Equality
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Sex Workers
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Sex Work
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Workers Rights
The re-conceptualisation of sex work as a form of sexual labour will increase sex workers’ accessibility to resources, mobilise them for representation and participation, and challenge social exclusion.
Equality
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Gender Inequality
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Climate Change
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Gendered Impacts
The climate crisis has a greater impact on women than men and, in fact, amplifies existing gender inequalities, UN Women warns.
Equality
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Racism
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Gender Based Discrimination
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Sexual Orientation
In Mizoram, it is gender and sexual-orientation-based discrimination. Outside, it is race, language and religious bigotry, in addition to queerphobia.
Equality
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Transgender Persons
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Gender Affirmation Surgery
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Financial Stress
India's transgender persons face both financial stress and medical uncertainties to undergo Gender Affirmation Surgery as government reforms fail to change much on the ground.
Equality
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Transgender Persons
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Mental Health
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Mental Well-Being
Being part of the queer community has rippling effects on one’s entire life, more so on mental well-being.
Equality
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Caste Based Discrimination
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Caste Atrocities
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Caste
“Caste is a thing of the past,” many Indians belonging to privileged castes often argue.
Equality
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Discrimination
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Hiring Biases
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Muslims
LedBy Foundation had conducted a survey for 10 months to find out the hiring bias that is prevalent against Muslim women in Indian offices
Equality
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Access to Cooling Equipment
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Workers Rights
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Extreme Heat
This past May, workers at a Dollar General store in Apache, Oklahoma, were faced with the prospect of being stuck inside with no air conditioning. The forecast that day was above 100°F, and the temperature in the store had reached 85°F. So they quit.
Equality
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Gender Roles
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Social Norms
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Stereotypes
Findings of the 20-country study show attitudes towards gender roles have deteriorated amid COVID-19 as outdated social norms and stereotypes continue to hold society back from reaching gender equality.
Equality
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Discrimination
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Residential Segregation
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Religious Minorities
A recent study, based on quantitative analysis and qualitative fieldwork, finds Muslims and Dalits are facing the worst residential segregation in Indian cities, relegating them to spaces with poor public services like piped water and sewage.