sexual harrassment
Sexual Harassment by Inuit Leaders
Madeleine Redfern, the outspoken mayor of Iqaluit, complained last month about sexual harassment by powerful male Inuit leaders and she has been excoriated, as well as praised, for her comments ever since. She was addressing a Standing Committee on the Status of Women in the Canadian House of Commons when she said, according to a […]
An Uproar over Sexual Harassment
Leh, the town that serves as capital of Ladakh, was in an uproar last week because some policemen sexually harassed a couple female students. The heavy-handed response by police officials attempting to cover up the crime and their repressive approach to the complainers prompted outrage among many Ladakhi women. The incident was described in the […]
Malapandaram Colonies in the News
Over the past four months, several news reports about Malapandaram hamlets in Kerala have been published by The Hindu, a major paper in India. One appeared just last week. On August 2, the newspaper reported that workers at the Kudumbasree Mission, an organization in Kerala dedicated to wiping out poverty by empowering women, had given […]
