Becky Blab

The TOI has an interesting response to Sarah Palin’s nomination: the examination of political tokenism of women in India. “A patriarchal ethos dominates both the societies, American and Indian, but they operate in different ways. In India, despite the patriarchal ethos, powerful women leaders have emerged,” says political scientist Imtiaz Ahmed. The most famous examples [...]

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The government is well aware of the legal grey area surrounding surrogacy, and Renuka Chowdhury promises legislation to address the issue by next year. Via Sify.

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I hate articles with overly congratulatory language like this: After centuries of living confined behind the veil, the so-called ‘weaker sex’ has finally come out in the open and conquered the world. Just because the article is about three female executives, does not give the author the right to proclaim that Indian women have finally [...]

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[youtube RewNn2r2P3g] Chowdhury’s at it again, this time with big plans to improve the status of the country’s 33 million widows. She would like to provide them with skills to earn a living, instead of living on the streets and begging in holy Hindu cities where they are deposited by their families. She also hopes [...]

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The Ministry of Women and Child Development is considering a policy with a three-pronged agenda: The policy will include three key factors, the first being minimum protection, including minimum remuneration, insurance, childcare, skill development and literacy programmes. Second, access to market and economic resources including raw material, marketing infrastructure, technology, credit and information. The last [...]

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