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Immokalee farmworkers and their families returned to to Nelson Peltz’s now-storied offices at Trian Partners, 280 Park Ave. in Manhattan on July 19, 2018 for a major march to demand that Wendy’s, the final fast food hold-out from the Fair Food Program, make an unequivocal commitment to human rights, once and for all. (Photo by Erik McGregor)
Lady Business: we need to talk, by Open Quote, 21-23 July 2018, at the The Kings Arms Theatre, Salford.
Photo: Shay Rowan
Video interview: youtu.be/jl6ir0Mmipw
Tickets: www.greatermanchesterfringe.co.uk
Who decided that the female body, and being a woman, is shameful? And why the have we let it be that way for so long? We need to normalise being a woman and what it means. We need to talk about the struggles women go through. We need to talk about womanhood and its effect on our lives and identity. We need to talk about it. So lets talk. Lady business is a show where we talk about very "private" things a public space. We are sick of being told what not to say so now we are saying it. We welcome you to be a part of the conversation.
In celebration of the Women’s March, thousands of women, allies and partner organizations joined together in Foley Square on January 19, 2019 at the Women’s Unity Rally, as part of the national #WomenWave, to elevate the voices of New York women and gender non-conforming individuals in the wake of federal assault. (Photo by Erik McGregor)
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history as per their own convenience. DSU resolves to stand in solidarity and strengthen the fight against the ·entrenched feudal forces whichcan only ensure real justice to the struggling masses, while also exposing the betrayals of the revisionist forces.8) In the context of the mounting assaults upon workers across the country through rampant contractualization and scuttling of even the.
constitutional.ly guar~n..
teed rights, right to unionize or other labour laws, the JNU workers also face similar plights. The sheer violations inte~m~ of den1~1 of m~n1mum wages, ESI/PF or the pathetic working conditions in our own campus are just few examples. DSU resolves toreinVIgorate th1s cruml struggle for workers' right in JNU, forge concrete solidarities with the workers and work towards the building of a unionand workers' cooperative in the coming days. Alongside, DSU also resolves to stand in sol.
idarity with the workers struggles in the NCR as.
· well as across the country fighting against the comprador ruling classes..
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i?n of the economic crisis, the sector of education, especially higher education, constitutes an extremely lucrative.
source of profit max1m1zatron for the ruling classes in the country today. While the state pulls out m.
'ore than ever from education with severefund cuts and mushrooming,of private universi.
ties and colleges, a further series of bills are in the pipeline in the parliament that would ensurethat education remains out of the reach of a large section of the people. In order to bulldoze these measures without any opposition, there is.
an undeclared emergency in the campuses and the right of the students to unionize has been severely curbed, either directly or through the.
dra~onian Lyngdoh Committee Recommendations. Inside and outside the campus, DSU resolves to actively mobilize students and youthaga1nst privatization and commercialization of education. In the campus, DSU resolves to intensify the fight against the administration'sattempt of fee hikes, imposing various kinds of indirect fees, corporate model of JNU press, attacks on progressive shop allotment policy andfor increasing MCM scholarships, for deprivation points to muslim students, reduction of viya-voce. Given that the revisionist left in the.
campus, represented by AI SA and SFI, has completely given up the fight against the draconian Lyngdoh Committee Recommendations, DSUresolves to be in the forefront of the fight against it to reclaim our JNUSU constitution and the vibrant students' movement..
10) DSU supports the democratic demands of people for separate statehood in Telangana, Gorkhaland and others. DSU resolves to activelymobilize students and youth in the c0ming days in solidarity with these movements.11) In the Indian sub-continent brahmanical oppression, that is reflected in the subordination and exploitation of the dalits and other.
oppressed,castes, forms the cornerstone of feudal oppression. DSU believes there cannot be annihilation of caste without revolutionarytransformation of society, and no revolutionary transformation o(society without the annihilation of caste. DSU resolves to stand by the.
various movements fighting against the caste oppression and for the annihilation of caste. DSU also resolves to take initiatives to build broadbased struggles against caste discrimination inside and outside the campus..
