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Gender in India
![India’s COVID–19 Gender Blind Spot India’s COVID–19 Gender Blind Spot](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2020-04-22-11.jpg)
India’s COVID–19 Gender Blind Spot
By Bansari Kamdar
India’s women stand to lose from the country‘s COVID–19 policies in many ways.
![Toxic Masculinity in Northeast India’s Matrilineal Homes Toxic Masculinity in Northeast India’s Matrilineal Homes](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2659788175_bcc134057c-1.jpg)
Toxic Masculinity in Northeast India’s Matrilineal Homes
By Parul Abrol
The Northeast Indian state of Meghalaya struggles with gender roles, violence, and toxic masculinity.
![Me and #MeToo: A Story From New Delhi's Jawaharlal University in the Early 2000s Me and #MeToo: A Story From New Delhi's Jawaharlal University in the Early 2000s](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-800px-school_of_languages1_jnu_delhi.jpg)
Me and #MeToo: A Story From New Delhi's Jawaharlal University in the Early 2000s
By Parul Abrol
Until #MeToo, few women in India had spoken out about harassment. I did and here's my story.
![India's #MeToo Movement Underlines Why Survivors Must Be Believed India's #MeToo Movement Underlines Why Survivors Must Be Believed](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-street-175277_1920.jpg)
India's #MeToo Movement Underlines Why Survivors Must Be Believed
By Vida Zonunmawii
There are more reasons to believe survivors than there are to dismiss claims of sexual harassment and assaults
![India Learns That the Smallest Coffins Are Often the Heaviest India Learns That the Smallest Coffins Are Often the Heaviest](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-ap_18103500679990.jpg)
India Learns That the Smallest Coffins Are Often the Heaviest
By Priyanka Borpujari
What will it take for India to finally see its girls and women as human beings?
![Misunderstanding Consent: When Indian Courts Interpret a Woman’s 'No' as a 'Yes' Misunderstanding Consent: When Indian Courts Interpret a Woman’s 'No' as a 'Yes'](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-judge-gavel-1461291406zfk.jpg)
Misunderstanding Consent: When Indian Courts Interpret a Woman’s 'No' as a 'Yes'
By Priyanka Borpujari
Even in India's courts, blaming the victim continues to take precedence over a woman’s consent.
![Indian Lawmakers Take Key Steps Toward Recognizing the Importance of Consent Indian Lawmakers Take Key Steps Toward Recognizing the Importance of Consent](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2017-02-28_02-01-05.jpg)
Indian Lawmakers Take Key Steps Toward Recognizing the Importance of Consent
By Padmapriya Govindarajan
Two recent developments in India suggest slow but sure change in how gender-based violence is viewed in the country.
![Indian Lawmakers Work to Stem Spending on 'Big Fat Indian Weddings' Indian Lawmakers Work to Stem Spending on 'Big Fat Indian Weddings'](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2017-02-21_23-21-29.jpg)
Indian Lawmakers Work to Stem Spending on 'Big Fat Indian Weddings'
By Padmapriya Govindarajan
India's lower house may consider a bill that would limit spending on lavish weddings.
![Time for India to Get Serious About Sexual Assault Time for India to Get Serious About Sexual Assault](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2017-01-27_00-19-35.jpg)
Time for India to Get Serious About Sexual Assault
By Padmapriya Govindarajan
The first month of 2017 highlights a need for change in Indian discourse around sexual assault.
![India's 2016 Transgender Rights Bill: Progress or Just More Ignorance? India's 2016 Transgender Rights Bill: Progress or Just More Ignorance?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-08-11_17-24-35.jpg)
India's 2016 Transgender Rights Bill: Progress or Just More Ignorance?
By Padmapriya Govindarajan
A new bill seeking to address the rights and protections of India's transgender community falls flat.
![India’s Shame India’s Shame](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/sizes/thumbnail/17167_527c539d29a26.jpg)
India’s Shame
The case of a baby being beaten because she was a girl is a shocking reminder of discrimination in India.
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