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4 October 1855: Ishwar Chandra Bidyasagar submitted a memorandum to the Legislative Assembly in support of widow remarriage.

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4 October 1855: Ishwar Chandra Bidyasagar submitted a memorandum to the Legislative Assembly in support of widow remarriage.

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The impact of Ishwar Chandra Bidyasagar's sustained awareness campaign through opinion pieces in dailies and book titled,'Bidhoba Bibaha Uchit Kina Etodbishayak Prostab'(1855) (A discourse on the question whether widow marriage is permissible or not) led to the passage of the Widow Remarriage Act in 1856.

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4th October 1925: Birth Anniversary of Rokeya Rahman Kabeer. 

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4th October 1925: Birth Anniversary of Rokeya Rahman Kabeer. 

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Ms. Kabeer was a Bangladeshi academic and feminist who founded the Saptagram Nari Swanirbhar Parishad and the Shoptogram Silk Production Centre to empower women in rural Bangladesh. Noted academic Naila Kabeer is her daughter.

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5th October 1904: Beginning of the Nupi Lan

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5th October 1904: Beginning of the Nupi Lan

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Nupi Lan/Lal which means Women’s War (in Manipuri) first started in 1904 against an unfair British order in Manipur. Almost 5,000 women participated in the movement and it lasted for a week. The British later suppressed the movement, but the order had to be withdrawn.

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6th October 2016: Pakistan adopts new law to tackle ‘honour killings’

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6th October 2016: Pakistan adopts new law to tackle ‘honour killings’

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Pakistan’s parliament has unanimously passed legislation against “honour killings” – mandating life imprisonment, 25 years in prison, for convicted murderers even if the victim’s relatives forgive them.

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7th October 2017: Gauri Lankesh and Gulalai Ismail and win Anna Plitkovskaya Award

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7th October 2017: Gauri Lankesh and Gulalai Ismail and win Anna Plitkovskaya Award

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Celebrating the courage of Gauri Lankesh showed in her journalism and fight for human rights in India and of Gulalai Ismail, a Pakistani women's rights and peace activist.

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12th October 1926: Birth Anniversary of Selina Banu 

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12th October 1926: Birth Anniversary of Selina Banu 

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Ms. Banu was a was a Bangladeshi politician, social activist, and feminist.

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11th October 1987: The Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987 passed

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11th October 1987: The Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987 passed

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The Constitution of India provides for equal justice and free legal aid. The Act tries to ensure delivery of justice expeditiously on the basis of equal opportunity and provide free legal aid so that justice is not denied to any citizens by reasons of economic or other disabilities.

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9th October 2014: We Should All B Feminist published as a book.

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9th October 2014: We Should All B Feminist published as a book.

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Following her sensational TEDx Talk with the same title, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's essay has been published in book format by 4th Estate publishers.

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7th October 2018 Rights Activist Binalakshmi Nepram Wins Prestigious Anna Politkovskaya Award

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7th October 2018 Rights Activist Binalakshmi Nepram Wins Prestigious Anna Politkovskaya Award

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8th October 2015: Pinjra Tod Protest March to Reclaim the Night

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8th October 2015: Pinjra Tod Protest March to Reclaim the Night

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Before submitting their petition to the Delhi Commission for Women, Pinjra Tod organized a protest march in the North Campus of Delhi University to symbolically reclaim the night.

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31st October 2000: Adoption of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325

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31st October 2000: Adoption of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325

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The resolution acknowledged the disproportionate and unique impact of armed conflict on women and girls and called for the adoption of a gender perspective to consider the special needs of women and girls during conflict, repatriation and resettlement, rehabilitation, reintegration, and post-conflict reconstruction.

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26 October 2006:  Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act brought into force by Indian government 

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26 October 2006:  Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act brought into force by Indian government 

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This landmark law affirms the right of women to live in a violence free home, and goes beyond physical violence to include emotional/verbal, sexual, and economic abuse.

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15th October 2015: Building Capacity to Prevent Violence Against Women

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15th October 2015: Building Capacity to Prevent Violence Against Women

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UN Women and the Bangladeshi National Women Lawyers Association (BNWLA) initiated a project in four universities in Bangladesh to encourage students and teachers to challenge gender stereotypes and speak out against sexual harassment.

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15th October 1928: Birth Date of Begum Akhtar Riazuddin

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15th October 1928: Birth Date of Begum Akhtar Riazuddin

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Ms. Riazuddin a Pakistani feminist activist who is also the first modern Urdu-travelogue writer

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19th October 1974: Birth Day of Binalakshmi Nepram

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19th October 1974: Birth Day of Binalakshmi Nepram

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Ms. Nepram is a humanitarian, author, and female activist for the advocacy of gender rights and women-led disarmament movements with the objective of arresting gun culture and bringing about peace for her home state of Manipur in particular and northeast India in general.

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27th October 1931: Birth Day of Nawal El Saadawi

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27th October 1931: Birth Day of Nawal El Saadawi

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Ms. Saadawi  is an Egyptian feminist writer, activist, physician, and psychiatrist. Her works have been translated into multiple languages and have led to her facing significant persecution from right-wing groups. She presided over the Arab Women's Solidarity Association while it was facing government crackdown.