12) The biggest contribution of the Naxalbari peasant uprising was its decisive blow to revisionism. Since then till date the revolutionarymovement has exposed the crass opportunism and betrayals of the parliamentary revisionist 'left' -CPI, CPM or CPI(ML) Liberation and.
others. These forces over the last s'.
ix decades have only served to blunt class struggles thereby strengthening the hands of the oppressivesystem. Both inside and outside the campus, DSU resolves to continue to shoulder the responsibility of exposing and defeating revisionist.
politics in front of the masses.13) The re-instatement of the archaic Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code and the criminalization of homosexuality by the Supreme Courtlast year is a major setback to all progressive and democratic people in the country. Both inside and outside the campus, DSU resolves tostrengthen the fight against section 377 and the daily harassment and injustice meted out to the LGBTIQ people..
DSU realizes that the coming crucial battles cannot be fought without simultaneously exposing the revisionist and election-centric.
politics of AISA, DSF and SFI. For the last more than a year, the JNU administration has repeatedly shielded those found guilty of sexualharassment, especially when they hapgen to be people in ,influential positions. The unwillingness of the present AISA led JNUSU, or theprevious DSF-AISA led JNUSU, to cpl'lfront th~ administration to implement GSCASH verdicts or to launch a sustained agitation f?r thei.mportant dem~nd raised by DSW of ma!<jng thSJ GSCASH deci.sions binding upon the administration has only exemplified how they are !ted upin an umbilical cord with the powers thpt be. As a result, the administration has been emboldened to such an extent that it is now questioningthe very expertise and authority of our hard won democratic institutions like GSCASH, by constituting committees to enquire into GSCASH.
verdicts. Compromises, surrender, desertion of struggles comes'naturally to the opportunist politics to AI SA and SFI, especially when there.
are sh?rp polarizations in the campus. The campus has not forgotten how in the face of attacks by ABVP, administration and the state on. JNU.
1 Forum Against War on People (that was instrumental in mobilizing opinion against Operation Greenhunt in the campus), AI SA s1mply.
'disassociated' from the Forum in April 2010 and later, in 201 1 when the JNU administration passed an unprecedented ban on the Forum, SFIwas not even part of a movement which successfully fought the administration against this gag order-both profiling it as a 'Maoist' front at.
different times as per their own convenience. In the coming days with the rise of fascist forces, such attacks on our hard won democraticspaces and institutions are bound to increase and DSU sees it as its responsibility to resolutely fight and defeat all such attacks. The ~ghtagainst the draconian Lyngdoh Committee Recommendations (LCR) and to reclaim our JNUSU constitution is central in this fight. LCR a1msto debilitate and weaken the vibrant students' movement of our campus to pave way for unrestrained privatization and commercialization ofeducation. Last few years have seen how in the fight against LCR, the strategy of AISA and SFI has been to backstab the movement fromwithin. Ever since SU elections were held as per LCR from March 2012, on the premise that this was only to be an 'interim' measure,consecutive JNUSUs far from building any movement have only attempted to normalize LCR in the campus, notwithstanding some an~ualtokenism. In the last couple of years, it has become amply clear that forces which cannot fight against LCR can never fight aga1~st.
privatization or for any other genuine students' .
issue. When it comes to the extremely crucial demand for deprivation points to Muslimstudents raised by DSU, these forces have only been sidelining the demand for otherwise it would antagonize their right wing vote bank. Asfar as their 'commitment' to fight for the increment of MCM is concerned, it has been amply revealed to the campus over the past one year..
OSU in the coming days will work towards mobilizing and consolidating the student community under the guiding princi~les of.
~arxism-Leninism-Maoism to collectively face the challenges ahead, and to integrate with the larger movement for a revolutt~narysocial transformation. Taking forward the legacy of Naxalbari and inspiration from revolutionary· martyrs like Com. Bhagat Smgh,.Com. Charu Mazumdar, Com, Anuradha Gandhi, -Com~Saketh Rajao, Com. Naveen Babu, Com. Janardhan and thousands of otherswho laid down their lives for the liberation of the oppressed masses, DSU reaffinns its resolve to car.ry forward the banner ofrevolutionary students' movement. ' .
