Harish V Nair, Hindustan Times New Delhi, January 16, 2013 If a man has consensual sex with a woman after promising to marry her but later retracts, it amounts to rape, the Delhi High Court has said. Dismissing the anticipatory… Continue Reading →
Fellow members of the Jharol Block group of the Single Women’s Association in Udaipur, Rajasthan are an important source of strength and solidarity for one another. Single, divorced or widowed women in India are customarily excluded from many areas of… Continue Reading →
Dozens of conversations provide a fascinating window into the psyche of the Indian male. Some of it dark. Some of it hopeful. Shoma Chaudhury, Tehelka January 10, 2013, Issue 3 Volume 10 Drenched in pain Angry women at Rajpath, Photo: AP THIS IS… Continue Reading →
JANUARY 11, 2013 tags: Anti-Nuclear Protests, Delhi Gang Rape, Delhi protests, Jantar Mantar, koodankulam, public space, state repression by Shuddhabrata Sengupta Guest Post by Vivek Vellanki, kafila.org The death of the young girl brought incommensurable grief for the ‘Indian’ people. A national angst ensued with divergent voices seeking… Continue Reading →
Agencies : Dehradun (Uttarakhand), Sat Jan 12 2013, In a bizarre development, the Uttarakhand government has passed an order that prohibits women from working beyond 6 pm in private and government jobs. The step is being seen as too extreme… Continue Reading →
Aruna Kashyap Published in: The Daily Beast JANUARY 10, 2013 With politicians and the public at last giving sexual assault the attention it deserves, the time has come for action—and for dignified treatment of survivors of sexual assault. Aruna Kashyap,… Continue Reading →
RIGHT TO PRIVACY WHILE RECORDING STATEMENT Under section 164 of the Criminal Procedure Code, a woman who has been raped can record her statement before the district magistrate when the case is under trial, and no one else needs to… Continue Reading →
By Amrita Nandy | Jan 7, 2013, 1 Feminists have long tried to build an understanding that desexualises rape — in law and everyday life, says Nivedita Menon. With violence against Indian women on the rise, the debate over feminist politics and its relevance… Continue Reading →
by Charanya Kannan on Saturday, 29 December 2012 I was in my engineering second year. Finished a dance practice at Mylapore, took the legendary 12B bus to go home. I was groped by an asshole in the bus. I was not new… Continue Reading →
By AFP Published: January 3, 2013 Soosan Feroz practicing with Afghan pop musician Farid Rastagar at a recording studio in Kabul. PHOTO: AFP KABUL: Sporting a long leather coat and western jeans under a headscarf, Soosan Feroz looks like many modern women… Continue Reading →
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