March 8th marks International Womens Day, this day is usually marked with celebrations of the strides women have made globally.
India is famous for it’s culture, cricket team and being one of the places in the world where human rights violations are many. India is also known for not being too kind to it’s female citizens.
But some women in that country have decided to take a stand and change things. Here is a list of five times women in India showed their power to celebrate International Womens Day.
Sunny Leone: porn - star turned Bollywood actress who stood her ground
Sunny Leone shut down a veteran male journalist Bhupendra Chaubey who told her during an interview that he felt that maybe he was being 'morally corrupted' just by interviewing her.
She simply replied " I can leave if you want me too"
Chaubey also insinuated that she might directly be the cause of the rise of India's consumption of porn during the interview. Sunny Leone real name Karenjit Kaur Vohra was on the CNN-IBN show the 'Hot Seat' to promote her new movie.
The journalist later released a statement stating his was only doing his job.
Leone is the most googled person in India and has had campaigns asking her to leave India. The Bollywood community has taken a while to warm up to her too.
Dont think that I can change my past, my past is my past. I cant erase the Internet, I cant erase all the things I've done. Nor am I ashamed of what I've done. My past has gotten me standing in this position today. That I'm happy for and that I'm proud of." she's said of her past.
She later posted a video thanking those that stuck by her:
The menstruation activist
For most developing countries in the world, which are still steeped in tradition, certain things are consideredd taboo. One of these subjects is menstruation. Bollywood actress Parineeti Chopra lent her superstar power to the Whispers 'Touch the pickle " ad campaign. Chopra shared her experiences of puberty and even had words with a male journalist who didn't get what the 'fuss' was about.
The Procter and Gamble advert was aimed at promoting dialogue about menstruation and removing the stigma. In India females who have reached puberty are told not to touch the pickles in a pickle jar as it is believed the pickles will rot hence the campaign name. Other dont's that indian women hear during their period don't worship and don't enter the kitchen.
The 'Touch The Pickle' ad camapign won a Glass Lion Grand Prix at Cannes International Festival of Creativity in 2015.
Rape activism
Rape is certainly not only India’s problem; rape is a problem the world over. The world was shocked by the brutal gang rape of a physiotherapy intern on a bus in 2012 who later died. This was undoubtedly the shifting point in the country’s attitudes about rape and an outcry was heard the world over.
In 2013 in a group calling themselves the Red Brigade consisting of teenage sexual crimes victims emerged. The teenage females patrol their neighborhood dressed in red and black protecting other females from sexual harassment.
Below is a video of the documentary that was published in 2015 about the work they do.
Recently on the 7 of March 2016 a young lady jumped from the balcony of a two-storey building in Kolkata Calcutta after a group of men attempted to rape her after spiking her drink. She is currently recovering in hospital with head injuries.
The woman getting women to work
The founder of Sheroes ,Sairee Chahal, told Forbes that 'women anchor this economy, any woman with no job already has a job'
Sheroes is a female-oriented online career destination, which was founded in 2014.
They released a report stating that 48% of women in India leave the workforce before they reach the middle of their careers. She also realised that women in India did not have access to information that would enable them to make better work choices.
She stared Sheroes to 'provide women with work options.' She says Sheroes aims to connect one million women with work opportunities within the next three years.
“It’s for any women with an aspiration, no matter how small or large,” Chahal said.
Below is Chahal is talking at a Tedx event in 2012 .
Four times women in India kicked butt
March 8th marks International Womens Day, this day is usually marked with celebrations of the strides women have made globally.
India is famous for it’s culture, cricket team and being one of the places in the world where human rights violations are many. India is also known for not being too kind to it’s female citizens.
But some women in that country have decided to take a stand and change things. Here is a list of five times women in India showed their power to celebrate International Womens Day.
Sunny Leone: porn - star turned Bollywood actress who stood her ground
Sunny Leone shut down a veteran male journalist Bhupendra Chaubey who told her during an interview that he felt that maybe he was being 'morally corrupted' just by interviewing her.
She simply replied " I can leave if you want me too"
Chaubey also insinuated that she might directly be the cause of the rise of India's consumption of porn during the interview. Sunny Leone real name Karenjit Kaur Vohra was on the CNN-IBN show the 'Hot Seat' to promote her new movie.
The journalist later released a statement stating his was only doing his job.
Leone is the most googled person in India and has had campaigns asking her to leave India. The Bollywood community has taken a while to warm up to her too.
Dont think that I can change my past, my past is my past. I cant erase the Internet, I cant erase all the things I've done. Nor am I ashamed of what I've done. My past has gotten me standing in this position today. That I'm happy for and that I'm proud of." she's said of her past.
She later posted a video thanking those that stuck by her:
The menstruation activist
For most developing countries in the world, which are still steeped in tradition, certain things are consideredd taboo. One of these subjects is menstruation. Bollywood actress Parineeti Chopra lent her superstar power to the Whispers 'Touch the pickle " ad campaign. Chopra shared her experiences of puberty and even had words with a male journalist who didn't get what the 'fuss' was about.
The Procter and Gamble advert was aimed at promoting dialogue about menstruation and removing the stigma. In India females who have reached puberty are told not to touch the pickles in a pickle jar as it is believed the pickles will rot hence the campaign name. Other dont's that indian women hear during their period don't worship and don't enter the kitchen.
The 'Touch The Pickle' ad camapign won a Glass Lion Grand Prix at Cannes International Festival of Creativity in 2015.
Rape activism
Rape is certainly not only India’s problem; rape is a problem the world over. The world was shocked by the brutal gang rape of a physiotherapy intern on a bus in 2012 who later died. This was undoubtedly the shifting point in the country’s attitudes about rape and an outcry was heard the world over.
In 2013 in a group calling themselves the Red Brigade consisting of teenage sexual crimes victims emerged. The teenage females patrol their neighborhood dressed in red and black protecting other females from sexual harassment.
Below is a video of the documentary that was published in 2015 about the work they do.
Recently on the 7 of March 2016 a young lady jumped from the balcony of a two-storey building in Kolkata Calcutta after a group of men attempted to rape her after spiking her drink. She is currently recovering in hospital with head injuries.
The woman getting women to work
The founder of Sheroes ,Sairee Chahal, told Forbes that 'women anchor this economy, any woman with no job already has a job'
Sheroes is a female-oriented online career destination, which was founded in 2014.
They released a report stating that 48% of women in India leave the workforce before they reach the middle of their careers. She also realised that women in India did not have access to information that would enable them to make better work choices.
She stared Sheroes to 'provide women with work options.' She says Sheroes aims to connect one million women with work opportunities within the next three years.
“It’s for any women with an aspiration, no matter how small or large,” Chahal said.
Below is Chahal is talking at a Tedx event in 2012 .
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