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More Women the Struggle against Koodankulam Plant

More Women the Struggle against Koodankulam Plant

Antinuclear Movement, Koodankulam, Nuclear and Gender March 7, 2013 at 11:07 am 0 comments

Unlike earlier agitations, women turned up in large numbers for the sea siege protest organised by the PMANE against the Koodankulam Nuclear Power Project (KKNPP) in Tirunelveli on Monday.

Koodankulam and Jantar Mantar: A Tale of Two Protests

Koodankulam and Jantar Mantar: A Tale of Two Protests

Antinuclear Movement, Nuclear and Gender January 16, 2013 at 8:58 pm 0 comments

Vivek Vellanki | The women in Idinthakarai are the ‘deviants’ of a patriarchal society articulating and asserting their rights to life and livelihood. At the same time the angst and protests in Delhi provide a historical juncture with the possibility of a democratic collectivisation that can raise uneasy questions challenging social institutions and structures that perpetuate such incidents.

“We want a nuclear-free peaceful world” say South Korea’s women

“We want a nuclear-free peaceful world” say South Korea’s women

Nuclear and Gender February 6, 2012 at 2:22 pm 0 comments

This formal statement was released officially by twenty-two women’s organizations in South Korea on January 13, 2012.

Nuclear radiation Is More harmful to Women: New NIRS Breifing Paper

Nuclear radiation Is More harmful to Women: New NIRS Breifing Paper

Nuclear and Gender October 24, 2011 at 2:13 pm 0 comments

Women as a group suffer significantly more from the impact of ionizing radiation than do men. Today Nuclear Information and Resource Service published a Briefing Paper that focuses on a dramatic fifty-percent greater incidence of cancer and fifty-percent greater rate of death from cancer among women, compared to the sameRead More