Tagged Under: Gender Justice

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  Vartanama Apr '23

  All this marriage (equality) talk!

  By Pawan Dhall

  Pawan Dhall has something to say to argumentative Indians who’ve been bickering over who can have the marriage laddu and who can have only the laddu

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  Insight, Policy Matters Apr '23

  Marriage equality – petitions, pushback and politics

  By Namrata, Shreyashi

  Namrata and Shreyashi trace the developments in the marriage equality litigation and bring to light issues and claims from queer activists that go beyond marriage equality

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  Printed Word, Vartanama Feb '23

  In search of an ideal world, or at least a better one

  By Pawan Dhall

  Sharif D. Rangnekar’s new book 'Queersapien' takes you through a self-reflective account across countries, cultures and issues

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  Commentary, Insight Jan '23

  Being queer – the key or the cage?

  By Tanya Kole, Kaushik Gupta

  Tanya Kole elaborates on the ‘queer conundrum’ as it relates to day-to-day life

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  Happenings, Policy Matters Jan '23

  Judicial fillip to transgender rights once again

  By Pawan Dhall

  Calcutta High Court has given the Government of West Bengal a month to clear the long-pending backlog on transgender identity certification in the state

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  Insight Dec '22

  Well-being through a queer affirmative lens (part 2)

  By Srabasti Majumdar

  Srabasti Majumdar explains how queer affirmative therapy takes into account the inter-dependence between mind and body in ensuring well-being for queer people

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  Insight Nov '22

  Well-being through a queer affirmative lens (part 1)

  By Srabasti Majumdar

  Srabasti Majumdar dwells on what queer affirmative therapy means and its significance for the well-being of queer people

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  Insight, Vartanama Oct '22

  Trans identities lost in a bureaucratic haze

  By Debjyoti Ghosh

  Why does West Bengal have such a poor rate of transgender identity certification? Debjyoti Ghosh raises pertinent questions

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  Vartanama Aug '22

  On violence, trauma, justice and healing

  By Pawan Dhall

  What could it be like to burn in hell – for the collective conscience of an entire society?

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  Happenings, Insight Aug '22

  Words and art from the heart

  By Swati Das

  A round-up of events organized to mark 100 monthly issues of ‘Varta’ webzine by Swati Das

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  Creations, Vartanama Jul '22

  Varta’s art workshop was fun and thought-provoking

  By Pawan Dhall

  Highlights from an art workshop organized to celebrate 100 monthly issues of 'Varta' webzine

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  Insight Jun '22

  Anti-trafficking Bill must be reconsidered (again)

  By Namrata, Shreyashi

  Namrata and Shreyashi on the problem areas in the latest version of the anti-trafficking Bill – with inputs from Archit Krishna and Kaushik Gupta

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  Cinemascope, Insight May '22

  ‘Aa jaane jaan . . .’

  By Jia Mata, Lipikor

  Jia Mata and Lipikor on portrayals of female desire in Bollywood films and songs

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  Insight, Policy Matters Dec '21

  Can increasing women’s marriageable age alone enhance their life options?

  By Sankalpita Mullick, Sudhasri Yadavalli

  Sankalpita Mullick and Sudhasri Yadavalli analyse the controversial Prohibition of Child Marriage (Amendment) Bill, 2021

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  Policy Matters, Vartanama Nov '21

  Trans inclusion in schools: A step forward and several backwards

  By Debjyoti Ghosh

  Debjyoti Ghosh on the politics around withdrawing the draft NCERT manual on transgender children’s inclusion in schools

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  Policy Matters, Vartanama Sep '21

  Skills, jobs and freedoms

  By Debjyoti Ghosh

  Debjyoti Ghosh reflects on the learning so far from Varta’s fledgling economic inclusion mentoring forum