We often tend to use the term OCD very loosely to indicate a person who is perhaps too much into cleaning or organising meticulously. But there is more to this type of anxiety disorder than you know.
OCD obsessions are repeated, persistent and unwanted thoughts, urges or images that are intrusive and cause distress or anxiety. You might try to ignore them or get rid of them by performing a compulsive behavior or ritual. These obsessions typically intrude when you’re trying to think of or do other things.Symptoms fluctuate in severity from time to time, and this fluctuation may be related to the occurrence of stressful events. Because symptoms usually worsen with age, people may have difficulty remembering when OCD began, but can sometimes recall when they first noticed that the symptoms were disrupting their lives. Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, OCD, is an anxiety disorder and is characterized by recurrent, unwanted thoughts (obsessions) and/or repetitive behaviors (compulsions).
If you have obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), you know that your symptoms can often get in the way of establishing and maintaining romantic relationships. Indeed, many individuals with OCD are single, and those who are in a relationship or married often report a significant amount of relationship stress.
From Being Buried Alive To Winning the Padma Shri: The Remarkable Journey Of Gulabo Sapera
She was buried alive for being born a girl. Rescued five hours later by her mother and her aunt, who found her still breathing, Gulabo Sapera has been a fighter and a survivor all her life. Her journey from a snake charmerтАЩs daughter to the globally renowned Kalbelia dancer is a remarkable one. she narrates the chilling story of the day she was born and buried alive as a result of the tradition that existed in her community of snake charmers since the beginning of time. Girls were killed right after their birth because they were considered a burden. Gulabo narrates her story of grit and courage, and how she rose from being an unwanted girl child to winning accolades and recognition around the world.
тАЬHaving won the Padma Sri for my craft gave me the courage to end the tradition of female infanticide in my community. Girls in my community today are getting education and doing well for themselves. There are trained Kalbelia dancers all around the world. We are no longer a society of traditional snake charmers. highlighted Gulabo in the interview. GulaboтАЩs message on International Day of the Girl to encourage all the girls who have been victims of similar gender biases and their parents is: тАЬYou are not weak. Look at me. I fought back. My mother believed in me and saved my life. It is always the mother who makes her daughter strong and inspires her. Every parent must understand and accept the fact that a girl child is not a burden. Let her live, do well in life, and she will make you proud.тАЭ тАЬWomen are not in any way inferior to men. Why should a woman feel inferior to the man she has given birth to? People have tried to pull me back but I have kept moving forward. My message to all the girls is to keep moving forward. Nothing can stop us. LetтАЩs fight this together,тАЭ she further adds.
The Law MinistryтАЩs Department of Justice revealed on October 24, 2021, that 10 additional judges of the Punjab and Haryana High Court have been elevated as permanent judges. The list includes the names of three women additional judges.
Alka Sarin, Meenakshi I Mehta and Archana Puri are the three women additional judges included in the list. Sarin was previously an additional advocate general in Punjab and has experience as a civil litigator. Mehta has served as a district and sessions judge and also presided over the Industrial Tribunal in Haryana, before being made an additional judge. Puri was a district and sessions judge in Punjab, was promoted to additional judgeship in 2019. Others on the same list include Suvir Sehgal, Jasgurpreet Singh Puri, Ashok Kumar Verma, Sant Prakash, Karamjit Singh, Vivek Puri, and Rajesh Bhardwaj.
The High Court of Punjab and Haryana already had four women judges, namely Ritu Bahri, Lisa Gill, Jaishree Thakur, and Manjari Nehru Kaul. The total tally of women judges is now seven, with the inclusion of the three women mentioned above.
The Press Trust of India reveals that additional judges are usually appointed for a period of two years before being elevated to the position of permanent judges. However, as per the figures available on the Law Ministry website, the Punjab and Haryana High Court is functioning with only 45 judges despite having a sanctioned strength of 85 judges. This may be the primary reason why these 10 additional judges have now been elevated, as per the recommendations of the Supreme Court collegium made on October 7, 2021
7 Women Fighting To Eliminate Child Marriage Across The World
If you thought child marriage was only a problem faced by Indian girls and women who lose their agency, rights and prospects because of this evil practice, hereтАЩs some news for you. Child marriage is a global issue. According to data by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), globally, one in every five girls is married off before the age of 18 years. In developing and underdeveloped nations, this number is at least double, leading to 40 per cent of girls being married off before turning 18, and 12 per cent of girls married before turning 15!
