Sharing our Leaflet International Women's Day Special newsletter.

[Ritu Dewan]

Sharing our International Women's Day Special newsletter.

Ritu

The International Women's Day 2026 Special Issue from The Leaflet asks a simple question that the legal profession has spent decades avoiding. What would it take for women to not merely enter Indian law, but to govern it? To sit on the bodies that set its rules, shape its culture, and decide who belongs? 📰 Read our collection: Senior Advocate Nandita Rao argues for deeper intersectionality in our approach towards greater representation for women in the bar and the bench. Abiha Zaidi writes on how even with the framework of the POSH Act, there is much the government and BCI could do for protection of women lawyers from sexual harassment. Miriam Fozia Rahman provides an account of what it takes to force change in women’s representation in Bar bodies through litigation. Justice Sadhana Jadhav, former judge of the Bombay High Court, speaks to The Leaflet, bringing the lived experience from within the institution itself. Watch here. See our Editorial Note for more insights into this issue.

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Ritu Dewan

President

64th National Conference, Indian Society of Labour Economics

Visiting Professor

Institute for Human Development

Professor & Director (R)

Mumbai School of Economics & Public Policy, University  of Mumbai

Honorary Visiting Fellow

Mumbai School of Economics & Public Policy, University  of Mumbai

President

Indian Association for Women's Studies (2014-2017)

Vice President

Indian Society of Agricultural Economics (2019-2022)

Vice President

Indian Society of Labour Economics (2018-2022)

President

Mumbai School of Economics Alumni Association (2019-2025).

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