Opinion
February 26, 2020
Normalizing ‘Dowry’ in Manipur in the Name of Custom
Lifestyle
February 22, 2020
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Surprised with the figure? It is true. As on July 31, 2019, according to the data from the United Nation (UN) Peacekeeping Force, India contributed a total of 6,178 UN Peacekeepers. Out of which, only 81 were female and 6,097 were male. In comparison to the overall total military and police contribution from all the UN Peacekeeping member countries, there are currently 81,453 male peacekeepers and 5,243 female peacekeepers. Therefore, overall, women in UN peacekeeping…
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India’s Global Ranking in the Rule of Law Index 2019 dropped to 68th out of the total 126 countries. In 2018, India was ranked 65th. Among the South Asian Countries, India has been ranked behind Nepal and Sri Lanka. The Rule of Law Index is an annual series prepared by the World Justice Project (WJP) measuring the rule of law based on the experiences and perceptions of the general public and in-country experts worldwide. What…
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Yesterday, I encountered a post on LinkedIn, where a woman in a high position posted a screenshot of a private conversation she had on WhatsApp with a man. The woman shared her phone number on LinkedIn. During the conversation, the guy asked her out for coffee on WhatsApp. The lady, in return, posted the screenshots on LinkedIn to ‘spread awareness and warn all the women about the man who asked her out for a coffee’.…
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British left India in 1947. But we do have some of the colonial legacies; some are frowned upon but the rest have become part and parcel of our lives. While some still follow it because there are no alternatives, others don’t have ideas about why they follow it. Coming straight to the point. How many are aware of the history of the origin of the words ‘Sir’ and ‘Madame (Ma’am)’? Not many. Most of us…
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Undoubtedly, Rwanda is one of the fastest-growing economies in Africa. The good news does not end here. According to the data from Inter-Parliamentary Union, Rwanda has ranked the highest in the list of women parliamentarians in the Lower House among the 189 countries (as on July 1, 2019). The Lower House of Rwanda is known as Chamber of Deputies (CoD). Parliamentarians are known as Deputies. The CoD has a total strength of 80 members. The…