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Immokalee farmworkers and their families returned to to Nelson Peltz’s now-storied offices at Trian Partners, 280 Park Ave. in Manhattan on July 19, 2018 for a major march to demand that Wendy’s, the final fast food hold-out from the Fair Food Program, make an unequivocal commitment to human rights, once and for all. (Photo by Erik McGregor)
Immokalee farmworkers and their families returned to to Nelson Peltz’s now-storied offices at Trian Partners, 280 Park Ave. in Manhattan on July 19, 2018 for a major march to demand that Wendy’s, the final fast food hold-out from the Fair Food Program, make an unequivocal commitment to human rights, once and for all. (Photo by Erik McGregor)
Immokalee farmworkers and their families returned to to Nelson Peltz’s now-storied offices at Trian Partners, 280 Park Ave. in Manhattan on July 19, 2018 for a major march to demand that Wendy’s, the final fast food hold-out from the Fair Food Program, make an unequivocal commitment to human rights, once and for all. (Photo by Erik McGregor)
A senior office-bearer of the Grace Nursing College for Women was arrested Saturday evening for allegedly seeking sexual favours from a 22-year-old student, police said.
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STUDENTS FEDERATION OF INDIA-ALL INDIA STUDENTS FEDERATION .
DEFEAT AISAS ATTEMPT AT BLATANT HISTORY RE-WRITING ON GSCASH! .
FACTS CANNOT BE FALSIFIED THROUGH MISLEADING PAMPHLETS!! .
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AISA led JNUSUs have initiated and won struggles on crucial policy decisions
.In 1996 itself, AISA initiated the debate thatJNU must have an autonomous body (independent of the Proctorial Office) to redress the issue of sexual harassment in campusand that it should have representation of students, teachers and staff as well as independent consultants and experts on genderissues from outside the campus. (AISA pamphlet Dt. 29.9.06) .
The AISA recently made a sneak reference to the historic struggle for the formation of the GSCASH in their pamphlet claimingthat it was their organization which first conceptualized the demand for the formation of the GSCASH and thereby initiated the struggle for this crucial policy decision in our university. According to them the final formation of the GSCASH in JNU on 8th March 1999 was just a logical culmination of the ideas that the AISA had already forwarded in 1996. This blatant exaggeration by the AISA is aimed at hoodwinking the student community today by indulging in unashamed history re-writingabout what transpired in campus 10 years ago. It is also noteworthy that the AISA is making this claim only when a generation ofstudents who witnessed the struggle for the formation of the GSCASH firsthand has largely passed out of the university. We wouldlike to remind the AISA that history cannot be so easily falsified, and what they are indulging in today in terms of falsepropaganda is similar to what fascists like Goebbles or RSS-historians have tried before. .
We are placing before the student community the following facts about the prolonged struggle for the formation of the GSCASHin JNU. We hope that this would clarify the deliberate and mala fide confusion that the AISA is trying to generate, as well as expose AISAS politics of deception and lies. .
1996-97: In 1996, the ABVP won 3 office bearer posts in the JNUSU (the JNUSU President was from the SFI) along with winninga majority in the JNUSU council. While incidents of sexual harassment occurred before as well, the communal, casteist andpatriarchal politics of the ABVP led to a steep rise in instances of violence and sexual harassment in campus. ABVPs patriarchalideology was completely exposed in two outrageous incidents, one in which a mujra was organized in Jhelum lawns by leadingABVP activists of Sutlej hostel as part of their hostel night celebrations, and the other in which Dayanand Yadav, an ABVPactivist, was caught red handed in Periyar Hostel in an attempt-to-rape case. In both these cases the ABVP went all out to defendits activists and even helped Dayanad Yadav escape. The entire gender-sensitive, secular and democratic minded student community rallied behind the JNUSU President in protests and a protracted struggle for justice. The JNU Administration displayeda complete lack of will and sensitivity in punishing the culprits and the enquiries held by the Proctorial Office were highlyinsensitive and inadequate. Additionally, the administration suggested that cases of sexual harassment were matters betweendifferent individuals, and cases of rape concerned the Police, therefore, the administration had no role in either instance. .
