Profile picture
Mona Eltahawy @monaeltahawy
, 6 tweets, 5 min read Read on Twitter
Big news: A day after #WomenWallKerala (officials said 5million women protested for gender equality) Bindu Ammini, 42 & Kanakadurga, 41, made history by becoming 1st women to enter Sabarimala temple since Supreme Court lifted ban on women under 50 in Sept scroll.in/article/907934…
The Sabarimala shrine in Kerala was historically closed to women of "menstruating age" - defined as between 10 and 50. Media reports said the head priest had ordered the temple closed for "purification". news.yahoo.com/two-women-ente…
Bindu Ammini and Kanakadurga had tried to enter Sabarimala on December 24 but were prevented by protesters. Here’s a video with background on these women who made history today #Kerala #India #SabarimalaEntry #RightToPray
“What Bindu and Kanakadurga have done is to open the doors to possibility – that some day, women will not indulge in so much self-hate over their bodies and biological processes," writes Sowmya Rajendran. thequint.com/voices/opinion… #SabarimalaTemple #RightToPray #India
Here’s more about Tuesday’s historic women’s protest in #Kerala #WomenWallKerala
To understand magnitude of Bindu Ammini & Kanakadurga’s achievement: 2 women -journalist Kavitha Jagdal & social activist Rehana Fathima- in full riot gear & protected by 100 policemen couldn’t enter temple in Oct because of violent protesters -men & women bbc.com/news/world-asi… Picture of two women in riot gear surrounded by policemen
Missing some Tweet in this thread?
You can try to force a refresh.

Like this thread? Get email updates or save it to PDF!

Subscribe to Mona Eltahawy
Profile picture

Get real-time email alerts when new unrolls are available from this author!

This content may be removed anytime!

Twitter may remove this content at anytime, convert it as a PDF, save and print for later use!

Try unrolling a thread yourself!

how to unroll video

1) Follow Thread Reader App on Twitter so you can easily mention us!

2) Go to a Twitter thread (series of Tweets by the same owner) and mention us with a keyword "unroll" @threadreaderapp unroll

You can practice here first or read more on our help page!

Did Thread Reader help you today?

Support us! We are indie developers!


This site is made by just three indie developers on a laptop doing marketing, support and development! Read more about the story.

Become a Premium Member and get exclusive features!

Premium member ($30.00/year)

Too expensive? Make a small donation by buying us coffee ($5) or help with server cost ($10)

Donate via Paypal Become our Patreon

Thank you for your support!