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Lives Withering Away Like Dried-up Trees
In Attapady block of Kerala's
Palakkad district, illicit liquor is taking a heavy toll among the
adviasis. Addiction to the brew has led to many deaths and suicides,
even as a complacent and complicit administration looks on. reports. 
Lives strangulated by needle and thread
27-year-old Ratnamma, a garment factory worker, was forced to deliver a baby on the streets of Bangalore. 20-year-old Gayathri was run over by the bus belonging to the Bangalore garment factory where she worked. Garment workers in Bangalore are caught in an exploitative web, reports.
Testimonies of harassment
Blank Noise, begun as Jasmeen Patheja's
personal reaction to street sexual harassment, has grown to record
women's experiences in creative ways. The latest of these is a clothes
collection effort to tackle the misconception that women's attire
invites harassment.
reports. 
Remote Adivasis face healthcare chasm in Kerala
Despite crores of rupees having been
spent in name of tribal and other development programmes in one block
of Palakkad district in Kerala, the region suffers from poor access to
decent health care. 80 per cent of the adivasi population here are
living in abject poverty.
reports.
Malayalam TV serial makers soften feminism for the market
In Kerala womens worlds are made and unmade every day on TV channels as mutually contradictory messages on womanhood are aired.
reports Malayala Manorama exposes Kerala’s men
Six women reporters of 'Malayala Manorama' daily, travelled across Kerala state unescorted, to experience at first-hand the safety and security that God’s Own Country was offering them. reports.
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For Dignity and Respect
Though numerous attempts have
been made to rehabilitate sex workers across India, not many have
succeeded. Here is a success story on the rehabilitation of sex workers
in the town of Muvattupuzha, Kerala reports. Silent sufferance
Many women employed in unauthorised prawn processing centres across the coastal belt of Kerala develop severe health problems due to unhygienic working conditions. .
The business of promoting the purdah
Backed by religious groups and with advertising support from purdah manufacturers, family magazines in Kerala promote the purdah as a moral garment, driving more Muslim women behind the veil, says M. P. Basheer.
In The Grip of Depression
Dissonance between personal growth and societal norms leads Kerala girls and women to greater depression. reports.
Care for These Mothers
Raped and ravaged, adivasi women in the Wayanad region of Kerala are paying a heavy price alongside the invasion of the region by non-tribal settlers and policemen alike. reports.
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