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DARE TO IMAGINE

·November 16, 2020
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This post was originally posted here underAttribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) . When is the last time that you daydreamed, spending hours imagining some unrealistic ideas? Have you found yourself continuously getting overwhelmed by different issues happening in this world as a feminist? Is it difficult for you to take a break, a break for fantasising,…

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सावित्रीबाई फुले: ज़माने को बदला अपने विचारों से

·November 16, 2020
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This post was originally published here. हम अंदाज़ा लगा ही सकते हैं कि जब दलितों का आज भी इतना शोषण होता है तो आज से 150 साल पहले क्या हाल रहा होगा। ऐसे में ज्योतिबा और सावित्रीबाई फुले ने इनके हकों की बात उठाई। पति-पत्नी की इस जोड़ी ने मांगा और महार जातियों के बीच काम किया। महाराष्ट्र…

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Why Queer Friendships Are Important To Queer People

·November 16, 2020
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This post was originally published here. Posted by Sohini Chatterjee Growing up in a queerphobic/queer invisibilising culture makes us search for unique ways of escaping from ourselves that frequently entail the performance of denial as our lived reality, figuring among the most potent but wearying survival strategies we employ to get through the days. Denying…

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I Needed A ‘Safe Space’ To Be Believed And Heard. So, This Is What I Did

·November 16, 2020
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This post was originally posted here. 30th September, 2020 Shorya Mittal TW: Mentions of sexual harassment. It was the last exam of my 6th semester of engineering. I had finished my exam earlier and therefore left the examination centre. As I was going to my hostel, behind the staircase, I saw a man masturbating. He…

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We Need To Talk About Unsafe Sex And Our Dilemmas Around Using Contraception

·October 15, 2020
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The scope for unsafe sex, as discussed earlier, extends to STIs and STDs and therefore, the feeling of ‘un-safety’ during sexual intercourse must expand itself to actively include infections as an equally important factor for using contraceptives, as are unwanted pregnancies.

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Climate change exacerbates gender inequality, putting women’s health at risk

·October 15, 2020
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Reasons why SRHR is not prioritised—but should be—in climate change policies, strategies, financing, and programmes are because women’s contribution and roles as agents of change are often disregarded due to gender inequality.

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“I HAVE READ AND AGREE TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS”: INFORMED CONSENT IN THE AGE OF SOCIAL MEDIA

·October 15, 2020
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Ethical considerations and frameworks for traditional (for the lack of a better term) have had decades of debates, discussions, and revisions to have Boards of Review with similar ethics regulations (although they are still being critiqued).

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An illustration with a pink background. To the left, the torso of an individual with long hair, wearing a shirt, belt and shorts is visible. To the right are a smartphone, diary and a magazine that has a woman's face and the typography: 'Love' and 'Sex'.

PRIVATE PARTS: OBSCENITY AND CENSORSHIP IN THE DIGITAL AGE

·September 15, 2020
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Around the world, LGBTQ+ activists, queer ‘sex-positive’ feminists, sex-workers, artists and educators are leading the charge against the increasingly complex webs of regulation and censorship of sexuality online, where corporate policies intersect with restrictive state law.

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Building better workplaces

·September 15, 2020
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The #MeToo movement gave voice to the existing pandemic of sexual violence globally, especially against women. Sexual violence against women was (and is) being perpetrated in every space–our homes, the streets, and the workplace.

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