Beauty and Self Perception: A review of Dove Real Beauty Sketches Campaign
Written by Diya Gangopadhyay FacebookTweet With social media and the blogosphere brimming with vast and drastically contrasting views on this recent phenomenon, I felt that I had a few things to share....
View ArticleIncrease in Rape Cases, How Should We Tackle Violence Against Women?
Written by Sanskar Shrivastava Photo by European Parliament The whole nation was in an immense distress when a 23 year old medical student was raped at night in a tinted window private bus in a posh...
View ArticleEffect of Popular Culture on Treatment of Women by Society
Written by Arundhati Menon Image by Dr Max Lots has been said and written on how women are treated by society and how societal behaviour has been influenced by various factors. So far, I have not come...
View ArticleDespite the Social Struggles, Indian Women Take Precedence
Written by Apoorva Nangia “Yatra Naryastu pujyante, ramante tatra devta”, which means God resides where women are worshipped. Who is a woman? Have we ever asked ourselves? Yes & the answer is she...
View ArticleSuspected Poisonous Gas Attack in Afghan Girls School, What After 2014?
Written by Sanskar Shrivastava Image from World Bank Photo Collection In what is coming as a suspected poisonous gas attack in two schools, nearly 100 girls in northern Afghanistan have reportedly been...
View ArticleWomen and Career: Barriers, Work-Life Balance, and Betterment of Society
Written by Arundhati Menon Image by Divine Harvester Of the Fortune 500 CEO’s, a meagre 21 of them are women. This basically translates to 4.2 %. Out of 195 independent countries worldwide, only 17 are...
View ArticleAfghanistan: A Country where women have no face and no voice
Written by Kaveri Mishra flickr/un_photo Women have no face and no voice, being born as a women in Afghanistan is a curse, ordeal, torture and constant struggle for self respect and survival; says...
View ArticleAre We Ready For Gender Equality?
Written by Urvi Rajbhanu flickr/un_photo Last week, it was international women’s day. Every women must have received messages and emails , but lets face it they are just words spoken without emotions....
View ArticleIndia’s daughter documentary snow balls into controversy, banned in India.
Written by Kaveri Mishra Credits:transitionofthoughts.com It is a shame that at a time when India is projecting itself as a world super power and a country when women are seen heading top corporate is...
View ArticleWomen Lead the Way in STEM Fields in the UAE
Written by Andra Tudor Businesswoman with Handheld Device — Image by © Royalty-Free/Corbis It is an interesting time to be a woman in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Although many would argue that, by...
View ArticleWomen in Indian Cinema
Written by Arundhati Menon In the early 15th century, women were not allowed by law to act. Smooth faced men or young boys played the female roles. Evidently, that did change. Women started acting and...
View ArticleInternational Women’s Day: Timeline, History and Today
If you happen to be visiting Romania these days, you’ll be surrounded by different stalls selling Mărţişor (if you’re curious to know what that is, you can learn more about it here) and flowers. Lots...
View ArticleRSS on Women’s Right: Then and Now – Reforming Indian Conservatives
flickr/vineetradhakrishnan Not long ago, when RSS mooted the idea of replacing its knickers with trousers, I put forth a conjecture — “If you start dressing like an adult, you start thinking like one.”...
View ArticleSo You Want to be a Female Solopreneur: 4 Things You Need to Do First
Written by Andra Tudor Becoming a solopreneur is one way that many women create careers that earn them income outside of a traditional employment situation. Solo entrepreneurship is popular and...
View ArticleStudy Shows Women Are Worse Off Long-Term After a Divorce
Divorce has a major impact on the life of every person going through it. And for the first months, this impact is equally strong for both men and women. However, according to a recent study published...
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