#women stories

A digital literacy initiative, launched by IT for Change branch Prakriye, is empowering adolescent girls in Mysuru district’s Attiguppe village.

The safety net Sheelu’s job as a sex camgirl provides her is helping her rebuilding her life — she is a mother, a graduate, and is working towards an MA degree.

A FactorDaily-101Reporters story has resulted in a women-led development model from Haryana’s Bibipur village being replicated in 100 other villages in the state.

Jyoti Rani, 36, from Rori village in Sirsa district, has panchayat samiti member Nitasha Sihag to thank for taking the …

In 1999, a poor farmer in western Assam’s Kajaikata village, Sabed Ali, agreed to his his brother-in-law’s suggestion that he …

15 women aged over 50 are learning how to use computers in Bibipur village of Haryana under a project by NGO Lado Swabhiman Utsav.

Prateek Dayal has come alive as Hana Mohan, chief executive and cofounder of SupportBee, an e-mail-based customer support software. Hana is at times confused about life, but happy.

Ex-employees say TVF doesn’t abide by anti-sexual harassment policies as laid down by the government’s Vishakha Guidelines

Tribal women in Chhattisgarh’s Surguja district are churning out thousands of sanitary pads every month, earning money and helping girls go back to school.

Well, if one were to go by Facebook and Instagram’s much-discussed community standards, female breasts and nipples are inherently sexual and titillating in nature, whereas male nipples are simply body parts that do not have the potential to disturb or offend anyone — the equivalent of ears or toes

Don’t men have families and homes to run? So how come only women are encouraged to opt for jobs and roles that will help them “nurture the family”?

The internet being patriarchal and unequal is not a surprise, but sadly the default. What’s encouraging is that feminist voices and movements are working hard to change this

The boring machismo of male startup founders who scoff at ‘work-life balance’ is just one aspect of startup culture that needs to change

Using technology to counter misogyny is basically well-meaning bullshit.