Hijras Disposition during British Colonization
In the Victorian England period that is 1860 onwards, during the British colonization of India, the empire made the legal codes and common laws for the colonies and among them was the law concerning...
Category: Gender
Bacha Posh: The cultural practice of “girls living as boys” in Afghanistan
Bacha Posh is Persian/Dari word which means “dressed up as a boy”. The cultural practice of Bacha Posh documented since one century ago. The King Habibullah Khan who ruled Afghanistan from 1901-1919 asked his...
Bhutan parliament decriminalizes homosexuality
A joint sitting of both houses of Bhutan’s parliament approved a bill on Thursday to legalize gay sex, making the tiny Himalayan kingdom the latest Asian nation to take steps towards easing restrictions on...
The Philippine Revolution and role of Filipinas
In 2012 when the Philippines celebrated 113 years of Independence, the National Historical Commission of the Philippines bestowed the historical marker, for the very first time, to the Women Revolutionaries/ Filipinas also called as...
No SDGs without elimination of violence against women and girls
During the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence from the 25th of November to the 10th of December, the Ban Ki-moon Centre for Global Citizens contributes to the Orange the World Campaign globally...
African Women Slaves in Middle Passage during Transatlantic Slave Trade: The Untold Story
The trans-Atlantic slave trade during the period of 1529-1850 was one of the most significant in terms of volume and duration. About 15 million Africans, mostly along the coasts of West Africa, were forced...
The Pink Triangle: Then Symbol of Barbarousness and Today’s PRIDE
In the year 1933-1945 Nazi Germany adopted the extreme form of anti-homosexual repression. During that period, the position of Hitler and the Nazis on the homosexuals went through drastic changes. In the initial year...
The (in)famous Wartime Sexual Violence on women during WW II
The historical record of sexual violence at the wartime, especially World War II is silent to preserve masculine honour and female purity as scholars argued. The voices of victims and atrocities of sexual violence...
Rape – Irony in the country of Goddesses
India is a country with a countless number of Goddesses and still, neither 6-months-old girls nor 80 years old women are spared from sexual violence. Here, women are judged by their dresses, language, habits,...
Women during Holocaust: Resurrecting the Inescapable Horrors
When power commences broadening its arms it doesn’t spare anyone who arrives into its way and carries a deadliest urge to establish itself. During World War II, Nazi Germany was sailing on the boat...
