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Karminder Singh PhD discusses the position of Women in Gurbani in a FOUR Part Series. This is the Final Part.

Karminder Singh PhD discusses the position of Women in Gurbani in a Four Part Series. This is Part Three.

Position of Women in Gurbani in a Four Part Series. This is Part Two.

Position of Women in Gurbani in a Four Part Series. This is Part One.

Is it a sin? Uplifting women and giving them practically equal rights in each custom and ritual of Sikh religion Thakur Dalip Namdhari did Amrit Sanchar (Baptise) by Amritdhari women to flourish amritdhari community. is it wrong or right ? Yesterday Akal Takht Sahib has announced that they...

On 8th March, world celebrates women's day. Sikh faith was among the first major world religions to imply that women were equals to men. Guru Nanak proclaimed the equality of men and women and all Guru Sahiban allowed women to take full part in all the activities of Sikh worship and practice...

Most years I make a picture commemorating this day each year. Thinking especially of the troubles of India's daughters, this year I have used familiar lines from Siri Guru Granth Sahib. We are told that a woman is raped in India every 20 minutes? Give me a break! It's more like every 20...

India’s Daughter -- the documentary film screened on BBC TV last night -- verged on the unwatchable... It told of the gang rape – on a bus by five men and one juvenile in December 2012 – of Jyoti Singh Pandey, a Delhi medical student who died in hospital of her wounds. The unspeakable details...

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The Gender Trap by I.J. Singh ~ ijsingh99@gmail.com June 28, 2014: I suppose gender issues have been on my mind days since forever, though not quite in the sense of immediacy as now. fingre_0 (13K)We all believe that Sikh teaching is so egalitarian and absolutely devoid of gender bias...

Question - In Sikhi men and women are seen as equal correct? Then why are there some who think that women can not do Akhand Paath seva? More specifically I am talking about Damdami Taksal. I was in a debate recently with someone who said that women are not to do Akhand Paath or even sit...

Hi I found this link to 10 Sikh women that we should know about from the past, but what about the present? Thanks http://www.huffingtonpost.com/valarie-kaur/10-sikh-women-you-should-know_b_1353700.html#slide=806006

A year after New Delhi’s gang rape, what has changed for India’s women? by Rupa Subramanya http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-debate/a-year-after-new-delhis-gang-rape-what-has-changed-for-indias-women/article15982313/ December 16 marks the anniversary of the gang rape of a young...

SIKH WOMEN: Bypassed by history but why? I.J. Singh More than 300 years of continuous history speaks of Sikh men as bearded long-haired creatures but it hardly mentions any visible markers for Sikh women. Since it does not easily distinguish them from the millions of non-Sikh women in the...

Ancient frescoes reignite debate over women priests http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-25021623 Fresco with a figure with outstretched hands one of the contested images showing a woman with outstretched hands The re-opening of a labyrinth of catacombs in Rome has reignited a debate...

Is Autocomplete Evil ? by Tom Chatfield http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20131106-is-google-autocomplete-evil/1 Women shouldn’t have rights.” “Women shouldn’t vote.” “Women shouldn’t work.” How prevalent are these beliefs? According to a recent United Nations campaign, such sexism is...

Muslim women can be forced to show faces under new West Australian law http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/nov/01/muslim-women-forced-show-faces Legislation was drafted after woman who wore a burqa had a false statement conviction quashed A new law requiring Muslim women to remove a...

http://tribune.com.pk/story/619750/agony-of-women-during-partition/ RAWALPINDI: From an early age, students are taught the basic aspects of the Partition of India more like a chronicle of events, inevitably leading to the vivisection of the subcontinent, without any heed to the true power...

Saudi Cleric Says Driving Hurts Women's Ovaries http://www.foxnews.com/world/2013/09/29/saudi-cleric-says-driving-hurts-women-ovaries/?intcmp=latestnews A Saudi cleric sparked a wave of mockery online when he warned women that driving would affect their ovaries and bring "clinical...

A Tunisian minister has revealed local women are travelling to Syria to undertake 'sex jihad' by giving battlefield comfort to Islamist fighters battling the regime. Tunisian women have travelled to Syria to wage "sex jihad" by comforting Islamist fighters battling the regime there, Interior...