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Ashwini Deshpande
Are social norms really the main cause of low female employment?
By Ashwini Deshpande - Jan 17,2024
NEW DELHI — In China, the painful custom of binding young girls’ feet to alter their shape began in the tenth century and continued for a millennium, until it was outlawed in 1911.
Affirmative action under siege
By Ashwini Deshpande - Oct 31,2023
NEW DELHI — Should individuals receive differential treatment based on race, caste, gender, religion, or any other accident of birth? In June 2023, the United States Supreme Court answered this question with a firm “no”, as it struck down affirmative action in higher education.
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