Justice Akil Kureshi Elevation: Should Token Gender Empowerment Trump Fairness?
Presenting the current impasse in the Collegium as one that could cost India its first female CJI would be a mistake.
Justice A.A. Kureshi. Photo: LiveLaw
Women19/Feb/2021
I am not sure how another reader will interpret this headline but to me it appears to suggest that âthere is an impasse (Dictionary definitions: â(1) a position or situation from which there is no escape; deadlock. (2) a road or way that has no outlet; cul-de-sacâ) in the Collegium (presumably, of the Supreme Court of India) and this creates the possibility that India will be deprived of a woman Chief Justice of India in 2027.
ICGE : Minister emphasises need to promote social entrepreneurship in a big way
Kozhikode, Feb 11 (UNI) Kerala Health and Social Justice Minister K K Shailaja emphasised the need to promote social entrepreneurship in a big way for the uplift of the marginalised sections and ensuring gender equality by empowering and mainstreaming women and transgender persons.
Speaking after inaugurating the three-day second edition of International Conference on Gender Equality (ICGE) which began at the Gender Park Campus here on Thursday, the Minister said the South Asia’s first Gender Park set up in the state will extend total support to enterprises of women and transgender persons, which is a major component of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) set by the United Nations.
Over 150 Women Protesters Allegedly Beaten up by Kolkata Police During Protest Over Jobs, Farm Laws
According to the report, the police beat the protesters with lathis, kicked them in the abdomen, dragged them by the hair to the buses waiting to arrest them.
File photo of Kolkata police. Photo: PTI
Rights10/Feb/2021
New Delhi: Over 150 women protesters were on Tuesday allegedly beaten up by the Kolkata Police during a protest march against the farm laws and demand for jobs and security for women in the city, news reports said.
More than 200 activists including members of the All India Democratic Women’s Association (AIDWA) were arrested and taken to Lalbazar headquarters of the Kolkata Police,
ARKS & other organizations jointly staged hunger strike against farm laws in Guwahati
Members of the Asom Raijik Krishak Sabha (ARKS), Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU), Students’ Federation of India (SFI), Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) and the All India Democratic Women’s Association (AIDWA) on Saturday jointly staged hunger strike against the three farm laws and in support of the farmers in Delhi at Guwahati Club here.
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GUWAHATI: Members of the Asom Raijik Krishak Sabha (ARKS), Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU), Students Federation of India (SFI), Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) and the All India Democratic Women s Association (AIDWA) on Saturday jointly staged hunger strike against the three farm laws and in support of the farmers in Delhi at Guwahati Club here.
Mainstream
Mainstream, VOL LIX No 7, New Delhi, January 30, 2021
Capt. Lakshmi Sahgal / Farmers Movement / Talat Mahmood / Nida Fazli | Humra Quraishi
Friday 29 January 2021, by Humra Quraishi
MUSINGS 27 January 2021
With focus on Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, I recall my meetings and interview with his close aide, Captain Lakshmi Sahgal. This was in the summer of 2002 when she was named by the Left as its candidate to contest for the post of President of India. She was then around 88 years but looked much younger and fit. One of the reasons for this could be she was busy the entire day. She was vice - president of the All India Democratic Women’s Association. And as a trained medical doctor/ gynaecologist, she was busy treating patients all through the mornings. Evenings and afternoons she spent doing charitable work in Kanpur’s industrial areas. To the ‘why’ she had decided to settle down in Kanpur, she went ahead telling me details to the turns in her