Tag Women Rights
Human Rights Watch pic courtesy- reuters Victims Fear Reprisals; Authorities Need to Map Relief and Rehabilitation Plan October 4, 2013 (New York) – Indian [2] authorities should properly investigate all crimes, including allegations of sexual assault and gang rape during last month’s communal… Continue Reading →
Asha Kowtal and Jenny Rowena, http://roundtableindia.co.in/ On 24th August, a 20 year old Dalit girl was brutally raped and murdered in Jind, Haryana, while she was on her way to write an examination. Her mutilated body was found near a canal the next… Continue Reading →
Many men still believe the frontier of purity lies inside the woman’s body. Where does that leave the idea of women having control over their own bodies? Urvashi Butalia,Livemint Illustration by Jayachandran/Mint Some 35 years ago, the British immigration authorities… Continue Reading →
Nivedita Menon Published: Sat, Aug 10 2013. 12 06 AM IST, Livemint Illustration by Jayachandran/Mint Dear N, Something has been troubling me. In our school, a lot of people from the nearby village work as gardeners, housekeepers, maids and watchmen. Now,… Continue Reading →
In context of Supreme Court judgement on dance bars We, the undersigned women’s organizations, welcome the Supreme Court judgment that declares the ban on dance bars as violating the Constitution of India. The Supreme Court in its judgment also… Continue Reading →
Shalini Singh, Hindustan Times July 24, 2013 I came to Delhi when I was three. My father was a lawyer and mother, a home-maker. My parents had decided that I should live with my childless aunt. I stayed with her in… Continue Reading →
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE A Statement from the Asian Human Rights Commission PAKISTAN: A young woman stoned to death for having a cell phone after ruling by a Panchayat Arifa, a mother of two, has been stoned to death on the… Continue Reading →
Morsi denounced dance and dancers alike. Conservative Islamic parties launched crackdowns. Will culture fare any better in the new Egypt? Judith Mackrell, guardian.co.uk The body politic … Egyptian girls dance at at festival. Photograph: Nariman El-Mofty/AP In the days since Egypt‘s President… Continue Reading →
Rising hemlines lead to rising TRPs. Aradhna Wal examines a commercial news industry committed to sleaze, to lechery and to shaming young women There’s something rotten in the states of Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh. And it seems the Kannada and Telugu news channels have identified… Continue Reading →