language of peace.
Based out of New York, the organization’s mission is to “support female [...]
The international ‘16 days of Activism against gender based violence’ kicked off across the world on 25th Nov emphasizing on the inclusion of woman rights within the real of human rights.
The international campaign originated from the first Women’s Global Leadership Institute sponsored by the Center for Women’s Global Leadership (CWGL) at Rutgers University in [...]
When the famous Bollywood film Khalnayak (Villan, 1993) was released there was an outcry in the nation protesting against the obscenity and vulgarity of the song ‘choli ke peeche’ featuring two women, (Neena Gupta and Madhuri Dixit) singing to each other in erotic banter with a silent male audience.
Before the 1990s, women in Hindi cinema [...]
25th November is the “International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women”. In 1999, the General Assembly had designated November 25 as the day aimed at raising awareness about the plight of many women worldwide. On its 10th anniversary UN has launched a global campaign to end domestic violence against women. The campaign is [...]
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When Hillary Clinton won in the New Hampshire, the win was primarily attributed, by our worthies of the other sex, to the ultimate weapon that a woman has – her tears. That she swayed the female vote to her advantage with her misty eyes. Nobody really spared a thought to the capable lawyer she is, [...]
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