In the ever-evolving educational landscape, India’s narrative has gained a drive with the Ramon Magsaysay Award 2025, which has been awarded to the Foundation to Educate Girls Encyclopedically.   Educate Girls, innovated in 2007, has made significant strides in pastoral and marginalised areas of the country, particularly Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh.   Illustration by The Geostrata Some accolades are beyond being conventional; they embody transformative mileposts similar to R

The Taliban coming to power in August 2021 represents not only a regime change, but it also reinstated one of the most oppressive regimes towards gender in history. To decode their politics, two crucial steps need to be followed: firstly, the geopolitical realities of the Afghanistan-Pakistan relations, and secondly, analysing the usage of state-sponsored violence from a feminist lens. Illustration by The Geostrata As Moghdam states, Afghanistan is the most aggressive cases o

While for some the battle begins when the whistle blows, for others it's all at home. India, a country home to hundreds of millions of women, often goes underrepresented in female categories across international sports. This draws quick criticism, with commentators and policymakers frequently citing inadequate facilities, funding, or a lack of interest as the primary reasons to blame. Illustration by The Geostrata Rarely does anyone address the rigorously implemented gender n

Pakistan, a country often finding itself splattered all across the globe when discussions revolve around its unabashed association with terrorism , yet again finds itself in the spotlight, all for the wrong reasons. The World Economic Forum Global Gender Report 2025   ranks Pakistan as the world’s worst nation for women. Illustration by The Geostrata A country where a woman once held the helm of affairs, today, is struggling to ensure women’s rights to walk safely outside

The Supreme Court of India, in October 2024, questioning the logic behind the exclusion of marital rape as a criminal offence, questioned how preliminary acts of confinement, assault of a wife and criminal intimidation all amount to an offence, but the ‘act of forced sexual intercourse is alone not a crime ’. Illustration by The Geostrata According to the National Health Family Survey , conducted in 2022, nearly one in three women has fallen victim to spousal sexual and ph

India is on the path to becoming a developed nation in the coming decades. However, the overall pattern of national development takes a new twist in line with the restricted number of women in the workforce to date. Illustration by The Geostrata Instead of being a peripheral women's problem of fewer women's workforce participation, it is an economic challenge that must be addressed to ensure the nation’s growth, competitiveness, and long-term sustainability. Relatively low by

The Indian Film Industry, popularly called Bollywood, has witnessed a significant transformation from the evergreen black and white era to the vivid colours of recent times. Serving as the epicentre of cultural expression , it has shaped ideas and attitudes, not only in India but also globally. In the purview of cultural shifts, there is now much discussion igniting over how women are portrayed in Indian cinema.  Illustration by The Geostrata As it is rightly said that cinema

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