Please share…Jhanvi missing since 29 Sep 2014 from India Gate…#Jhanvi #bringBackJhanvi pic.twitter.com/Cu7AFaJLSV

— Richa Khurana (@richa_khurana) October 4, 2014

It was a lazy Sunday afternoon on September 28 in New Delhi, when little Jhanvi went missing from India Gate, a popular meeting place in central Delhi. The initial nightmare eventually gave way to a massive social media campaign that helped find the toddler nearly a week later.

Militants of the Islamic State have abducted thousands of women and girls belonging to the Yazidi community while Kurdish women put on a brave front against the militant oppressors. Read more to find out which women’s themes made to the headlines this week.

Since 1997 Nighat Shafi pandit and her group of activists have been undertaking different kinds of projects for children and destitute women in India-administered Kashmir. On the Friday I got in touch with her, Pandit was really tense as she spoke on phone for a couple minutes: “I am very upset and startled by the floods in Kashmir.

Whoaaa now here is a Cool challenge! Full on Desi 🙂 #RiceBucketChallenge #HaiDum 🙂 pic.twitter.com/lfFQOQ9Z4h

— Pradnya Lotlikar (@PradnyaLotlikar) August 25, 2014

 

You’ve probably heard about the Ice Bucket challenge, but an Indian journalist has organized a “Rice Bucket Challenge” to help the poor and needy.

The Indian subcontinent has a rich sartorial tradition. Copyright: dapd.

The world outside has been busy speculating on the breakdown of the foreign secretary level talks between India and Pakistan, but the mood at the Lakme Fashion Week (LFW) Winter/Festive 2014 remained untouched by the political tensions between the two countries.

The presence of young women in the movement for a violence-free society for women has infused new energy and vigour.

After the brutal gang rape of a young woman in December 2012 in the national capital, following which she succumbed to her injuries, there was a great upsurge of people protesting on the streets.