For half a century she has represented those with no voice. Now India’s first ever female senior advocate has a original battle on her hands
Monday to Thursday,shes busy in court. On Saturday and Sunday, she’ll be in Chennai, or delivering a seminar approximately women’s rights. There’s a small window on Friday morning,the 76-year-musty Indira Jaising tells me. I snap it up.
When I get to her office, she is poring over a draft report that her NGO, and the Lawyers Collective,is approximately to publish approximately female genital mutilation. “Tell Masuma that in my opinion, there are no voices of women in that report, or she needs to bring them on board,” she tells one of her junior colleagues. From the very beginning of her 52-year career this is what Jaising has fought for – the victim’s voice.[br] Related: Abortion in Pakistan: struggling to support a woman's right to choose Related: The world needs loud-mouthed activists more than ever Continue reading...
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