Rishika Pardikar
Rishika Pardikar is an independent journalist writing in from Bangalore.
Feminist talk
Discourse online and onground around LGBTI rights in Poland
In Eastern Europe there is a spread of anti-gender discourse and in this context the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex (LGBTI) people is precarious. This article explores the protection for free speech, religion and for LGBTI rights in Poland.
In depth
Not too young to run: Politics, gender and social media in Nigeria
Social media and technology is transforming democracy and particularly how voting takes place. In Nigeria a bill was proposed to lower the age of running for public office. Here are short interviews with candidates for public office and for the office of the President, including young women, and their take on Nigeria, representation of women, social meida and its role in politics and movements…