Elementor #9673
[This story was supported by the Pulitzer Center] Bobby avoids leaving her room. Even on breezy days like the one we met in July this year. …
Trans Persons With Disabilities Lack Enabling Social Systems and Healthcare Support
Mumbai: India has laws and support systems for both transgender persons and people with disabilities, but none for those who are both identities – trans persons …
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Why Only 1 In 10 Survivors Of Domestic Violence Seeks Justice
Patan, Gujarat: Every third married woman in India faces spousal violence but only one in 10 seeks any help, says a 2020 study published in the …
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In Gujarat’s Poorest Tribal Pocket, A Women’s Agri Collective Shows The Way
Mapusa, Goa: Last November, 0ver 100 guests got to sample the tribal cuisine of the Bhil tribe during the annual three-day conference of the Institute of …
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Health Workers Can Be Critical In The Campaign Against Domestic Violence
Patan, Gujarat: “A pregnant woman has been hit in the stomach by her husband; she is bleeding. There are also marks of assault on her legs …
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Desire, Sexuality And Choice: Disabled Indian Women And Queer Persons On Their Experiences
Bengaluru: When they were 18, Nu, a non-binary person with physical and speech disabilities, recalls apologising often to their dates: “I’m sorry I walk with a …
Gujarat’s Rural Hospitals Become Support Centres For Domestic Violence Survivors
Patan, Gujarat: The excitement is palpable at the gathering of around 30 women, old and young, seated in a circle at the sub-district hospital in Patan …
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Women With Disabilities Have To Constantly Negotiate Between Isolation And Intrusion
Mumbai: Barely a month before her 12th grade board exams, Kavya Mukhija (now 23) had to take a week’s sick leave from school. She had contracted …
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Tangled In Red Tape, The Disability ID Card Process Is Steeped With Gender Barriers
Mumbai: Khushi, 18, was elated to get admission to her dream Delhi University college to study English literature. Then, the teen, who was diagnosed with a …
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‘We Are Harassed, Beaten’: Adivasi Women Who Demand Forest Land Rights In Gujarat
Mapusa, Goa: “Ye pitai khayi hui auratein hain (These are the women who’ve got beaten up).” That is how we are introduced to Nandaben Nayak, Navliben …
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