Indian Journal of Gender Studies
Emerging Concepts of Gender Equality and Inclusion: Integrate and Apply Now
Indian Journal of Gender Studies, Ahead of Print.
Indian Journal of Gender Studies
Iron in the Soul: Two-Child Norm in Population Policies Again
Indian Journal of Gender Studies, Ahead of Print. In July 2021, Uttar Pradesh announced a population policy, Draft Uttar Pradesh Population Control, Stabilisation and Welfare Bill, 2021, that was astoundingly thoughtless, even as it was demographically…
Indian Journal of Gender Studies
The Legacy of the Life and Work of Lotika Sarkar
Indian Journal of Gender Studies, Ahead of Print. Based on a talk by the author, the article seeks to sketch the work and contribution of Professor Lotika Sarkar, the first woman law teacher of the Delhi University. A much sought after teacher, with a …
Indian Journal of Gender Studies
Challenges Faced by Female Commercial Sex Workers in Puducherry, India: A Qualitative Inquiry
Indian Journal of Gender Studies, Ahead of Print. Sex work is considered one of the oldest professions in the world. In India, selling sex in private is legal, while all other activities related to sex work, such as pimping, brothel-keeping, are consid…
Indian Journal of Gender Studies
Technology, Gender and Fishing in an Odisha Village
Indian Journal of Gender Studies, Ahead of Print. The introduction of a new fishing technology in a small riverine village of Odisha resulted in paradoxical socio-economic outcomes. The fresh and flowing water pisciculture through the innovative Pen te…
Indian Journal of Gender Studies
‘Voluntarily Childless’: An Auto-ethnographic Account of a Man’s Struggles in India
Indian Journal of Gender Studies, Ahead of Print. This article is an account of the struggles of a man in a patriarchal cultural context, where the idea of childfree men is despised and regularly confronted. Autoethnography is a method and a means to s…
Indian Journal of Gender Studies
Narrating Legal Reform: The Open Letter and the Anti-rape Movement in Perspective
Indian Journal of Gender Studies, Ahead of Print. This article examines a foundational moment in the history of the women’s movement in India and its engagement with the law: the open letter to the Supreme Court written in 1979 by four scholars of the …
Indian Journal of Gender Studies
Book review: Saurabh Kirpal (Ed.), Sex and the Supreme Court: How the Law is Upholding the Dignity of the Indian Citizen
Indian Journal of Gender Studies, Volume 29, Issue 1, Page 150-154, February 2022. Saurabh Kirpal (Ed.), Sex and the Supreme Court: How the Law is Upholding the Dignity of the Indian Citizen. Hachette India, 2020, 346 pages, ₹533 (Paperback). ISBN: 978…
Indian Journal of Gender Studies
Book review: Neeladri Bhattacharya, Kunal Chakrabarti, S. Gunasekaran, Janaki Nair and Joy L. K. Pachuau (Eds.), JNU Stories: The First Fifty Years
Indian Journal of Gender Studies, Volume 29, Issue 1, Page 131-137, February 2022. Neeladri Bhattacharya, Kunal Chakrabarti, S. Gunasekaran, Janaki Nair and Joy L. K. Pachuau (Eds.), JNU Stories: The First Fifty Years. Aleph Books, 2020, 467 pages., ₹9…
Indian Journal of Gender Studies
Book review: Gaby Zipfel et al. (Eds.), In Plain Sight: Sexual Violence in Armed Conflict
Indian Journal of Gender Studies, Volume 29, Issue 1, Page 137-142, February 2022. Gaby Zipfel et al. (Eds.), In Plain Sight: Sexual Violence in Armed Conflict. Zubaan Academic, 2019, 472 pages, ₹850/$35 (Hardback). ISBN: 97893 85932816.