Social Justice

Christina Dhanaraj and Dhanya Rajendran discuss the future of the anti-caste movement, highlighting the need to centre caste-marginalised voices and how allies can step up.

Dispersal of the sex trade has brought new challenges to CSOs. Here’s a look at the shifting dynamics and what anti-trafficking organisations can do to address them.

A reluctance by the state to acknowledge the problem and lack of access to rehabilitation will lead to India missing its goal to abolish bonded labour by 2030.

A top-down approach to climate change programmes often ignores the needs of the marginalised. Here's how locally led adaptation, based on principles of accountability and community, can help fix this.

Activist and lawyer Flavia Agnes tells us why securing women’s rights today seems much harder than it was in the ‘80s and argues that legislative reform is a battle half won without litigation support.

Environmentalist Stalin Dayanand outlines the importance of public engagement in environmental movements and argues against branding them as 'anti-development.'

A compilation that helps you understand the impact of the conflict in Manipur on its people, and points you to how you can help.

A pioneer of queer and feminist movements in India, Maya Sharma sheds light on the intersectionality of gender, geography, class, and sexuality.

Survivors of intrafamilial sexual abuse deserve a judicial system that understands their layered challenges, values rehabilitation over punishment, and builds safe spaces for reporting.

The systemic oppression of marginalised communities by the criminal justice system is poorly understood and rarely questioned. Here’s how this is changing.