by YGB | Jun 10, 2020 | Global News
India’s women were already dropping out of the labor force. Coronavirus restrictions — and one of the worst economic slumps in decades — threaten even more losses for them. The New York Times on June 9/2020 By Kai Schultz and Suhasini Raj NEW DELHI —...
by YGB | May 7, 2020 | Global News
At the weekend, India extended the nationwide coronavirus lockdown by another fortnight, but said that domestic helpers can now return to work. The decision has had millions of middle-class homes debating a key question – to let the workers in or not? The...
by YGB | Apr 1, 2020 | Global News, Uncategorized
Produce vendors in Delhi last week were hard up for business. Despite leaders’ decrees on staying home, laborers who live hand-to-mouth say they have no choice but to keep hitting the streets. Here are their stories. By Maria Abi-Habib and Sameer YasirPhotographs by...
by YGB | Nov 13, 2019 | Global News
“Don’t tell your girls to wear decent clothes – tell your boys to behave,” reads a sign at a vigil for the victim of a brutal 2012 gangrape in New Delhi (Credit: Getty Images) Every day around the world, 137 women are killed by an intimate partner or a...
by YGB | Aug 1, 2019 | Global News
Protesters in New Delhi on Tuesday demanded an investigation after a woman who had accused a regional lawmaker of rape was severely injured in a road accident. Credit Danish Siddiqui/Reuters Many times over the past year, a young woman from northern India who...
by YGB | Jul 24, 2019 | Global News
A participant has the words “not in my name” painted on face during a protest against two recently reported rape cases as protestors gather near the Parliament in New Delhi, India, April 15, 2018. Violent crimes against women have been on the rise in India...
