No Place Like Home

Transgender persons in India constantly negotiate their identities with the spaces they grow up in, live in, or move through in search of a home within and outside.

‘Over 80% Of Nomadic Homes Have No Toilets, 70% None Near Them’

Thane District: With no attention paid to their sanitation needs, India’s nomadic communities are forced to either defecate in the open or struggle for access to …

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Why India’s Nomadic Tribes Must Have Access To Toilets And Dignity

Mumbai: “You are talking about money for ration. Forget hundreds of rupees for food, we don’t have Rs 10 to give to the toilet attendant for …

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How All-Girls Collectives Are Battling Sex Trafficking In Sundarbans

Basanti (South 24 Parganas, West Bengal) /New Delhi: With criminal networks, apathetic policing and patriarchal practices turning the impoverished Sundarbans delta region in West Bengal into …

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Why India’s Abortion Law Still Lacks Principles Of Reproductive Justice

New Delhi: India’s abortion law has evolved over 50 years to become seemingly progressive but it is still not rooted in the idea of reproductive justice, …

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Inflation-Hit, Women Demand Better Wages, More Workdays Under Rural Jobs Scheme

New Delhi: As August rains swept Delhi, more than 500 workers, mostly women, gathered around the Jantar Mantar monument to protest delayed wages, reduced workdays and …

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Explainer: Patriarchal Rules Continue To Decide Parenthood In Official Documents

New Delhi: After her undergraduate studies, Tara* decided to take an education loan to pursue a Master’s degree. In her loan application forms she named her …

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How Tina, A Van Gujjar Trans Woman, Navigates Many Marginal Identities

Haridwar, Uttarakhand: At the wedding of her baji (aunt), Tina was so awestruck by the dark red bridal suit that she was adamant she would wear …

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Why India’s Abortion Law Needs To Be Rid Of Moralism

New Delhi: Last week, the Supreme Court passed an interim order allowing an unmarried woman to abort a 24-week pregnancy. The court ordered the constitution of …

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Why Women Sugarcane Cutters Of Maharashtra Seek Needless Hysterectomies

Kaij taluka (Beed district): Sugarcane cutting is relentless, backbreaking work, say the migrant women workers of Kothi village in Kaij taluka of Maharashtra’s Beed district. You …

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