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Oct 25

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Date: October 25, 2020
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UNITED NATIONS AT 75!

By Nidhi Dingrani, Social-media intern, SheSpeaks As the UN completes 75 years, let’s look back at how successful it has been in empowering and emancipating women. What has been done so far? The UN was originally set up to prevent another World War and promote global cooperati...

Oct 11

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Date: October 11, 2020
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INTERNATIONAL DAY OF THE GIRL CHILD

By, Shreya Rajput, Social-media intern, SheSpeaks Since 2012, October 11 has been recognised and celebrated as one of most auspicious day, “The International Day of the Girl Child’ all over the world. The theme for this year is “My Voice, Our Equal Future “. The theme o...

Oct 04

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Date: October 4, 2020
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Present Conundrum

April 1992, 16th December 2012, August 2013, 14th March 2015, 29th March 2016, 4th June 2017, 17th January 2018 and 14th September 2020 These are not just random dates and years. On the first look, it might sound like I would narrate something from history. Yes. Unfortunately, I would ...

Sep 28

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Date: September 28, 2020
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Gendering Jobs- Gender Stereotypes and its Dangers

When we hear the word ‘nurse’, many of us might immediately imagine women. What is the cause of this assumption? Gender stereotypes seem to play a significant role in this process. These gender stereotypes are ingrained in us early in life and play a significant role in how we perceive ou...

Sep 13

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Date: September 13, 2020
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Care in times of Covid-19 crisis

Especially, now when the COVID-19 cases in India are skyrocketing, there is indeed an immediate need to make collective efforts in addressing the prevailing mental health crises to be able to restore wellbeing among health care workers....

Sep 06

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Date: September 6, 2020
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Menstrual Stigma and Mental Health: Break the Silence

A “menstruating woman” is also a human being and human rights are rights inherent to all humans regardless of sex, race, religion or any other status. Thus, a menstruating woman has equal right to life and personal liberty, right to health and well-being, right to education, right to work, right...

Aug 24

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Date: August 24, 2020
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Virtual Harassment: A lurking shadow behind Networked Feminism

“Networked feminism is not spearheaded by one singular women's group. Rather, it is the manifestation of feminists' ability to leverage the internet to make traditionally unrepresented voices and viewpoints heard”, reads the Wikipedia article on Networked Feminism....

Aug 22

Let’s talk about Women’s Mental Health in India

A survey conducted by the Indian Psychiatry Society revealed that since the start of the lockdown period in March 2020, there has been a 20% rise in the number of reported cases of mental illnesses in India....

Aug 22

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Date: August 22, 2020
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Violence against women: An exploration of multiple forms

Sometimes, the normalization of violence against women in society becomes so ingrained that several women may not even realize that they are being subjected to violence, microaggressions or gender-based abuse....

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