At this juncture various sections of the student as well as the teaching community (Gender Studies Forum a joint teacher-studentgroup) pointed out the inadequacy of the Proctorial Board. Meanwhile, another major incident sent shockwaves within JNU whena minor girl Shakeela Bano was raped in JNU by two karmacharis during her long journey of abduction and rape from Bihar to the prostitution rackets of Delhi. The defining moment in the struggle for gender justice, however, came with the Supreme Courtruling on the Vishaka vs State of Rajasthan case on 13th August 1997 in which the Supreme Court squarely lay theresponsibility of providing an environment free of sexual harassment upon the management of all workplaces. A massive signature campaign was lodged by the JNUSU, which finally led to the institution of the Karuna Chananan Working Group on Sexual Harassment on 5th September 1997. This Working Group interpreted the Supreme Court ruling on work places to fit the structure of our university. .
1997-98: This year the SFI-AISF held 3 office bearers posts and the ABVP won the general secretary. A big debate occurred inJNU on the understanding of sexual harassment itself. The ABVP lodged a campaign that Dress Codes was the solution to sexual harassment as girls/women brought about sexual harassment upon themselves through their own provocative behavior. TheNSUI suggested that Self-Defense was the way forward. The SFI-AISF led JNUSU provided leadership to the ideologicalcampaign on the nature of sexual harassment and the solutions to it. The JNUSU Council prepared a detailed Draft on the demand for the formation of an Anti-Sexual Harassment Committee. On 8th March 1998, an All India Convention Against SexualHarassment was organized by the JNUSU which was inaugurated by Capt. Lakshmi Sehgal. On this day the JNUSUformally adopted the name Gender Sensitization Committee Against Sexual Harassment for such a committee andformulated its exact composition. A massive agitation was lodged by the JNUSU in September 1998 for the formation of theGSCASH along with the demand for hostels for all outstation students. The JNU Administration was compelled to acceptin principle that they would adopt a Policy against sexual harassment and constitute a specialized committee to deal withall complaints of sexual harassment. .
1998-99: The SFI-AISF won all 4 office bearer posts. Cases of sexual harassment continued to occur and in each instance theABVP indulged in slander and character assassination against girl students either through offensive pamphlets or verbally. Alongwith ensuring punishments for those who wrote derogatory and sexist pamphlets, the struggle for the formation of GSCASH wasfurther intensified and finally on 25th February 1999 a JNU Policy Against Sexual Harassment was adopted by the Executive Council of JNU. However, instead of a proposed elected committee against sexual harassment, the JNU Administration announced a nominated body of students and teachers ironically named Sexual Harassment Committee. A massive agitation waslaunched by the JNUSU for the formation of an elected rather than nominated committee. Finally, on 8th March 1999 the GSCASH was formed in its present form. In a historic Extraordinary-UGBM on 7th April 1999, the Constitution of theJNUSU was amended to include the election of two student representatives to the GSCASH. The GSCASH thus became thefirst committee of its kind in India. On 13th May 1999 the first GSCASH committee adopted its Constitution unanimously. .
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Protesting poverty wages, sexual harassment and wage theft that are endemic to the company culture at McDonald's.
Demanding a pay raise to $15 an hour so they can afford to provide for their families without having to go on food stamps. The Trump administration has released it's new budget proposal in which food stamps would be significantly reduced.
