Women's Struggles
Woza Moya newsletter December 2008 - English edition
Human Rights of Women – Human Rights for All:
Universal Declaration for Human Rights 60 years after.
Zimbabweans - Stand up for the TRUTH and it will set you free of this regime.
WOZA members are commemorating the 16 Days of Activism and the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The truth is that there [...]
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"Just let a woman be"
Journalist, teacher and author of Black Lentil Doughnuts and Dreams for the Dying, C K Meena decimates stereotypes in her writing. A free-wheeling conversation with Charumathi Supraja.
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When a woman conducts the Nikah
On 12 August 2008, history was made. A woman performed the duties of a 'qazi'.
Today, a new 'nikahnama' has been placed before the 'ummah' (community), which
protects the rights of the Muslim women, writes Syeda Hameed.
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Dismal breastfeeding rates hampering infant health
Statistics
are staggeringly in favour of breastfeeding, and surprising as it may be, breastfeeding rates
in India are dismal. Krithika Ramalingam digs deeper into the factors at play.
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Skip the loo, my darling
Things are looking up says a beaming Usha Chaumar, 33, formerly a manual scavenger. "We make pickles, vermicelli and 'papad' (spicy savouries) at home, too, which gets us an additional income of around Rs 2,000 per month." Renu Rakesh has more.
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Looking back at Hum Log
For a show intended to promote women's empowerment, it wasn't too bright about it. Its messages were often self-defeating, because the women were
heavily tinged with the politics of patriarchy. Shoma Chatterji looks back at television's first big impact-making serial.
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Films from the fields
These rural, illiterate women from the Community Media Trust in Medak district of Andhra Pradesh wield the plough and the camera with equal ease and expertise. The final product are films that tell their stories.
Charumathi Supraja has more.
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Work matters
There are many people who believe that women should do only women's work and that they should step out of their homes for paid work only if it is
absolutely necessary. But the economy is denting such perceptions, observes Kalpana Sharma.
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Karma Sutra
With the closure of the dance bars, the sex industry has another arm. Thousands of women without education have lost their livelihood. They have to
cash in on their looks before the passage of time wrinkles it. Excerpts from Rajendar Menen's book.
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Surviving a battle they fight everyday
In India's business capital, the NGO Sanmitra is helping HIV positive women re-enter the mainstream workforce, thereby ensuring them a life of
independence and dignity. Sumita Thapar has more.
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Every house should be a woman's organisation
Rural women have nothing to lose by speaking out. Urban women have their bank accounts, education
certificates and some 200-300 saris in the cupboard. They have a high tolerance for violence, says Ruth Manorama,
in this interview with Charumathi Supraja.
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Kalpana Sharma: A world without women
How ironical it is that just when Indians are patting themselves on the back on having the richest man in the world in their midst, when the middle
classes are celebrating the rising stock market and more, girls are being killed, women are being bought and they have to fear for their lives in
many parts of this country, asks Kalpana Sharma.
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Poverty, ageing and gender relations
A study of women's lives in the L R Nagar slum of Bangalore shows how women's economic and social independence in the slum may be linked to age, as
well the socio-economic constraints of individual families. Sarayu Pani summarises her study.
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The POTA families of Godhra
The doors of homes in Rehmat Nagar, Godhra, are opened by children, and sometimes by women. Men
are rarely to be seen around. The world outside the settlement refers to them as "POTA families", a
description that encapsulates their precarious present and future. Deepa A has more.
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Fighting eve-teasing: rights and remedy
Irrespective of the dress they wear, or, their ages, their looks,
their educational, professional and marital status, never mind the time or
place, women in Kolkata and elsewhere are being subjected to all kinds of
harassment, including eve-teasing. Shoma Chatterji
peels the layers and exposes myths.
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Adivasi women turn turmeric traders
In this small sleepy Orissa village with a population of barely 400 adivasis, where there is no electricity and harsh conditions prevail, there is
something remarkable about the women. Their level of awareness, their attitude and their personality have undergone a dramatic change in the last few
years. Pradeep Baisakh has more.
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Grounded till thirty
The government recently imposed a ban on women under 30 emigrating for domestic work
and caregiving. But instead of stopping women who want to migrate, it is likely to
put them at greater risk to trafficking and exploitative treatment - the very concerns
that have driven the ban. Rita Manchanda has more.
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Be safe, don't exist
The Delhi Police's booklet containing tips for women from the Northeast to be safe in the capital exposes only their own need for sensitivity
training. Not surprisingly, many northeastern students in Delhi are incensed at being portrayed as responsible for their own problems, writes
Kalpana Sharma.
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"I need my land, not money."
Deprived of their lands, unable to find any kind of
work, the female sharecroppers of Singur are today looking at bleak
days ahead. Government compensation may come, but it may be too little
and a poor substitute for a life-sustaining livelihood. Aparna Pallavi
has more.
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A rural B-school for women
Mann Deshi Udyogini, formed by a rural women's cooperative bank in association with HSBC Bank, is a business school aims to empower rural women with
knowledge of how to run small enterprises. Gagandeep Kaur reports.
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