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Dear Reader,
Global data flows are foundational for the world to collaborate and create innovations, solutions and products. Over the recent past, regulatory frictions over data flow -- for protecting data privacy and intellectual property, amongst others -- have only heightened and deepened.
MediaNama deliberates on how global geopolitics impact cross-border data flows and how conflicting value systems inhibit a formal global agreement on data flows or Internet governance. The story also analyses the role India can play, as it is set to assume the G20 presidency in December, to chart the future of digital governance even as it looks to safeguard its domestic policy space.
About three weeks ago, the Supreme Court of India, in a landmark order, took definitive steps to grant abortion rights to “unmarried women”. The Caravan argues that this judgement not only takes a “comprehensive view of women’s rights” but also reiterates the reproductive autonomy of India’s women. It also curtails the historical tendency of the State in India to look at female fertility as a mere population control measure.
Mental health maladies have become one of the realities of our times. However, it may not affect everyone equally. Research proves that there are clear and present linkages between identity-related inequalities and the outcomes of mental therapies. India Development Review argues that mental health professionals rarely factor in the patient’s social identities in their interventions.
And, in an impact story, The Probe's reporting on the illegal riverbed mining in the Doodh Ganga river in Kashmir’s Budgam district, persuaded the District Development Council to write to the authorities to deal “strictly” with the infringements and the officers responsible.
For more such stories from the grantees this week, please read on.
Warmly,
Sunil Rajshekhar
IPSMF
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