06 Jan
On similar lines another seminar was also conducted in Mumbai. Bharatiya Stree Shakti organized a one-day national level consultative seminar on “Efficacy of Laws Pertaining to Marital and Property Rights of Women in Different Religions” in collaboration with National Commission for Women and with academic support of Prin. L. N. Welingkar Institute of Management, Development…
06 Jan
In a struggle for equal status, rights of women also called for attention. To emphasize the need of this pressing issue, Chetana- Conscience of women, Delhi [CCW] (affiliated to Bharatiya Stree Shakti) had successfully organized a one-day Legal Awareness Seminar in Delhi on “Efficacy of Laws Pertaining to Property and Marital Rights of Women from…
06 Jan
All the citizens of India have right to live quality life. Bharatiya Stree Shakti strives for gender equality and women empowerment so that women could live in peace and harmony in Indian society. The infamous “Nirbhaya” case generated widespread outrage and was widely condemned in India and abroad. Bharatiya Stree Shakti in consultation with Ministry…
06 Jan
The “Smart Cities Mission” is a flagship program of the Government of India. It talks about assuring livability, infrastructure and immense possibilities of development. BSS believes in gender just viewpoint in all schemes, programs and policies for its effective outreach to whole society. Gender perspective in Smart Cities Mission will achieve inclusive citizen engagement. We…
03 Jan
Under total Sanitation Campaign , ‘Menstrual Hygiene’ is one of the components. In a woman’s life on an average 1750 days are spent by a woman during menstruation. Present Unhygienic disposal practices: 1) Disposal with Domestic waste 2) Sewerage line/Nalas in Basti 3) Disposal on the roads 4) Disposal in the toilets Impact of these…
03 Jan
KERALA : Stree Chetana in Kerala did a survey of status of Public Toilets in Kerala and demanded that the City Corporation provide better public toilets in the city. Women, outside their homes, go to restaurants not just to eat or drink but also to use the toilets. The major reason for this the inadequate…
03 Jan
A survey conducted by Bharatiya Stree Shakti shows that 90% of the young girls and women don’t know much about safe sex and safe sex practices. In this survey, more than 80% of young girls confessed ignorance about the dangerous side effects of Emergency Contraceptive pills. More than 90% of women expressed that these advertisements…
03 Jan
Size does matter Medha Nanivadekar Times of India August 2, 2011 (Excerpt) The poorest MP-to-people ratio and a very low percentage of women in Parliament together pose a serious challenge to the legitimacy of Indian democracy. We can resolve both issues simply by linking them. Percentage of women in Parliament is a major indicator in…
03 Jan
Women in our study report the experience of a range of behaviours — while leading forms of harassment are verbal or psychological, disturbing numbers of women report such harassment as unwanted touch, and sexual gestures and exhibitionism. Experiences of sexual harassment reflect, by and large, power imbalances that make younger women and those in subordinate…
03 Jan
In domestic violence against women, men are either directly involved in crime or are connected as brother or father or any relative of victim woman. In social violence they are in active role or passive viewers. The campaign Men say no to violence was an awareness programme for men and an appeal to them to…