Gender Stereotypes  

Mehrunnisa Shaukat Ali holds the title of India’s first female bouncer. She is breaking barriers, becoming an inspiration to thousands of young girls.

Shantabai was married off at the age of 12. In 1984, when Shantabai's elder daughter was 8 years old, her husband succumbed to a heart attack. Shantabai resorted to working in others' fields, earning a mere Rs 50 for 8 hours of labour. To sustain a living, she took up her husband’s occupation, and became the country's first female barber.

When her husband suffered a paralysis attack, Poonam found herself assuming the role of the breadwinner of the family. She is a skilled mechanic from Lucknow, her work is appreciated by some people, while the others struggle to believe that a woman can efficiently repair bike and car parts.

Preeti Hinge is a resident of Wathoda village of Nagpur. She runs a carpentry workshop in the village with the name Jai Shri Ganesh Furniture Mart. She is breaking stereotypes with her dedication to carpentry.

The Supreme Court today directed the Centre to grant permanent commission to all women officers in the Army within three months, terming the Centre's argument of physiological limitations and social norms for denying them command posts "disturbing". Let’s find out more about this watershed moment in Indian Army, in this episode of Not For Women Only with Sunita Iyer.

In an attempt to make the city of Bengaluru a safer place for women and children, the Bengaluru City Police has formed an all-women motorcycle brigade called ‘We For Women’, in partnership with Royal Enfield. The initiative not only aims to improve women's safety in the city but also to break gender stereotypes around male-dominated sectors of society. Let’s find out more about this initiative in this episode of Not For Women Only with Sunita Iyer.