Simrunjit Bans
I am an anti-capitalist feminist who wants the world to shout, scream and push us towards a better future. I work to highlight systemic socio-economic and political issues, across the globe. I do this by connecting the contemporary landscape with its foundational horrors, as to explain why we are where we are, in addition to how we may navigate out of it. You can read my blogs and find more of my work at https://medium.com/@simrunjitbans.
Indigenous People’s Rights: Canada’s Systemic Violation of Bodily Autonomy
The decades-long barbaric practice of coerced sterilization of Indigenous people has now taken a front and center place in Canadian politics, with the extent, fallout, and retribution of and taken against said practice finally reaching the fore. Of Canada’s nearly 40 million people, the Indigenous populous accounts for 5% of its population. The biggest populations of…
Arizona Abortions Laws: Looking To A Dangerous Past
The restarting of a nearly 100-year-old abortion law across the State of Arizona has sent shockwaves across the nation, as Republicans in the judicial and political spheres appear to double down on the dated piece of legislation. Fourteen states across the USA, in all pregnancy stages, have abortion bans in force. The curtailment of reproductive rights…
The War Waged on Florida’s Abortion Rights: A Silver Lining
With Florida’s highest court paving the way for a severe reduction in the State’s reproductive rights, we look to a potential glimmer of hope and precedent for safeguarding bodily autonomy. Archaic Judgement Vs Democratic Enfranchisement Florida’s highest court has constructed the way for the State’s six-week abortion ban to come into effect while, additionally, permitting voters…
Greenland: A Systemic Violation of Bodily Autonomy
For years Greenland’s women voiced the grievous harm that they had endured at the hands of the Danish state, with them now demanding, and no longer asking, for justice. Sadly, It is no surprise that women’s bodily autonomy and their right to form their own life decisions are being violated by states’ actions. Such situations are…
Poland’s Abortion Rights – A Tale of Repression & Suffering
Political and legal maneuverings, far removed from the reality of the everyday populace’s concerns and desires, have seen the nation’s already draconian abortion rights measures be rolled back further to the detriment of those who wish to exercise their bodily autonomy and those who wish to assist them in such an endeavor. A Healthcare System…
Spanish Women’s National Team: One Scandal Too Far
The former head of the Head of the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF), Mr. Rubiales’s actions against Jenni Hermoso, on the night of the team’s amazing achievement, overshadowed a well-deserved campaign, shone a light on women’s football in Spain and, hopefully, spurred on genuine change. Professionality being Deemed Overrated In 2004, FIFA’s then-president, Sepp Blatter, suggested…
Indigenous Femicide: The Neglected Horror
Indigenous women in the USA and Canada face alarming femicide rates. These sixteen days of “Activism Against Gender-Based Violence” should serve to shine a spotlight upon the marked terror they face. Recently, Wendy R. Sherman, the USA’s Deputy Secretary of State, made remarks for International Day of the Girl, which took place on October 11th, 2022,…
UK Abortion Rights: A Win for Sanity and Humanity
House of Commons hands a major victory to pro-choice parties, passing an amendment establishing buffer zones outside abortion clinics in England and Wales. While access to abortion services, free of harassment, abuse, and political and judicial nefarious interference, appears to be becoming a more difficult endeavor in nations across the globe, there are…
US Abortion Rights: Republicans Reject Reason & Embrace Hypocrisy
Hypocrisy appears to be a characteristic that many politicians, the world over, have enthusiastically adopted, whether due to the knowledge that such a lack of integrity would not harm them politically or by sheer ignorance or greed. For the purposes of this piece, however, let’s narrow our focus to The US Republican Party’s Senator from…
Sexual and Gender Based Violence in Spain: Consent is Key
Consent is key. While a purportedly obvious statement, on the other hand, the explicit nature of the phrase appears lost on certain people. For the purposes of this article, I refer to certain parties in the Spanish Judiciary. The Wolf Pack In 2016, an 18 year old woman was raped by five men in the…
