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The right to life, guaranteed by our Constitution, is incomplete without the right to die. Individuals must be allowed to choose how to live their lives, or end them, without being judged by religious leaders or hampered by their country’s laws. HT Image The woman in the video is talking about joy, life and laughter. […]

Behind an outsourced list of sexual predators is the story of a law that often doesn’t work in favour of the women it is supposed to protect In January this year, the Indian National Bar Association published one of the largest surveys of some 6,000 people across India, 78% of whom were women. It found

The price of speaking up is simply too high. We have a law, but most companies remain mindful of hierarchies that make it easy for powerful men to prey on subordinate women. When it comes to the crunch, who’s more dispensable, the boss or the one who reports to him? Our Harvey Weinstein moment is

In reinterpreting the meaning of consent in two recent cases, judges are creating a dangerous precedent: Future rapists can plead that their victims either didn’t say no, or didn’t say it strongly enough Are we creating a hierarchy of victims, with assertive, independent women being somehow less deserving of justice? The judiciary needs to recognise

Hillary Clinton concedes that her new book titled ‘What Happened’ isn’t a comprehensive account of the elections, admitting that, “I couldn’t get the job done, and I’ll have to live with that for the rest of my life.” Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton attends a signing of her new book ‘What Happened’ at Barnes

High potential men and women in India start out on an equal footing when it comes to job levels, pay and even aspiration, but, over time, a gender gap emerges with women earning less, receiving fewer developmental opportunities compared to men. In eight years to 2012, 19.6 million women quit or lost jobs in India,

The hospitality sector – hotels, aviation, tours and travels – reflects a 5-10% increase in hiring intent, according to a report. Many of the girls who sign up brave parental opposition. Swati Shinde, an assistant food production trainer at the Pace Hospitality Training Centre, teaches a class that at present has no women students. Swati

The fact that the battle was fought and won by determined Muslim women themselves should help alter the narrative of the singular stereotype – the shadowy figure behind the burqa, illiterate, disempowered and left to fend for herself. Muslim Women celebrating the Supreme Court verdict on triple talaq in Lucknow.(Subhankar Chakraborty/HT PHOTO) The Supreme Court

In the 31 years since the passing of the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights under Divorce) Act , the Supreme Court has consistently batted for the rights of minority women Farha Faiz, a Supreme Court lawyer, speaks to the media after the apex court declared “Triple Talaq”, unconstitutional in its verdict, August 22.(AP) A majority

The imagination of Haryana as a state hostile to women is only partially true. A woman at work in a steel factory in Jhajjar district in Haryana. (Photo courtesy: Videograb from IndiaSpend) Winter brought with it shorter days and the bleak realisation that her brief career was over. Her village was a couple of kilometres

In the 70th year of our Independence, a new generation of women, unwilling to be victims, is speaking up and saying ‘enough’ Varnika Kundu stood her ground as assorted politicians, lawyers and unclejis asked the usual questions — why was she driving so late at night? Was she drunk?(Anil Dayal/Hindustan Times) The Chandigarh stalking has

Among the dozen women extraordinary women awarded for transforming India is an amputee mountaineer, an acid attack survivor, an educator and India’s first blade runner Arunima Sinha, the first women amputee to conquer Mount Everest (file photo). She is one of the achievers awarded by Niti Aayog, MyGov and the United Nations.(Hindustan Times) Before she