As Fox News is trying to persuade its advertisers that its many controversies are over, hundreds of activists gathered outside Fox News HQ in New York City on March 13, 2019 to make sure ad buyers know when they advertise on Fox News they're sponsoring bigotry and hate and to to send a clear message to all media buyers that Fox News’ toxicity is bad for business. (Photo by Erik McGregor)
Sexual assault survivors and activists from UltraViolet, a leading national women’s organization, organized a rally and press conference on October 23, 2019 outside of NBC News Headquarters in New York City to deliver more than 18,500 signatures on petitions calling on the network to take immediate action to address abuses of power at the network. (Photo by Erik McGregor)
Sexual assault survivors and activists from UltraViolet, a leading national women’s organization, organized a rally and press conference on October 23, 2019 outside of NBC News Headquarters in New York City to deliver more than 18,500 signatures on petitions calling on the network to take immediate action to address abuses of power at the network. (Photo by Erik McGregor)
Immokalee farmworkers and their families returned to to Nelson Peltz’s now-storied offices at Trian Partners, 280 Park Ave. in Manhattan on July 19, 2018 for a major march to demand that Wendy’s, the final fast food hold-out from the Fair Food Program, make an unequivocal commitment to human rights, once and for all. (Photo by Erik McGregor)
In celebration of the Women’s March, thousands of women, allies and partner organizations joined together in Foley Square on January 19, 2019 at the Women’s Unity Rally, as part of the national #WomenWave, to elevate the voices of New York women and gender non-conforming individuals in the wake of federal assault. (Photo by Erik McGregor)
As Fox News is trying to persuade its advertisers that its many controversies are over, hundreds of activists gathered outside Fox News HQ in New York City on March 13, 2019 to make sure ad buyers know when they advertise on Fox News they're sponsoring bigotry and hate and to to send a clear message to all media buyers that Fox News’ toxicity is bad for business. (Photo by Erik McGregor)
In celebration of the Women’s March, thousands of women, allies and partner organizations joined together in Foley Square on January 19, 2019 at the Women’s Unity Rally, as part of the national #WomenWave, to elevate the voices of New York women and gender non-conforming individuals in the wake of federal assault. (Photo by Erik McGregor)
In celebration of the Women’s March, thousands of women, allies and partner organizations joined together in Foley Square on January 19, 2019 at the Women’s Unity Rally, as part of the national #WomenWave, to elevate the voices of New York women and gender non-conforming individuals in the wake of federal assault. (Photo by Erik McGregor)
Activists protested against sexual harassment in Cairo as a part of a worldwide demonstration against sexual harassment in front of various Egyptian embassies.
Sexual assault survivors and activists from UltraViolet, a leading national women’s organization, organized a rally and press conference on October 23, 2019 outside of NBC News Headquarters in New York City to deliver more than 18,500 signatures on petitions calling on the network to take immediate action to address abuses of power at the network. (Photo by Erik McGregor)
In celebration of the Women’s March, thousands of women, allies and partner organizations joined together in Foley Square on January 19, 2019 at the Women’s Unity Rally, as part of the national #WomenWave, to elevate the voices of New York women and gender non-conforming individuals in the wake of federal assault. (Photo by Erik McGregor)
In celebration of the Women’s March, thousands of women, allies and partner organizations joined together in Foley Square on January 19, 2019 at the Women’s Unity Rally, as part of the national #WomenWave, to elevate the voices of New York women and gender non-conforming individuals in the wake of federal assault. (Photo by Erik McGregor)
On March 15, 2018; dozens of farmworkers with Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW), students, faith and community leaders from around the country, concluded the “Freedom Fast”, a five-day fast in front of the hedge fund offices (280 Park Ave) of Nelson Peltz, the Board Chairman and largest shareholder of the fast food giant, Wendy’s, to demand Wendy’s join Fair Food Program and help end sexual violence in the fields. The fast culminated with over a thousand farmworkers and allies taking the streets at the "Time’s Up Wendy’s" march stepping off from Dag Hammarskjold Plaza. (Photo by Erik McGregor)
On March 15, 2018; dozens of farmworkers with Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW), students, faith and community leaders from around the country, concluded the “Freedom Fast”, a five-day fast in front of the hedge fund offices (280 Park Ave) of Nelson Peltz, the Board Chairman and largest shareholder of the fast food giant, Wendy’s, to demand Wendy’s join Fair Food Program and help end sexual violence in the fields. The fast culminated with over a thousand farmworkers and allies taking the streets at the "Time’s Up Wendy’s" march stepping off from Dag Hammarskjold Plaza. (Photo by Erik McGregor)
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Speaker In Today's World'?.
Mary E. John .
Director, Centre For Women's Development Studies(CWOS),.
formerlya/Women's Studies Programme, JNU.
