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Women's Reservation, Delimitation and the Future of Representation

Women's Reservation, Delimitation and the Future of Representation

Zoya Hasan
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The proposals on seat expansion, women’s reservation, and delimitation seek to reconfigure the architecture of India’s political system in ways that could make the BJP’s electoral dominance easier to ...

20 Years of the Domestic Violence Act

‘A woman has to be beaten up to be able to use the PWDVA’: A survivor’s reckoning with promises the law offers

‘A woman has to be beaten up to be able to use the PWDVA’: A survivor’s reckoning with promises the law offers

In the June edition of ‘Staying Alive’, a survivor recounts how a lawyer told her the PWDVA offers no remedy without physical abuse, and why twenty years after the Act recognised emotional and economi ...
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‘The DV Act is a huge law with great significance, and it is under threat’: Hasina Khan on Muslim women, youth, and PWDVA

‘The DV Act is a huge law with great significance, and it is under threat’: Hasina Khan on Muslim women, youth, and PWDVA

In the May edition of ‘Staying Alive’, Hasina Khan, of the Bebaak Collective, traces how the PWDVA became a crucial tool for Muslim women navigating divorce threats, for young adults facing family con ...
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Asmita Basu
13 min read
‘For most women, accessing justice is a privilege rather than a right’: Alternative Law Forum on PWDVA in practice

‘For most women, accessing justice is a privilege rather than a right’: Alternative Law Forum on PWDVA in practice

The April edition of ‘Staying Alive’ foregrounds the experiences of Alternative Law Forum, a lawyers’ collective based in Bengaluru, working with the PWDVA across police stations, protection officers ...
By
Mrudula Vanangamudi
10 min read
‘Dignity animates the Domestic Violence Act, as it does the Constitution’: Jawahar Raja on the unexplored potential of PWDVA

‘Dignity animates the Domestic Violence Act, as it does the Constitution’: Jawahar Raja on the unexplored potential of PWDVA

The March edition of ‘Staying Alive’ explores the critical role of Mahila Panchayats in bringing remedies closer to marginalised women and the need for a creative re-imagination of the role of Protect ...
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Asmita Basu
15 min read
‘Firm collective action across states is crucial’: AMAN Network’s ground learnings on enforcing the Domestic Violence Act

‘Firm collective action across states is crucial’: AMAN Network’s ground learnings on enforcing the Domestic Violence Act

The February 2026 issue of ‘Staying Alive’ – a special series to commemorate 20 years of the Domestic Violence Act – explores how feminist networks on the ground have navigated a legal regime riddled ...
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AMAN Network
11 min read
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