Women in Uttar Pradesh Protest Male Inheritance of Land
Throughout history, women in India have been seen as inferior to men and therefore don’t have the same privileges and rights. Although India has progressed to some extent, there’s still undoubtedly a long way to go. Background India ranks 84th out of the 113 countries on The Economist’s Women’s Economic …
Indian Television: The New Medium of Feminism
Rape isn’t new to India. Every single day, innocent women are raped and beaten to death by men in regular places that they thought they were safe in. Every single day, women and men protested with passion and determination, willing to come face to face with the police and willing …
Women Need to be Seen As Leaders, Not Merely Victims
Background When you hear that the amount of reported rape cases in India have gone up around 900 percent in the last 40 years, are you surprised? Most likely, you are not. Since the barbaric gang rape that killed a young woman in 2010, news about unsettling violence and rape against …
Honor Killing of Young Woman in Love
What Honor killing. The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines it as, “the traditional practice in some countries of killing a family member who is believed to have brought shame on the family.” The definition itself is nauseating, but hearing it actually happen in modern Indian society is even worse. Issue On March …
The Vicious Cycle of Wife Beating
Issue “Boom, bang, smack,” what’s that noise? It’s the sound of a man beating his wife in India. The walls are stained with bright red blood, the floors are covered in salty, amorphous tears, and the air is intoxicated with the stink of sweat. Disgusted? You should be. One of …
Viva Charity: Empowering Women to Fight Female Feticide
Female feticide and infanticide have become such a disturbingly common aspect of India to the appalling point where it causes one to seriously wonder what fuels this. Devesh Lal is a Network Consultant in India for the international christian children’s charity, Viva. Lal believes that women have no voice in India, so they don’t …
White Bindis: New Tools in the Fight Against Child Marriage
Child marriage is a dangerous, repugnant concept that, despite laws and regulations, is a massive part of our world today. Unfortunately, South Asia holds the winning title, contributing with the largest number of child brides on Earth. Child marriage is nothing but a violation of human rights and a compromise …
Arranged Marriages Don't Always Give Women a Fair Deal
Preserving your family’s dignity and honor is an important idea in many orthodox Indian families. What better way to keep the family’s reputation in tact than to marry your daughter off to someone of equal or better socioeconomic status? It all works out doesn’t it? The family’s remains a respected …
Indian IT Worker Killed by Parents in Andhra Pradesh
In the southern state of Andhra Pradesh a 26 year-old IT worker was found strangled at home. Police say that it was a rare “honor killing.” The people who are responsible for this deceitful act are her mother and father. How could these parents kill their own daughter? The simple answer …
Slavery Still Alive and Well in India
A comprehensive report, released late last year, named India as the country with by far the most people living as slaves. The Global Slavery Index, published by the Walk Free Foundation, indicated that out of the 30 million people still enslaved worldwide, India has an estimated 14 million. From unskilled labor …
