Girls run the world. Beyoncé tried telling you in 2011, and nowhere is her ethos more prominent than among the Khasi of India's Meghalaya state. Families in Khasi culture are matrilineal: Children ...

Forget about reporting it to the police. In general the Indian male thinks it’s his birthright to force sex on his girlfriend and in Khasi society this is common. Once the girl becomes pregnant the ...

The Khasi Hills Autonomous District Council – which administers Meghalaya’s Khasi hills according to customary laws under the Sixth Schedule of the Indian Constitution – has passed a Bill that seeks ...

Khasi women of Meghalaya who marry non-Khasis will lose their scheduled tribe (ST) status and the benefits that come with it if a controversial Bill passed by an autonomous council is approved by the ...

In the lush hills of India’s Meghalaya state, the Khasi tribe thrives in one of the world’s last matrilineal societies, where women hold the reins of inheritance, family, and legacy. This documentary ...

A bill that seeks to strip Khasi women of their inheritance rights if they adopt their non-tribal husbands' customs and tradition was tabled in a tribal council in matrilineal Meghalaya on Monday.

GUWAHATI: In a significant step towards protecting the indigenousness of the Khasi population of Meghalaya, the Khasi Hills Autonomous District Council (KHADC), the autonomous administration body set ...

SHILLONG: Women's organizations in the state have expressed their strong opposition to the bill passed by Khasi Hills Autonomous District Council (KHADC) that proposes to deprive Khasi women of their ...

Shillong, Nov. 22: Contrary to prevailing notions of emancipation, a village committee in matrilineal Meghalaya that has laid down a dress code for girls. The Nongspung village committee (Dorbar ...