It is true that we can not ignore the role of woman in Indian Cinema from Mother India to Mirch Masala to Chandni Bar. Like these there are various movies in which female characters have stronger roles.Aparna Sen in the 80’s with “Paroma”, where the woman tread the path of so-called “promiscuity” only to gain [...]
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“Child Marriage is equivalent to child sex abuse, much worse than the umbrella term RAPE or MOLESTATION.
A shameful part of the glorious India that we boast of often… where the child woman spends her life in distress, pain and darkness.”
read on…
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October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month.
A girl who we looked up to in college, got married (arranged marriage) to a charming man who gifted her her favourite car on their wedding day. Then we heard she had come back home within days because he was violent. Her parents were supportive. She was divorcing him.
This became [...]
Extending the Breakthrough Leadership program, we have started involving some of our rights advocates in a new program called ‘Rights Reporters.’ This is a capacity building activity intended to enable them to make short issue based video content for web2.o. Our rights advocates are now the voices from the community directly reaching to the world [...]
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We are pleased to announce that NDTV Imagine has joined hands with Bell Bajao to take up the cause of domestic violence via their popular show ‘Jyoti.’
It is praise worthy that TV show such as ‘Jyoti’ is taking up pertinent causes such as domestic violence.
‘Jyoti’ is the story of a strong independent young girl from [...]
On the occasion of Mahatma Gandhi’s birth anniversary the Ministry of Women and Child Development launched a nation wide campaign to address the issue of violence against women and spread the message of non-violence. Reportedly this 5 year program would cover the whole nation. 25 women panchayat members have been taken on oath as Ahmisa [...]
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I got married at a very young age when I was still in college. First one month of the marriage everything was normal. We had lots of visitors coming over and were also invited at various relatives’ places. It was a lot of fun.
Then it was my first birthday after wedding and my parents had [...]
The everlasting smile of a woman’s soul seems to be a common theme for the photographers who set out to capture an image of an independent woman. This photo is by Saurabh Goenka.
Photo description – “Nobody can take away your freedom to smile. Women symbolize strength in the face of every adversity. This is a [...]
The many faces of hard work, struggle, the many pursuits through hot and cold weather, a fragile body in a crowded train or a worried look on a silent journey – are all faces of woman’s freedom and independence, captured aptly by Tusha Bhatia in this photograph taken in a ladies compartment of a Mumbai [...]
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