India
Is India Finally Ready to Deal with Its Rape Problem?
The country's predominately male and notoriously insensitive criminal justice system has led the new government to unveil a proposal for special units that would focus on investigating crimes against women.
Separatist Movements and Sectarian Tensions Turned Violent in India This Week
Muslim immigrants and migrant workers are being targeted by separatists forces in the northeast of India. The violence is escalating, but the problem has been around for decades.
Will a Comic Help Change India's Attitudes Towards Rape?
'Priya's Shatki', about a girl who is raped and then tries to change the world with the help of the gods, flips Indian patriarchy like a pancake.
Delhi Just Banned Uber After a Driver Allegedly Raped a Passenger
The area once known as the rape capital of India has another horrific high-profile crime on its hands.
India Aren't the Only Country Tampering With Women's Wombs
And it's often for more reasons than misguided attempts at population control through the most brutal means possible.
In India's Mass Sterilisation Camps, Women Trade Fertility for Mobile Phones
A state-run mass sterilisation went horribly wrong in India this week, but it's just the tip of the iceberg.
We're Still Not Even Close to Saving the Planet After the Largest Climate Summit Ever
Global elites are still hesitant to go all-in on averting disaster.
I Work As a 'Human Table' at Indian Weddings Because I'm a White Girl
Paying pale-skinned Westerners to do embarrassing things is a growing fad among India's middle classes.
How India's New Prime Minister Won Over the Tea Party
The incoming leader of the world's largest democracy loves the US fringe.
Pakistan's Transgender Community Is Hiding Out in a Hostile City
As Peshawar has come under increasing sway of an extremist view of Islam, its community of transgender hijras has been increasingly marginalised.