When a teacher is accused ofprolonged sexual harassment by his students, we feel shock and outrage, a sense of .
violation.A teacher is a figure ofauthority. Students from early childhood are coached and conditioned to accept a teacher's authority and follow his (or her) instructions unquestioningly. He also has the power to grade a student's .
academic performance-and thereby affect the student's career. Imagine the effect when a teacher subjects his women .
students to sexually coloured talk, instructs her to \Vear a certain kind ofdress: or other forms ofharassment...knowing well that the student will be reluctant to raise an alarm or to complain. Ifthe student shows any signs ofcomplaining, he can alwnys use the fear ofpoor gr~des or denial ofadmission in future, in ~wderto secure obedience and silence. .
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Women students often have an uphill struggle to convince their parent'S that college and university cdutation and .
hostel life can be pursued safely. rearofthe parents' reaction ana possible disruption and discontinuation orcuucation nlso .
deters women students from protesting against sexual harassment.It is also difficult to ensure punishment for teachers guilty ofsexual harassment given that they tend to be backed by .
influential Administrative authority. In fact even the minimum demand-that the accused be removed from positions of .
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authority so that no threat orpressure is wielded during enquiry-isoften denied by the administration..
When an incident ofsexual harassment or violence occurs in JNU, it usually results in much discussion and debate .
amongst us. On such a matter, there is often widespread agreement that such behaviour, ifproved, must be punished. .
Unfortunately, discussion on the subject ofgenderusually takes placeQn/y aftersuch an incident. Rarely do we .
take the time to share our views on this sensitive issue. Talking about our views on the subject ofgender is usually.
relationships, love, marriage,jobs, children and so on ... .
uncomfortable because it tends to be so personal-it relates to our own pen~onallives and our choices about education,.
Most ofus hold a wide variety ofcomplex, sometimes contradictory positions about the areas where gendertouches .
our lives. In order to make our engagement with gender interesting and challenging, let us go beyond some .
simple statements of shock and condemnation at an immediate instance of sexual harassment. It is useful .
sometimes to unpack that baggage ofideas one by one, and ask ourselves how we feel about these sensitive questions..
Do youfeel that what is termed 'sexualharassment' is often harmless fun. andshouldnot be blown oul of .
proportion? .
Da youfeef.wome.ll who wear 'provocativeand revealing'clot!ti,;.'g 'invite' rape andsexual harassment?.
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Do you think it is okfor wotrJen to smoke?.
Do you think a brotherhas the drtty andresponsibility to protect his sisterby making sure she does not .
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Do you thinkparents have the right, andthe duty to arrange marriagesfor their children! Why do you think .
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most marriages in our country are within caste andcommunityboundaries?.
Do youfeel thatfeminists encourage 'loose morals'?.
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Doesfeminism andtalk ofwomen srights hurl religioussentiment::l?.
At the .workplace, do you think that employers are justified in demanding that their female employeesfor careers as models or air-hostesses? .
maintain certain standards of 'looks and figure'? Do youfeel thatfeminists disapprove ofwomen who opt.
Are traditional families necessary in order to allow working wornen to ensure sqlety am/ ew-e .fur their children? Are the restrictions on women sfreedvm and equality imposed by such family slructures, a cost worth paying in exchangefor chi/dcare, support andsecurity!.
V.le feel that the women's movement needs to refresh itselfand engage with today's generation ofmen and women .
by discllssingthese question$ with them-openly rmd in a non-judgmenlal atmosphere.We inv:ite you to.n .talk and discussion titled 'Is feminism relevant in today's world', in which you.are .
