Tag: Gender discrimination
Women bring water home after six months
In spite of water connections in the area, women of Shramiknagar, an area in Nashik, would wake up every day at 5 am to fetch water from a nearby tank for six months. Reason being that the officials would refuse to supply water to their area, which is home to...
One Billion Rising: Discrimination in home guards
12th March| Dhangadhra,Surendranagar District, Gujarat | Bipin Solanki The year 2015 started on a most inspiring note for women in the Armed Forces of India. For the first time ever the Republic Day Parade, held on the 26th of January each year, saw an all women contingent march through Rashtrapati...
I Refuse to be Silenced
The names in this video have been changed to protect identities. A marriage proposal came for her. She met the family, liked them.They liked her. When the boy’s family demanded a dowry, her parents refused. And then started the torment. Community Correspondent Chanda Bharti from Uttar Pradesh reports. She refused...
No More Violence, I Want Justice
When she wouldn’t give her husband a dowry, he married another woman and this family tried to kill her. Sangeeta has finally been able to flee to the safety of her maternal home but the battle has just begun… What about her rights? what about the rights of her daughter?...
Foul Play! Women World Cup Champs awarded Peanuts
Gender Discrimination in Kabaddi World Cup prize money