A Dedication For me, today is about reflecting on my own personal struggle, and how far I’ve come, really just to overcome my own circumstances of an abusive marriage followed by the marginalization that I feel for being a single woman with a child. Society is cruel, and although people say that you should escape from domestic violence, once you ...
Imagine an Alternative Reality Looking back in history we can see that major inequalities in society are only addressed when there is a public commitment to changing them. For this to happen, we need to understand the inequalities within which we live. Sometimes we become blind to the things we live in because we learn to accept them as normal. ...
Raising a Voice in a Man’s World The principles of equality suggest that life prospects of every individual should be roughly equal to those of any other. From experience though, we know that this is not the case. One thing that stands in the way of achieving equal prospects are the social structures that consistently contribute to worsen prospects for ...
By Deepa D Well one thing is certainly up – their pricks! Can someone allude to the reasons why so much indecent groping of women occurs on Sri Lankan public transport? What is it with these men? Breast squeezing, poking, fondling; the elbow that at first seems innocently squashed into your waist before it starts migrating upwards or downwards. The ...
Citizen of the World By Shamini P Life experience tells me that gender violence, abuse and it’s effects are wide ranging, far reaching, and permeate through right to the very core of your identity: I grew up watching and experiencing the turbulent relationship between my parents. I have seen my father hit my mother, kick her on the ground and ...