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Gender-Blind by Design? Why India’s Draft Data Protection Rules Fail Women

Durgesh Jha  |  31-07-2025

India's Draft Digital Personal Data Protection Rules promise stronger privacy but overlook structural gender inequities embedded in digital systems. Drawing on feminist theory, empirical data, and research on algorithmic accountability,...

From Counterpublics to Criminality: How the Internet Radicalises Boys Against Women

Emaan Chimote  |  31-07-2025

The rise of digital media has transformed misogyny from private prejudice into an algorithmically amplified public ideology. What began as an appendage to real-world sexism has evolved into a digital subculture that recruits boys, radicalis...

Ghosts in the Machine: Adivasi Women and the Hidden Labours of AI

Ishika Ranjan  |  31-07-2025

This article argues that Adivasi women's data labour is not just economically precarious, but is also epistemically exploited. While more women participate in the tech economy than ever before, they do so at the low end of the skill spe...

Same Code, Unequal Pay: The Gender Divide in the Tech Workforce

Mayank Kumar  |  31-07-2025

Even though India is experiencing rapid digitalisation, the technology sector still mirrors the significant pay/opportunity imbalances characteristic of deep gender divisions. Women, and in particular Dali, and Muslim as well as other margi...

Reprogramming Leadership: Gender-Inclusive Pathways in Tech

Romita Ghosh  |  31-07-2025

Despite increasing participation, women and gender minorities remain underrepresented in leadership roles across the technology sector, particularly in the Global South. This article explores structural, institutional, and cultural barriers...

Gendered Fragmented Digital Literacy: A Chilling Effect on Reproductive Rights of Women in India

Samriddhi Rai  |  31-07-2025

This article navigates how the lack of digital literacy in India is limiting women’s reproductive rights. While digital healthcare services like e-Sanjeevani, AYUSH, and telemedicine offer new opportunities, many rural and urban women...

Natural Resource Governance - Role of women in managing forests, commons and biodiversity

Anubhav Sen  |  30-06-2025

Participatory Irrigation Management (PIM) through the formation of Water User Associations has received an impetus through the approval of the Modernisation of Command Area Development and Water Management (M-CADWM) scheme, which aims to mo...

From Leaf to Loss: Tobacco’s Role in Global Deforestation

Anish Sukumar  |  30-06-2025

Every year, May 31st is observed as World No Tobacco Day (WNTD) globally, marking a day when the world comes together to raise awareness about the harmful effects of tobacco. The theme for the 2025 WTND was Unmasking the appeal: Exposing in...

Gender-Inclusive Innovation: Why India's Tech Industry Must Design for Her Too

Ganesh Penumajji  |  30-06-2025

On my way back to my rented apartment from the office, I often stop at a signal on the expressway. One evening, as I waited for the red light to change, I noticed something: at least 20 women on scooters zipped by, probably heading home fro...

HUMARA BHI HAQUE HAIN - INCLUSION OF THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY IN THE TECH INDUSTRY

Aatrishnu  |  30-06-2025

Since ancient times, beyond any conventional notion of gender, i.e., men and women, other forms of gender have always been seen as taboo, which ultimately leads to exclusion, marginalization, and harassment against the LGBTQ+ community even...