Women's rights
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Himachal Pradesh passes bill to raise women’s marriage age from 18 to 21 years
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Divorced Muslim women can claim maintenance under CrPC, rules Supreme Court
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Kerala High Court refuses to allow 10-year-old girl to visit Sabarimala temple
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Wearing sindoor is duty of married Hindu women, says Madhya Pradesh court
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Delhi HC hears plea against notification requiring husband’s NOC for women to use maiden name
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Anger, disquiet among women at the backlash against the ‘mothers of Nagaland’
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SC stays Nagaland order cancelling local body polls with 33% quota for women
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In Nagaland, tribal groups force cancellation of civic polls with reservations for women – yet again
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Why has the West always been threatened by female nudity?
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Climate disasters in Pakistan have left women more vulnerable than men
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Single women and widows in Afghanistan are struggling to find their next meal under the Taliban
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Virginity test on woman in custody is unconstitutional, says Delhi High Court
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Frene Ginwala (1932-2023): The Parsi who left an indelible mark on South Africa’s Constitution
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Opinion: A multipronged assault on women’s rights is underway around the world
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UN Security Council urges Taliban to reverse restrictions on women in Afghanistan
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New right-wing government in Italy threatens access to abortion
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By banning female students in universities, Taliban is hindering Afghanistan’s economic recovery
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Afghan women fight back against Taliban’s gym ban with underground fitness clubs
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India expresses concern after Afghanistan bans women from accessing higher education
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Afghanistan: Taliban ban university education for women
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Married for dowry and abandoned, ‘NRI brides’ are caught between international and domestic laws
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Maharashtra women’s panel sends notice to Sambhaji Bhide for having asked reporter to wear bindi
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Those conducting two-finger test on women who have been raped will be held guilty of misconduct: SC
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Sanitary pads on trains? An online debate in China reflects men’s ignorance about menstruation
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Hijab debate: In Iran and in India, Muslim women are fighting for control of their bodies
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Understanding context: Why liberals support hijab in India but oppose it in Iran
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Iran is using facial recognition technology to target women who break the hijab law
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Explainer: The far-reaching consequences of the US Supreme Court verdict overturning abortion rights
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Supreme Court declares 12 women officers eligible for permanent commission
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Indian Army agrees to grant permanent commission to 11 women after Supreme Court warning
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Women will be standing in my position in 40 years, says Indian Army chief
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39 women Army officers get permanent commission after winning legal battle in SC
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72 women Army officers denied permanent commission should not be discharged till October 8, says SC
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In their fight for land rights, Gujarat’s women face long battles
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Why feminists are unhappy with China’s new unified civil code
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Hyderabad woman approaches MEA after husband gives triple talaq over phone from US
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India elected member of UN Commission on Status of Women, pips China to the post
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Raising the minimum legal age of marriage for women to 21 years is neither feasible nor promising
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Kerala nun’s second appeal against her expulsion from congregation rejected by Vatican
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Surat: Women trainee clerks at civic body made to stand naked for physical test, inquiry ordered
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Sabarimala case: SC says questions of law can be referred to a larger bench even in review pleas
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Sabarimala review: SC reserves order on whether questions of law can be referred to larger bench
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Sabarimala: Supreme Court to frame questions related to discrimination of women in religious places
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Sabarimala: Nine-judge Supreme Court bench to examine matters related to women’s entry from today
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Nine-judge SC bench to begin hearing Sabarimala review pleas from today
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Sabarimala: SC says matter very emotive, refuses to pass orders yet on two women’s pleas
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Sabarimala verdict not the ‘final word’, larger bench will review it, says SC on activist’s plea
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Sabarimala: SC agrees to hear woman’s plea seeking protection to pray at temple
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Sabarimala: Activist Trupti Desai cancels plan to visit shrine after police deny protection
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Sabarimala: Woman activist alleges attack with pepper spray on her way to shrine, one arrested
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Sabarimala restrictions: 12-year-old girl not allowed to accompany family to Kerala shrine
