‘Women should actively work to take up more space’
by Rashmee
Posted on May 12, 2021
/ TAKE UP ONE IDEA The other day I heard bestselling American crime writer Sara …
Read MoreWomen’s rights mean coming to the table ‘as you are, knitting needles in hand’
by Rashmee
Posted on March 17, 2021
/ TAKE UP ONE IDEA Two of the more interesting ideas on gender equity have …
Read MoreIf politics is now a ‘co-ed sport’, women have to take the ball and run… and run
by Rashmee
Posted on November 19, 2019
I was very taken by Ruth Marcus’s comment in The Washington Post on the great …
Read MoreThe MJ Akbar case shows women need men to embrace #MeToo for it to have any real impact
by Rashmee
Posted on November 7, 2018 / The National
There has been a lot of activity around India’s #MeToo movement of late and depending …
Read MoreWoman to have baby is really not a news story. But a prime minister?
by Rashmee
Posted on January 19, 2018
Put a 37-year-old woman in the prime minister’s office and the next thing you know …
Read MoreSaudi should be pleased Belgium believes its pledge on women’s rights
by Rashmee
Posted on December 22, 2017
The Saudi Crown Prince should be pleased. A few months after his very public, much-touted …
Read MoreAre US Republicans the party of the moral majority or of Donald Trump and Roy Moore?
by Rashmee
Posted on December 9, 2017
When Al Franken resigns from the US Senate he will be the most prominent American …
Read MoreJacinda Ardern. Sebastian Kurz. Emmanuel Macron. Justin Trudeau…roll call of the young
by Rashmee
Posted on October 19, 2017
With Jacinda Ardern’s ascent (by coalition-deal-making on Thursday) to New Zealand’s highest office, that’s four …
Read MoreWhat Singapore’s hijab-wearing first woman president tells us about that efficient city-state
by Rashmee
Posted on September 15, 2017
Speak to an Indian, a Brit or an American about Singapore and listen to them …
Read MoreIs it sexist to ask a potential employee their plans? Only if it’s a young-ish woman it seems
by Rashmee
Posted on August 3, 2017
Is it sexist to ask a potential employee their plans for the future? Yes, if …
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Rashmee has lived and worked in several countries in the past decade, including Afghanistan, India, Haiti, Tunisia, the UAE, US and UK