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AARTI DHAR, The Hindu When medical professionals, legal experts, health activists, and the officials of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare meet here on Monday, on their agenda is a rather peculiar subject — rising cases of hysterectomies in… Continue Reading →
In caste-ridden Haryana, Dalit women fight back by speaking out. An exclusive ground report by Aradhna Wal. Photos by Ankit Agrawal 2013-08-17 , Issue 33 Volume 10 Manisha Devi | 27 ‘People warned me to leave the rape case alone…. Continue Reading →
Reggie Littlejohn exposes the brutal truth behind China’s One Child Policy – that it is enforced through forced abortion and forced sterilization. She also describes what Women’s Rights Without Frontiers is doing to stop it. Join the fight to… Continue Reading →
By Michelle Chen Anu Mokal wasn’t breaking the law when she was out walking with her friend last year, yet to the police, her very existence was criminal. As a sex worker in the Indian state of Maharashtra, she… Continue Reading →
By Beverly Donofrio Monday, July 29, 2013, Angie Epifano ,the woman who was raped last fall at an Amherst fraternity party, reported that she could hear her friends having fun in the next room as she endured the ordeal…. Continue Reading →
Agencies | 28 Jul, 2013, If allegations against accused turn out to be false and after inquiry the complainant may face similar penal provisions as listed for the accused. NEW DELHI: Sexual harassment at work place may… Continue Reading →
Receiving maintenance is reaffirmation of a traditional role for a woman or, is it an assertion for equality? Maintenance money paid to Aysha, an unwed mother, has put the feminists and the judiciary in a dilemma Aruna Burte in The… Continue Reading →
Pritish Nandy Finally, after 8 long years, the ban on dance bars in Maharashtra is over. The Supreme Court has upheld the Mumbai High Court’s order to squash the stupid, brutal, insensitive ban. Earlier, the Governor too had refused to… Continue Reading →
Girls as young as 5 are still being sold into marriage in Pakistan. And no one will stop it. BY ADRIANA CARRANCA | JULY , 2013 KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA, Pakistan — At only 12, Nazia lives in expectation of the worst. As I step… Continue Reading →
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CRIMINAL ORIGINAL JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION (CRL.) NO. 129 OF 2006 LAXMI Versus UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS O R D E R On 6.2.2013, a direction was given to… Continue Reading →