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Women in India
![Gender Responsive Budgeting Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic in India Gender Responsive Budgeting Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic in India](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2021-09-10-7.jpg)
Gender Responsive Budgeting Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic in India
By Akanksha Khullar
The pandemic exacerbated pre-existing economic inequalities within India’s patriarchal society.
![India’s Women Bear the Burden of Unpaid Work – With Costs to Themselves and the Economy India’s Women Bear the Burden of Unpaid Work – With Costs to Themselves and the Economy](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2020-11-02-5.jpg)
India’s Women Bear the Burden of Unpaid Work – With Costs to Themselves and the Economy
By Bansari Kamdar
The country’s first time use survey reveal disturbing patterns when it comes to women and daily paid work.
![Hundreds in India Protest Government Handling of Fatal Rape Case Hundreds in India Protest Government Handling of Fatal Rape Case](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2020-10-02-10.jpg)
Hundreds in India Protest Government Handling of Fatal Rape Case
By Associated Press
The demonstrators shouted "Hang the rapists" and "First raped by devils, then by the system.”
![In India, a Man Can Still Legally Rape His Wife In India, a Man Can Still Legally Rape His Wife](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2020-06-05-4.jpg)
In India, a Man Can Still Legally Rape His Wife
By Bansari Kamdar
Marital rape, colonial hangover, and patriarchal impunity 73 years later.
![Women Left Behind: India’s Falling Female Labor Participation Women Left Behind: India’s Falling Female Labor Participation](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2020-07-31-4.jpg)
Women Left Behind: India’s Falling Female Labor Participation
By Bansari Kamdar
India’s female labor force participation is the lowest in South Asia.
![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.
![Indian Army to Recruit Women as Military Police: A Cause for Celebration? Indian Army to Recruit Women as Military Police: A Cause for Celebration?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-indian_army_lady_officer.jpg)
Indian Army to Recruit Women as Military Police: A Cause for Celebration?
By Akanksha Khullar
The small step forward highlights just how far women have to go to achieve gender parity in the Indian armed forces.
![Female Delivery Drivers Breaking Patriarchal Barriers in India Female Delivery Drivers Breaking Patriarchal Barriers in India](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-female-delivery-associate.jpg)
Female Delivery Drivers Breaking Patriarchal Barriers in India
By Adnan Bhat
Breaking down one more barrier to women's employment in India.
![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
![Where Are India's Women Politicians? Where Are India's Women Politicians?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-27488266306_3a7991abcc_h.jpg)
Where Are India's Women Politicians?
By Bansari Kamdar
22 years since the initial proposal, the Women’s Reservation Bill remains out of reach.
![Menstruating Without Pads in India Menstruating Without Pads in India](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-menstruation.jpg)
Menstruating Without Pads in India
By Arpita Singh and Ahmad Belal
Thanks to stigma and misinformation, many Indian women continue to use cloth during their periods.
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