Feature Articles
India’s New Sexism of ‘Safety’
by Neeta Lal, India
December 16 marked the one-year anniversary of the death of Nirbhaya, the young physiotherapist who died after being brutally gang raped and assaulted with iron rods on a moving bus by six men, including a minor, in New Delhi. The inhuman act cut short a young and promising life, outraged an entire nation, and triggered worldwide debate over the Indian society’s appalling treatment of its women. But, as India remembers the 23-year-old victim with candles, flowers and poignant placards, the point to ponder is this: has the whirligig really helped ordinary Indian woman feel more secure? ... Read More »
A Partnership for Change
by Katharine Daniels, The WIP Director
This winter I read Saru Jayaraman’s Behind the Kitchen Door. Part investigative journalism, part narrative, Jayaraman exposes the discriminatory, exploitative and often unsanitary labor conditions in one of the largest and fastest growing sectors of the U.S. Economy. Since reading Behind the Kitchen Door I often think of what Jayaraman calls her “matrix moment” as a restaurant patron. Most Americans pay little attention to restaurant workers who “perform the most intimate acts for us – cooking and serving our food, typically an act reserved for a parent or partner...Read More »
