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Rise in Child Marriages in the Lockdown: How the Centre Ignored Data of Its Own Nodal Agency No data to indicate rising number of child marriage cases during the lockdown period, the WCD Ministry told the parliament. An RTI reply showed otherwise.
Representative image of a campaign van spreading awareness on child marriages. Photo: Tarun Kanti Bose
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During the Monsoon Session of the parliament in September 2020, Rajya Sabha MP Aman Patnaik raised a question enquiring whether the government had taken cognisance of the rising number of child marriage cases during the lockdown period.
In response, Smriti Irani, the Union Minister of Women and Child Development, stated:
Women Farmers Being Denied Their Due: Activists
But the government claims support and assistance to women farmers provided over and above male farmers under several schemes
Representational Mar 11, 2021
Despite the contribution of women to farming, their labour is seldom recognized and they hardly get the benefit of schemes, point out activists.
Days after farmers protesting against the Centre’s three new agriculture laws celebrated “Women Farmers’ Day”, many say it is time for equal opportunity and rights.
According to the Mahila Kisan Adhikar Manch, women farmers attend to 75% of agriculture-related work, yet own only 12% of farmland.
The Left-leaning All India Democratic Women’s Association (AIDWA) has been demanding that women farmers should also be recognized as farmers, “but the government is not ready to accept this,” alleged Subhashini Ali in a newsletter.
âBuzz of a Mosquito⦠But With the Sound of Griefâ: The Lives of Indiaâs Women Prisoners
When Indian women go to prison, they mostly go to a prison inside a prison.
Illustration: Pariplab Chakraborty
Women08/Mar/2021
This article, part of the series âBarredâThe Prisons Projectâ, is produced in partnership with the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting.
New Delhi/Nagpur: To fit 45 women in a room so small that it needs only one bulb and a fan, says Aparajita Bose, the authorities at Presidency Correctional Home in Kolkata came up with a plan: measure the womenâs bodies and assign a sleeping area just that size.