Given the magnitude of this problem, itтАЩs important to understand that not only is child marriage a major human rights violation, but also remains widespread despite laws against it in many nations, including India. Not only are the prospects of education and a career lost for girls married off during their childhood, but these girls also face a higher risk of teenage pregnancies and health complications arising from it. Most of these girls also fall prone to intergenerational poverty and other social issues. The mental health aspect of child marriage is also more clearly understood in recent times, with some studies showing that girls who are victims of child marriage face a greater risk of developing post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression and anxiety,
There are, thankfully, activists around the world who have taken up the fight against child marriage in their own countries. To eliminate child marriage from the world, amplifying the voices of these women is critical. Here are a few women activists working against child marriage you should know.
Sizane Ngubane This 74-year-old South African activist, who passed away in 2020 due to COVID-related complications, started her powerful movement against child marriage in 1990. Her Rural WomenтАЩs Movement was started because Ngubane feared that daughters and widows in the rural areas of South Africa would be evicted from their homes once their fathers or husbands died. In 1998, Ngubane was invited by a village leader in the area of KwaZulu-Natal to eliminate the practice of child marriage in the local community, and since then, she has focused primarily on this issue that endangers the life and rights of girls. Given the findings of the Commission for Gender Equality 2018, which reveals that at least 91,000 children of school-going age in South Africa are married off, the work that Ngubane did was vital, and is now being carried on by women she inspired in South Africa and beyond.
Sizane Ngubane
Kriti Bharti One of IndiaтАЩs most successful campaigners against child marriage, Bharti runs a one-woman hotline to provide escape and support to girls and boys at risk of getting married off before the age of 18 in Rajasthan. But, instead of preaching against the practice at rallies or seminars, BhartiтАЩs approach is more legal and direct. She builds cases against such marriages and appeals to the courts to provide annulments. The first such annulment she got was in 2012, and she has since managed to get more than 36 such illegal unions cancelled. BhartiтАЩs nonprofit, the Saarthi Trust, also works to educate young adults and children about this social evil, so that they can be empowered to fight against it themselves
Kirti Bharti
Kudiral Abiola, Temitayo Asuni & Susan Ubogu The legal age of marriage in Nigeria, like in India, is 18 years. And yet, surveys have found that around 22 million girls are married off before they reach this legal age, which makes Nigeria one of the African nations with the highest number of child brides. This happens because Section 29 in NigeriaтАЩs constitution provides a loophole by stating that тАЬany woman who is married shall be deemed of ageтАЭ. Abiola, Asuni and Ubogu founded Never Your Fault, a non-profit, in 2018 to end child marriage in Nigeria by tackling Section 29 and educating people on the impact child marriage on young brides. The trio also started a campaign called RaiseTheAge in 2018, calling for the government to increase the age of consent in Nigeria from 11 years to 18 years.
Kudiral Abiola, Temitayo Asuni & Susan Ubogu
Memory Banda Banda hails from Malawi, a country that has the 12th highest rate of child marriage in the world, with around 42 per cent of girls getting married before they turn 18. BandaтАЩs sister, who was 11 at the time, was forced to become a child bride, spurring her activism against this social evil. Banda started her work with Let Girls Lead, a girlsтАЩ empowerment network in Malawi. Apart from raising awareness, the organisation also runs a project called тАШI Will Marry When I Want ToтАЩ, which collects letters written by girls articulating their dreams for the future. The letters were turned into a formal petition in 2015 to raise the legal age of marriage in Malawi. Banda has also founded the Foundation for Girls Leadership to empower girls with leadership skills so that they are enabled to protect their own rights.
Memory Banda
Shalini Chauhan At the young age of 17 years, Chauhan stopped her own marriage, thereby starting her activism against child marriage at her own home and community. Since then, Chauhan has stopped over 12 child marriages in her own community, helped 25 children enrol in school, and obtained birth certificates for over 2,500 children in her community so that their legal age can be proved to prevent further instances of child marriages. Chauhan has been working with Plan International as a youth volunteer and child activist since 2010, has won a Plan India Impact Award, and has also been honoured by the government of Uttar Pradesh for her contributions.
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