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Month January 2016

Odisha – On A Winter Night, 100 Girls Walked 25 Km To Protest #Vaw

The girls belong to a high school in Mayurbhanj district of Odisha run by Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe department. BARIPADA, ODISHA:  In an unusual form of protest, more than 100 students of a state-run tribal girls’ high school walked more than 25… Continue Reading →

On #RepublicDay, #Endosulfan victims launched an indefinite hunger-strike against Kerala govt

Over 100 people from the northern most parts of Kerala gathered in the state capital on Tuesday not to celebrate Republic Day but to protest against the republic, represented by the state government. See more at: http://www.thenewsminute.com/article/republic-day-endosulfan-affected-families-launched-hunger-strike-against-kerala-govt-38272#sthash.nVUnRvGA.dpuf Endosulphan victims on… Continue Reading →

Near-naked woman hangs from Paris bridge to protest Iranian President Rouhani

Topless feminists from Femen planned their own special welcome for Iranian president Hassan Rouhani on Thursday by staging a mock hanging from a Paris bridge in protest over the country’s human rights abuses. Rouhani is in Paris on a historic… Continue Reading →

Why is Tamil Nadu indifferent to the suicide of three girls ? #Vaw

: Systemic corruption Opposition leaders issued their usual Facebook statements and accusations against each other with an eye on the Assembly elections. Written by Arun Janardhanan | Updated: January 28, 2016 8:04 pm T Monisha, V Priyanka and E Saranya. All the three… Continue Reading →

Jamia conducts hostel election only for men. No democracy for women? #PinjraTod

DEMOCRACY ONLY FOR MEN? JAMIA UNIVERSITY CONDUCTS STUDENT ELECTIONS ONLY FOR MEN’S HOSTEL BUT NOT FOR WOMEN’S HOSTEL By Pinjra Tod: Break the Hostel Gates While Jamia Millia Islamia has started the practice of holding democratic elections for mess and cultural… Continue Reading →

India – ‘Unfree and Unfair’ – young migrant women workers in Bangalore #Vaw

C&A, H&M, Inditex and PVH declare to take serious action   The paper Unfree and Unfair – published today by the India Committee of the Netherlands (ICN) – gives evidence of appalling living conditions and restricted freedom of movement of… Continue Reading →

A first, CBI inquiry ordered against 2 serving top Army officers

 Disproportionate assets case Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar ordered a CBI inquiry against two serving Major Generals in a disproportionate assets case. Major General Ashok Kumar of Army Service Core and Major General SS Lamba of Army Ordinance Core are accused… Continue Reading →

#Goodnews – Gujarat anti-terror bill withdrawn; President Pranab Mukherjee rejects draconian legislation

  The bill was a revised version of Gujarat Control of Organised Crime Bill (GUJCOC), which was introduced by then Chief Minister Narendra Modi himself. It was earlier rejected in 2004 by then President Dr APJ Abdul Kalam. Activists have… Continue Reading →

UP Police Sabotaging #JusticeforShivam , 8 -yr-old victim of brahmanical hatred

  PL SIGN PETITION FOR SHIVAM HERE By Vidya Bhushan Rawat on Facebook The family of Eight Years old Dalit child Shivam whose left arm was crushed in sugarcane crusher by a local Brahmin family in Janupur in Uttar Pradesh… Continue Reading →

Maneka Gandhi’s statement on Mentally Disabled & Employment

Embed from Getty Images   Dear Maneka ji,    We are pained to read a statement purported to have been made by you with regard to the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Bill, 2014 (RPD Bill). You have been quoted… Continue Reading →

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