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In celebration of the Women’s March, thousands of women, allies and partner organizations joined together in Foley Square on January 19, 2019 at the Women’s Unity Rally, as part of the national #WomenWave, to elevate the voices of New York women and gender non-conforming individuals in the wake of federal assault. (Photo by Erik McGregor)
In celebration of the Women’s March, thousands of women, allies and partner organizations joined together in Foley Square on January 19, 2019 at the Women’s Unity Rally, as part of the national #WomenWave, to elevate the voices of New York women and gender non-conforming individuals in the wake of federal assault. (Photo by Erik McGregor)
New Yorkers held a rally on March 2, 2021 outside Governor Cuomo's offices in Manhattan calling for his immediate resignation from office after the revelations of alleged mishandling the COVID-19 pandemic by purposefully withholding information from the public and the federal government, abuses of power, stories of the toxic workplace culture and two allegations of sexual abuse. (Photo by Erik McGregor)
On March 15, 2018; dozens of farmworkers with Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW), students, faith and community leaders from around the country, concluded the “Freedom Fast”, a five-day fast in front of the hedge fund offices (280 Park Ave) of Nelson Peltz, the Board Chairman and largest shareholder of the fast food giant, Wendy’s, to demand Wendy’s join Fair Food Program and help end sexual violence in the fields. The fast culminated with over a thousand farmworkers and allies taking the streets at the "Time’s Up Wendy’s" march stepping off from Dag Hammarskjold Plaza. (Photo by Erik McGregor)
On March 15, 2018; dozens of farmworkers with Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW), students, faith and community leaders from around the country, concluded the “Freedom Fast”, a five-day fast in front of the hedge fund offices (280 Park Ave) of Nelson Peltz, the Board Chairman and largest shareholder of the fast food giant, Wendy’s, to demand Wendy’s join Fair Food Program and help end sexual violence in the fields. The fast culminated with over a thousand farmworkers and allies taking the streets at the "Time’s Up Wendy’s" march stepping off from Dag Hammarskjold Plaza. (Photo by Erik McGregor)
Immokalee farmworkers and their families returned to to Nelson Peltz’s now-storied offices at Trian Partners, 280 Park Ave. in Manhattan on July 19, 2018 for a major march to demand that Wendy’s, the final fast food hold-out from the Fair Food Program, make an unequivocal commitment to human rights, once and for all. (Photo by Erik McGregor)
On March 15, 2018; dozens of farmworkers with Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW), students, faith and community leaders from around the country, concluded the “Freedom Fast”, a five-day fast in front of the hedge fund offices (280 Park Ave) of Nelson Peltz, the Board Chairman and largest shareholder of the fast food giant, Wendy’s, to demand Wendy’s join Fair Food Program and help end sexual violence in the fields. The fast culminated with over a thousand farmworkers and allies taking the streets at the "Time’s Up Wendy’s" march stepping off from Dag Hammarskjold Plaza. (Photo by Erik McGregor)
In celebration of the Women’s March, thousands of women, allies and partner organizations joined together in Foley Square on January 19, 2019 at the Women’s Unity Rally, as part of the national #WomenWave, to elevate the voices of New York women and gender non-conforming individuals in the wake of federal assault. (Photo by Erik McGregor)
For the third year in a row on March 8, 2019, International Women's Strike NYC is out in the streets reclaiming the anti-capitalist roots of the International Working Women's Day and demanding an end to women’s job insecurity and invisibility. (Photo by Erik McGregor)
As Fox News is trying to persuade its advertisers that its many controversies are over, hundreds of activists gathered outside Fox News HQ in New York City on March 13, 2019 to make sure ad buyers know when they advertise on Fox News they're sponsoring bigotry and hate and to to send a clear message to all media buyers that Fox News’ toxicity is bad for business. (Photo by Erik McGregor)
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On March 15, 2018; dozens of farmworkers with Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW), students, faith and community leaders from around the country, concluded the “Freedom Fast”, a five-day fast in front of the hedge fund offices (280 Park Ave) of Nelson Peltz, the Board Chairman and largest shareholder of the fast food giant, Wendy’s, to demand Wendy’s join Fair Food Program and help end sexual violence in the fields. The fast culminated with over a thousand farmworkers and allies taking the streets at the "Time’s Up Wendy’s" march stepping off from Dag Hammarskjold Plaza. (Photo by Erik McGregor)
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Dear Friends, It is an opportune moment today in the run up to the GSCASH Elections after five years, to revisit and revive thehistoric legacy of the institution of GSCASH. The campus is in the midst of a vibrant debate on the role and history of the GSCASH today. It would make a much needed contribution to this debate if the history of the gloriousstruggle of the JNU student movement for the formation of GSCASH was reiterated to clarify and clear any doubtsor confusions. With this mind, following is a brief s .
We are placing before the student community the following facts about the prolonged struggle for the formation ofthe GSCASH in JNU. We hope that this would clarify the deliberate and mala fide confusion that the AISA is trying to generate, as well as expose AISAS politics of deception and lies. .
