University of Strathclyde, Glasgow is offering several scholarships for our Faculty of Humanities & Social applicants joining postgraduate taught programmes in academic year 2022/23. Eligibility: All self-funded, international (non-EU) fee-paying offer holders with strong academic qualifications are encouraged to apply. Students must hold an offer to a full-time postgraduate taught degree programme starting in January […]
Marital Rape Dialogue with Sneha Mukherjee, Human Rights Law Network
The Dialogue Box organised a dialogue with Sneha Mukherjee on 7th August 2022. Mukherjee is a Human Rights advocate and activist practising in the Supreme Court of India working with the Human Rights Law Network, New Delhi. Over the last 8 years, she has represented women in cases relating to gender based violence, sexual and […]
Queer Conversion Therapy: A menace to the LGBTQ’s Human rights
This post is written by Ishita Goyal, a student of Symbiosis Law School, Noida. “To deny people their human rights is to challenge their humanity”- Nelson Mandela In September 2018, the Hon’ble Supreme court of India decriminalised homosexuality. With the landmark ruling, same sex relations were legalised, giving homosexual couples the myriad rights that heterosexual […]
8 questions for decoding the Afghan crisis with Prof. (Dr) Gerrard Chaliand (Interview)
Interviewed by Nidhi Singh from Global Shapers New Delhi (an initiative of the World Economic Forum) Date: September 7, 2021 About the Speaker Gérard Chaliand (born 1934) is a French expert in geopolitics who has published widely on irregular warfare and military strategy. Chaliand analyses of insurgencies in Asia, Africa, Latin America, and […]
Mapping the caste footprints of a modern Indian city
Religious extremism in India: Hereto and the aftermathAre Indian family WhatsApp Groups promoting salient misogyny? This post has been written by Srestha Chatterjee. Sreshtha is an alumni of St Xavier’s University, Kolkata (Department of Sociology). Her research interests lie in caste, society and urban lifestyles. A general understanding that exists among most of the urban […]
Menstruation the dirty word: Can talking about it within households improve the condition?
Are Indian family WhatsApp Groups promoting salient misogyny? This post is written by Sanjana Choudhury, a student of Media Studies in Delhi University. The history of how sanitary pads came into being dates long back in time when pads were silent coupons. Like every other thing essential to life and sustenance, pads too were created […]
Sex workers in India: A curious case of legality and morality
Religious extremism in India: Hereto and the aftermath This blog has been written by Ramsha Hashmi of Tamil Nadu National Law University, India. Ramsha is a researcher and a prolific blogger who focusses on various gender and social issues. Did you enjoy watching Sanjay Lela Bhansali’s critically acclaimed move “Gangubai Kathiawadi” which depicted the triumphant […]
Gender violence and pandemic: An alarming match made in India!
Are Indian family WhatsApp Groups promoting salient misogyny? This blog is written by Taqdees Fatima, a student of Ambedkar University, New Delhi. Taqdees frequently writes on issues such as gender violence, women studies amongst others. Thomson Reuters released a report in 2018, that categorised India as the most dangerous country for women. The report received […]
Is euthanasia an incorrigible moral damage?
This post is written by Wayne Ramwell, Senior Tutor at University of Manchester, Law School, UK. Wayne’s research interest include legal theories, euthanasia among many others. Introduction – Context Lawful assisted dying (aka. euthanasia) is a recurring issue in the United Kingdom. It was previously debated in the House of Commons in 2015 and was […]
Ask “Why?” : A case for ethnic minorities
This post is written by Dr. Allswell Eno is the founder of The Black of Respect Campaign. We see, hear and read it all the time, don’t we, especially in the American media – “black woman”, “black female”, ” black man”, “black male”, “black boy”, “black girl”, “white woman”, “white man”, “white female”, “white […]
