Topic: women
Millions of women living lives ‘governed by others’, UN report shows
Almost half of women in some 57 countries do not have the power to make choices over their healthcare, contraception, or sex lives, a new United Nations report launched on Wednesday, has revealed.
One in three women endure violence worldwide: Report
One in three women worldwide have been subject to sexual or physical violence during their lifetime, according to a new report by the World Health Organization (WHO).
UN highlights transformative power of equal participation, marking International Women’s Day
Underscoring the transformative power of women’s equal participation, top United Nations officials called on all stakeholders to take special measures to advance their equal participation and achieve rapid change.
Proportion of women parliamentarians worldwide reaches all-time high
The proportion of women parliamentarians worldwide reached more than 25 per cent last year– a historic first but still far from gender parity, UN partner the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) said ahead of International Women’s Day on 8 March.
The Great Indian Kitchen: Why we need to reflect on role of upper caste Hindu patriarchs
The Great Indian Kitchen is a recent Malayalam flick directed by Jeo Baby with Nimisha Sajayan and Suraj Venjaramoodu in the lead roles showcasing stellar performances as the husband wife duo in a quintessential savarna Malayali household that accurately portrays the division of labour among other things in Indian society.
The Great Indian Kitchen; A take on rabid sexism
The kitchen is lion's share of the one and half hour movie, along with the repetitive scenes of kitchen the most noticeable is the politics that the filim speaks of, might have made those who don't imagine how bored the women who get stuck in the chain of replicative kitchen life is, feel iriksome for a while.