1996-97: In 1996, the ABVP won 3 office bearer posts in the JNUSU (the JNUSU President was from the SFI)along with winning a majority in the JNUSU council. While incidents of sexual harassment occurred before as well,the communal, casteist and patriarchal politics of the ABVP led to a steep rise in instances of violence and sexualharassment in campus. ABVPs patriarchal ideology was completely exposed in two outrageous incidents, one in which a mujra was organized in Jhelum lawns by leading ABVP activists of Sutlej hostel as part of their hostel night celebrations, and the other in which Dayanand Yadav, an ABVP activist, was caught red handed in Periyar Hostel in an attempt-to-rape case. In both these cases the ABVP went all out to defend its activists and even helpedDayanad Yadav one of them escape. The entire gender-sensitive, secular and democratic minded student community rallied behind the JNUSU President in protests and a protracted struggle for justice. The JNU Administration displayed a complete lack of will and sensitivity in punishing the culprits and the enquiries held bythe Proctorial Office were highly insensitive and inadequate. Additionally, the administration suggested that cases ofsexual harassment were matters between different individuals, and cases of rape concerned the Police, therefore, the administration had no role in either instance. .
At this juncture various sections of the student as well as the teaching community (Gender Studies Forum a joint teacher-student group) pointed out the inadequacy of the Proctorial Board. Meanwhile, another major incident sentshockwaves within JNU when a minor girl Shakeela Bano was raped in JNU by two karmacharis during her long journey of abduction and rape from Bihar to the prostitution rackets of Delhi. The defining moment in the strugglefor gender justice, however, came with the Supreme Court ruling on the Vishaka vs State of Rajasthan caseon 13th August 1997 in which the Supreme Court squarely lay the responsibility of providing an environmentfree of sexual harassment upon the management of all workplaces. A massive signature campaign was lodged by the JNUSU, which finally led to the institution of the Karuna Chananan Working Group on Sexual Harassment on 5th September 1997. This Working Group interpreted the Supreme Court ruling on work places to fit the structure of our university. .
1997-98: This year the SFI-AISF held 3 office bearers posts and the ABVP won the general secretary. A big debate occurred in JNU on the understanding of sexual harassment itself. The ABVP lodged a campaign that Dress Codes was the solution to sexual harassment as girls/women brought about sexual harassment upon themselvesthrough their own provocative behavior. The NSUI suggested that Self-Defense was the way forward. The SFI-AISF led JNUSU provided leadership to the ideological campaign on the nature of sexual harassment and thesolutions to it. The JNUSU Council prepared a detailed Draft on the demand for the formation of an Anti-SexualHarassment Committee. On 8th March 1998, an All India Convention Against Sexual Harassment was organized by the JNUSU which was inaugurated by Capt. Lakshmi Sehgal. On this day the JNUSU formallyadopted the name Gender Sensitization Committee Against Sexual Harassment for such a committee andformulated its exact composition. A massive agitation was lodged by the JNUSU in September 1998 for the formation of the GSCASH along with the demand for hostels for all outstation students. The JNU Administration was compelled to accept in principle that they would adopt a Policy against sexual harassment and constitute a specialized committee to deal with all complaints of sexual harassment. .
1998-99: The SFI-AISF won all 4 office bearer posts. Cases of sexual harassment continued to occur and in eachinstance the ABVP indulged in slander and character assassination against girl students either through offensivepamphlets or verbally. Along with ensuring punishments for those who wrote derogatory and sexist pamphlets, thestruggle for the formation of GSCASH was further intensified and finally on 25th February 1999 a JNU Policy Against Sexual Harassment was adopted by the Executive Council of JNU. However, instead of a proposedelected committee against sexual harassment, the JNU Administration announced a nominated body of students andteachers ironically named Sexual Harassment Committee. A massive agitation was launched by the JNUSU forthe formation of an elected rather than nominated committee. Finally, on 8th March 1999 the GSCASH was formed in its present form. In a historic Extraordinary-UGBM on 7th April 1999, the Constitution of theJNUSU was amended to include the election of two student representatives to the GSCASH. The GSCASHthus became the first committee of its kind in India. On 13th May 1999 the first GSCASH committee adopted its Constitution unanimously. .
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