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There's nothing like sizzling summer heat, government inaction and political unrest to get us millennials and Gen Z'ers riled up, am I right?
In case you missed it, these past few weeks have been marked by Bangladeshi youth protesting for road safety in their country after a bus collided with school children and killed them.
Thousands of young people flooded the streets of Dhaka in solidarity, a movement that incited violence in response. In spite of government attempt to silence them, people from all around the world held silent protests and marched in solidarity in support.
This instance crowns one of the best uses of social media for social justice. Remember that in the digital realm, your voice is magnified.
*photo courtesy of @taniaflyhigh
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"This is the common narrative of South Asian communities: We are inherently a broken system from within. Speaking out, or against something, is not a core value within the South Asian community.
Silence has always been seen as a token of obedience; it’s so ingrained in our culture that we see it as a core value. This is how internal issues such as domestic violence, sexual harassment, and abuse also get swept under the rug. It’s “tradition†to not speak out, to not perform our civic duty and get involved.
But I am tired of this narrative." – Kavita Rai
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For every one case that makes it through multiple news channels and reaches people globally, there are most certainly several cases that we never hear about but are reported locally – a heartbreaking search on the keyword “child rape†on the Indian Express site being the case in point.
BGer Pooja Dhar writes an overview of factors that lead to these heartbreaking cases and a response to a recent incident in India. |
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In a campaign entitled #LahuKaLagaan (“blood taxâ€) by the organization SheSays, protesters argued that if products like contraceptives are tax-exempt under India’s new goods and services tax (GST) program, then sanitary supplies should be, too. Indian lawmaker and Parliament member Sushmita Dev received more than 400,000 signatures on her petition in favor of the tax repeal and tweeted.
After more than a year of campaigning and protests by advocates, the government of India has finally decided to scrap a controversial 12 percent tax on feminine hygiene products. Huge win!
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Anjali Sud is 34 years old, Indian-American and the CEO of Vimeo, a video-sharing platform. She’s never been afraid of failure because her father taught her failure beforehand and this would later help her succeed. In fact, Sud candidly shared with The Ladders how she had to make adjustments at every step, starting in her boarding school years. Explore her journey from roadblocks along the way to her role now as the head of the video platform.
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