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Sabarimala temple opens for devotees, Kerala Police ‘send back’ 10 women seeking to trek to shrine
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Kerala: Sabarimala temple opens today, state government asks women to get SC order to enter shrine
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Sabarimala is no place for women activists, says Kerala Devaswom minister
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Sabarimala: Temple priest, BJP and Congress hail SC decision to refer review pleas to larger Bench
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Sabarimala case: In 3:2 verdict, Supreme Court sends review petitions to larger bench
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Vatican rejects appeal of Kerala nun Lucy Kalappura, who was expelled from her congregation
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Saudi Arabia to allow women to serve in senior positions in the armed forces
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Why feminist Simone de Beauvoir’s critique of the ‘strong woman image’ stands true even today
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‘I just want to see him in jail’: Muslim women are using the new triple talaq law to get justice
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Now, Saudi women won’t need male guardian’s approval to travel
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Anti-abortion laws: What poet Adrienne Rich wrote in anger in her 1996 book ‘Of Woman Born’
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French Football gets its first female top-flight referee, but the federation scores an own goal
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Supreme Court allows plea seeking women’s entry into mosques ‘because of Sabarimala verdict’
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Declare bans on entry of women into mosques unconstitutional: Muslim couple’s plea in SC
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Vote against hate in Lok Sabha elections, urge women marching for change in Delhi
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‘I have no one here’: Why Pakistani wives of former Kashmiri militants long for home
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Women officers to be granted permanent commission in all 10 branches of Army
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Sabarimala temple board makes U-turn in SC, says it will respect verdict and let women enter shrine
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Sabarimala: Woman who entered temple has the right to stay in her husband’s home, says village court
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Sabarimala row: Only two women of menstruating age, not 51, entered shrine, says Kerala government
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Sabarimala: Women who entered shrine have received death threats, say police
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Sabarimala: Supreme Court to hear petitions challenging women’s entry into temple on February 6
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Sabarimala: Women who first entered shrine were escorted by police in civilian clothes, court told
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Thrown out of marital home for entering Sabarimala, woman says she’ll see husband, in-laws in court
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Sabarimala: Shrine closes as pilgrimage season comes to an end amid protests
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Sabarimala: Two women abandon second attempt to enter hill shrine due to possibility of protests
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Sabarimala: 51 women under the age of 50 have entered temple so far, Kerala government tells SC
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Sabarimala: SC directs Kerala government to provide full security to two women who entered shrine
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Sabarimala: Two women who entered shrine move SC seeking police security, plea to be heard on Friday
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Sabarimala: Two women who attempted trek to hill shrine return after protests erupt
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Sabarimala: SC says pleas challenging the September verdict may not be heard on January 22
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Kerala: Bureaucrat becomes first woman to attempt trek to Agasthyakoodam peak after court order
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Sabarimala: Two women who entered shrine go into hiding after receiving threats
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Sabarimala: 36-year-old woman claims she offered prayers at the hill shrine
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Sabarimala: Temple board to ask head priest why he ‘purified’ shrine after women’s visit
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Sabarimala: Kerala CMO claims Sri Lankan woman offered prayers at temple but she denies it
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Sabarimala: BJP MP Udit Raj supports women’s visit to temple
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Sabarimala row: One dead as shutdown paralyses Kerala, governor seeks report from chief minister
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Gender justice activist and a devout Hindu: Meet the women who made history by entering Sabarimala
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Mumbai: Thousands of women form human chain in solidarity with Kerala ‘women’s wall’
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Sabarimala: Purification rituals at temple would seem to violate ban on untouchability
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Sabarimala: Two women below 50 offer prayers at temple, violence breaks out in parts of Kerala
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Sabarimala temple ‘purified’ after two women under 50 enter shrine, offer prayers
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Kerala women form 620-km human wall to counter Sabarimala agitation, pledge to ensure gender justice
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Women’s reservation bill: 127 legislators have promised to support proposed law, says pressure group
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Kerala: Sabarimala closes after 41-day festival as women still wait to enter hill shrine
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Sabarimala row: Two women abandon plan to enter shrine in the face of mounting protests
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Sabarimala: Kerala has no will to ensure women’s entry into shrine, say thwarted female pilgrims
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Sabarimala row: 11 women try to trek to Kerala shrine as devotees protest at base camp