Our bodies, our movements Article This short piece focuses on sets of people in India whose bodies and desires are viewed as “deviant” – sexual or gender minorities (LGBTIAQ). Beginning with an overview of the ways people from these communities are viewed, the paper sketches some of the terrain covered by this young and vibrant movement and then touches upon some of the fault lines within the movement before concluding.
"One Cube" Three, yet one! "One Cube" Three, yet one! - is a documentary film by Pramod Dev. Depicting three women who work in export-oriented sectors of India's economy. By Shalini Yog Shah
LGBT Taxi service launched in Mumbai LGBT Taxi service is the first of its kind in India and is aimed at promoting LGBT-Rights across the country.
Video: Urvashi Butalia on Women's Rights in India Urvashi Butalia on Women's Rights in India - Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung Watch on YouTube This external content requires your consent. Please note our privacy policy. In this interview Butalia speaks about womens rights, the anti-rape movement and about the new elected Prime Minister.
“India is still confronted with the old issues, as well as the new ones” Ranjana Kumari, Director of the Centre for Social Research in New Delhi, is a veteran Indian feminist who has been following the International Women’s Conferences since Nairobi in 1985. She just returned from the March 2015 meeting in New York. We talked with her about women’s rights and gender equity in India. By Ranjana Kumari and Shalini Yog Shah
Brides for India’s North Declining sex ratios due to decades of discrimination against women in certain parts of India have left many men unmarried. An interview about cross-regional marriage migration with Ravinder Kaur. By Caroline Bertram
Cross-Border Observations on Rape in India and South Africa In early 2013, the cases of two young women, brutally gang-raped and murdered in different parts of the world received uncharacteristic national and international attention. One was Jyoti Singh, a 23-year-old from India; and the other was 17-year-old Anene Booysen in South Africa. By Claudia Lopes
New Citizen’s Activism in India: Movements, Moments, and Mobilization New forms of protest movements have made their entry into the political arena in recent years in India. This study revisits the recent history of new protest movements in India. The study includes a chapter on anti-rape protests.
Patriarchal Politics: The Struggle for Genuine Democracy in Contemporary India The 21st century has inherited the unfinished agenda of globalising democracy in a more vibrant form. After 65 years of freedom and democracy, India’s democratic structures continue to be restricted by their patriarchal foundations. By Ranjana Kumari
Section 377: Not yet a lost cause 11.12.13 will be remembered as a Black Day in India for criminalizing homosexuality once again after four years. The Supreme Court of India overturned a historic ruling of 2009 by the Delhi High Court, which legalised homosexual intercourse for the first time in India. By Caroline Bertram and Gitanjali More