gender issues

“I have had to overcome a lot to reach this spot. People initially would hesitate to accept food made by a transperson like me. But if you are good and consistent, nothing can stop you. At the end of the day, we are all equal.”

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"Every expert we met discouraged us to take up this mission. No one believed that we could revive such a wasteland through organic methods. But, we made the impossible eventually possible."

“The issues we raise affect not just women, but men as well. And, that is why our band has so many male supporters. At the end of the day, gender equality is not shifting oppression from one to the other. It is about eliminating it altogether.”

To truly have gender equality, we all need to band together and fight for what’s right. And these men are doing just that, ensuring that women are not alone in their battle against gender discrimination.

Purvi Agarwal is a student of contemporary art at Srishti Institute of Art, Design & Technology in Bengaluru, whose fascination with Dakhini Urdu led to the project.

These workshops resulted in 28 digital stories describing young people’s triumphs, dreams and aspirations.

Evidence on what works or does not work to reduce violence against women is scanty in India. This is what the intervention ‘Do Kadam Barabari ki Ore’ sought to find out. Implemented in villages of Bihar, it has some startling insights.

Located on the eastern edge of Maharashtra in Nagpur division, Chandrapur lies in the Vidarbha region and in such a rural set-up, it’s quite unusual for teenage boys to address gender issues.