Women's Rights Archives - Mishty Deb Law Blog

United State of Women
posted by Mishty Deb on June 15,2016 in Inspiration, News and Current Events, Women in Business, Women in Media, Women's Rights

I am very happy that I had the opportunity to watch the first ever Annual United State of Women Summit organized by the First Lady, Michelle Obama. It was an incredible event. Had I known about it before hand I would have flown out and …
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Emojis, Google, and Calvin Klein
posted by Mishty Deb on May 13,2016 in Gender equality, Women in Media, Women's Rights

I recently came across an article discussing the fact that emojis are sexist. While I have no scientific study to back me up, I am pretty sure that adolescent girls are the most prolific users of social media and emojis. The youtube Always commercial linked …
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Texas HC 324, protecting against public strip searches and body searches during traffic stops
posted by Mishty Deb on August 11,2015 in Fraud and Crime, News and Current Events, Women's Rights

House Bill HC 324 was unanimously passed and is scheduled to go into effect next month. If you haven’t been following it the Bill basically states that there should be a requirement that a peace officer obtain a search warrant before conducting a body cavity search …
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A forgotten history- Nangeli
posted by Mishty Deb on February 25,2015 in Women in law, Women's Rights

Laws in theory are put into place to protect people, but they can also be used to oppress. I think it is important to remember the truth of how brutally the law has been used in the past so that we don’t fall into the …
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Gender Injustice- the greatest injustice of our century
posted by Mishty Deb on February 20,2015 in Gender equality, Inspiration, Women's Rights

Think that gender issues are not relevant or important. Think that people just hammer on women’s right are complaining and whining? Watch this recent TED talk by Sheryl WuDunn author of Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide. Then ask youreself not …
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Holding Men Accountable
posted by Mishty Deb on February 7,2015 in Inspiration, News and Current Events, Women in law, Women's Rights

I saw this quote from Jon Stewart on Facebook generating a lot of comments. More men in the public light should be standing up for holding other men accountable. Kuddos to Jon Stewart.
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All-Female Jihadi Group
posted by Mishty Deb on February 7,2015 in International Law, News and Current Events, Women in law, Women's Rights

I just read an article about a very interesting development in the Middle East. Apparently, a document called, Women of the Islamic State: Manifesto and Case Study, has been released. Claims are that the document was released by al-Khanssaa Brigade, an all-female militia. Among other things …
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Domestic Violence and Police
posted by Mishty Deb on December 29,2014 in Family law, Fraud and Crime, Gender equality, Women's Rights

Given the recent number of cases of officers using excessive force that have been grabbing the headlines it wasn’t surprising to read a recent article on the website Identities.misc regarding the statistics on domestic abuse among families of police The article states: “As the …
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Mallika Sherawat on the State of Women’s Rights in India
posted by Mishty Deb on December 22,2014 in Gender equality, Inspiration, News and Current Events, Women's Rights

I have been in India for a few weeks now enjoying a family vacation. I have to say, watching the news here I couldn’t agree more with the statements that Mallika Sherawat made in this video. In fact, husband’s, father’s, and son’s in India should …
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Toys for Girls and Toys for Boys
posted by Mishty Deb on December 17,2014 in Gender equality, News and Current Events, Women's Rights

With Christmas just around the corner and parents shopping frantically for presents I found the recent controversy over marketing toys to be very interesting. I have personally found that in this era where there has been such an emphasis on getting girls interested in STEMS …
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