COVID-19 Draws Holi Restrictions. What About Guidelines For Sexual Harassment?
Written by Nitya Sriram, Senior Program Officer, MFF, with inputs from Shefali Shukla and Hargun Kaur As a child, participating in Holi celebrations was always a contentious issue in my house. My...
View ArticleWhy Are People In Rural Odisha Excluded From Social Protection Schemes?
By Liby Johnson Access to legal entitlements and participation in social protection schemes has become a focus area in the context of the widespread distress caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The Union...
View ArticleWhy Is Sex Considered Such A ‘Bad-Boy’ Thing?
Sex, in popular perception, is constructed as a very lewd, vulgar thing that ‘spoilt’ or easy-going people indulge in. This is the perception which a shy, introverted adolescent boy in India is likely...
View Articleहमारा तथाकथित सभ्य समाज होली के नाम पर होती फूहड़ता, अश्लीलता पर चुप्पी क्यों...
बसंत ऋतु शायद ऋतुओं में सबसे सुंदर होती है और यही वो रुत है, जो हमें प्रेम भरे रंगों से सरोबार कर देती है। जहां एक ओर टेसू, पलाश, बोगनबेलिया के रूप में रंग बनकर बिखर रहे होते हैं। वहीं दूसरी और आम पर...
View ArticleHow An Advisory And LGBTQIA+ Activist Are Pushing 100 Companies To ‘Ungender’...
Written by: Ritushree and Team Ungender Like many others, the Covid-19 pandemic kept me from doing something I love: travelling. Before the pandemic hit, I would travel at least once a month. Let me...
View ArticleYouth Ki Awaaz Turns 13!
Today, Youth Ki Awaaz turns 13. Officially a teenager, it is something I started when I was in my teens. And what a journey we have had together. The teenage angst and growing pains notwithstanding!...
View ArticleBJP’s Larger-Than-Life Image Or LDF’s Grassroots Work: What Will Kerala...
The Kerala Assembly Election is due on April 6 and its outcome is expected to be in stark contrast to that of the 2019 Lok Sabha election — which was an unholy alliance for unruly politicking by the...
View ArticleOur ‘Veils Of Privilege’ Are Hiding The Crude Reality Of This Caste Based...
Manual scavengers often go unnoticed, in our society, on a daily basis. The ‘veils of privilege’ that many of us wear has led to the underestimation of the perpetual existence of caste-based manual...
View ArticleDid You Know India Has A Law To Protect Those Who Help An Injured During Road...
The rising cases of road crashes have significantly increased the number of deaths around the world. In India, 13 lakh people have been killed due to road crashes in the last decade. Road safety levels...
View ArticleMy Story Of Sexual Assault: I’m Scared As Hell But I Will Regret If I Don’t...
Trigger warning: Sexual Assault He took me out, touched my hands, dropped me home in his car, and then grabbed my face and kissed me. He is strong, he is a man, and I am petrified of him. She gets...
View Articleमीडिया शैक्षणिक संस्थानों की घटती गुणवत्ता और इस क्षेत्र में बढ़ता रोज़गार का संकट
देश में दिन-प्रतिदिन बेरोजगारी का स्तर बढ़ता जा रहा है। भारतीय अर्थव्यवस्था निगरानी केंद्र (सीएमआईई) की 2 मार्च 2020 को जारी की गई रिपोर्ट के मुताबिक फरवरी महीने में देश में बेरोजगारी की दर बढ़कर 7.78 %...
View ArticleFrom IIMC To JNU: 5 Reasons Online Classes Are Not Working For Anyone
The Covid-19 Pandemic forced youth all over the world to embrace online classes. In the Indian context, online classes have been a reality for more than a year, and their end does not seem to be near....
View ArticleWhy Does A Gay Judge Scare The Indian Government?
If you have clicked on this article to know whether Senior Advocate, Saurabh Kirpal, can be a rainbow crusader against the injustices being institutionalised in the modus operandi of the Indian...
View Article5 Reasons Why Men Don’t Talk About Their Mental Health
YOUTH KI AWAAZ POLL Created by Youth Ki Awaaz Were you told to hide or control your emotions while growing up? A patriarchal society means putting male figures in positions of authority. But it doesn’t...
View Article3 Reasons Why Girls In India Shy Away From STEM Courses
While the overall gender gap in college enrollments seemed to improve to 48.6%, the ground reality shows that many girls are out of college, and the hindrances associated are only making it difficult...
View Article1920 में पहली बार मिला महिलाओं को मताधिकार, लैंगिक भेदभाव का रहा है पुराना...
आज दुनिया में कई तरह के भेदभाव मौजूद हैं। क्षेत्र, गरीबी, रंग, जाति, धर्म, लिंग इत्यादि के आधार पर लोगों के साथ भेदभाव किया जाता है। हमें जिसका बहुत बुरा असर समाज में देखने को मिलता है। इस भेदभाव की...
View Article“नशे की गिरफ्त में बचपन, खुलेआम बिक रहे हैं नशीले पदार्थ”
पिछले गत महीनों सुशांत सिंह राजपूत की मौत के कारण और उनके केस में ड्रग्स के नाम आने पर बॉलीवुड में ड्रग कनेक्शन को लेकर पूरे देश के लोगों में यह चर्चा का विषय बन गया। हर कोई ड्रग्स से संबंधित बडे़-बड़े...
View Article“Feminism Is The Way Out From The Toxic Stereotype Of A Man”
India sees a lot of rape cases and cases of sexual violence. Studies show how women fear public spaces scared of physical assault or intimidation by men. Surveys say how a considerable number of women...
View ArticleCOVID-19: Crowdsourced List Of Resources
With more than 2 lakh new cases in a day, the second way of the COVID-19 pandemic has been devastating, to say the least. Click here to track confirmed COVID-19 cases in India. The second wave and the...
View ArticleShould Vaccines Be Free For Everyone In India?
Trigger Warning: COVID Death The second wave of coronavirus has wreaked havoc in India, with more than 3.3 lakh new cases, a record highest in the world, and 2000 deaths. This has been coupled with a...
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