by Rita Banerji | October 30, 2010 at 5:08 AM
The latest post on gender bytes based on a recent incident in Mumbai where a mother who had twins, a boy and a girl, killed the girl by throwing her out of the hospital window.
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by Rita Banerji | August 6, 2010 at 8:30 AM
Here are 11 Safety Tips for women traveling alone in India or for that matter anywhere in the world.
http://genderbytes.wordpress.com/2010/08/06/11-safety-tips-for-women-tra...
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by Rita Banerji | August 2, 2010 at 12:45 AM
A man left a message at one of my postings on female genocide in India. He said, “The word ‘genocide’ doesn’t apply here; it only cheapens the word.”
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by Rita Banerji | July 9, 2010 at 6:55 AM
The cultural boundaries imposed on the sexual freedom and sexual expressions of women, have been an effective means of the subjugation of women in societies all over the world.
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by Rita Banerji | June 30, 2010 at 12:31 AM
One of the issues that The 50 Million Missing Campaign I administer to deals with is female infanticide in India.
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by Rita Banerji | June 27, 2010 at 11:48 PM
Today when many of my own generation shy away from calling themselves a feminist -- I always very proudly tell people -- YES, I AM A FEMINIST.
And why am I a feminist?
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by Rita Banerji | June 23, 2010 at 11:05 PM
When I was a student, I remember reading about a secret language known only to Chinese women.
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by Rita Banerji | June 21, 2010 at 3:09 AM
For many this is unbelievable. The Nazi's eliminated about 6 million Jews. But in India, in about three generations, more than 50 Million Women have been eliminated from India's population.
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by Rita Banerji | June 15, 2010 at 10:45 PM
A nomad -- I've never had a home! I always tell people -- 20 towns and cities, 2 continents, 44 postal addresses, and I have never returned to live in a house!
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by Rita Banerji | June 15, 2010 at 10:18 AM
When I heard the recent May announcement by the American Association of Pediatrics (AAP), to take a neutral stand on Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) and allow doctors to do a genital “nick” on little
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