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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...