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by Mrinal Satish, Associate Professor, National Law University, Delhi. The horrific gang rape incident in Delhi has led to demands for amending the law to provide for more stringent punishment for rape, including introducing the death penalty. Over the last… 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 →
I was gang raped three years ago, when I was 17 years old. My name and my photograph appear with this article. in 1983, in Manushi. I grew up in Bombay, and am at present studying in the USA. I am writing a thesis on rape and came home to do research… Continue Reading →
Women’s organizations oppose anti-women statements of Ministers of M.P. Government and burning of Jeans We condemn the incidence of burning of jeans in district Damoh. We are shocked that Babulal Gaur, Ramkrishna Kusumaria and Kailash Vijayvargiya have welcomed it… Continue Reading →
By Ashley Tellis Source : SIFY Last Updated: Mon, Dec 31, 2012 11:48 hrs If there is one thing that is clear from the recent and continuing protests that have been unfolding in the city over the gruesome rape in the… Continue Reading →
Struggle to Make 2013 a Year For Freedom from Violence Against Women For Women’s Equality and Rights ! On the very eve of the New Year of 2013, the life of a young woman was brutally cut short. This young… Continue Reading →
First Post, News Analysis, Sandip Roy, Posted: Dec 24, 2012, http://newamericamedia.org One newspaper calls her Nirbhaya. A television channel calls her Amanat. Or Damini. The 23-year-old rape victim is undergoing a rebirth of sorts in the media. The reasons are perfectly high minded. The… Continue Reading →
Minor gang-raped in Sitapur, murdered TNN | Dec 25, 2012, 02.47 AM IST LUCKNOW: A minor was gang-raped and murdered in Sitapur and a woman was molested in Maharajganj district in Uttar Pradesh on Monday. In the first incident, a… Continue Reading →
STATEMENT BY WOMEN’S AND PROGRESSIVE GROUPS AND INDIVIDUALS CONDEMNING SEXUAL VIOLENCE AND OPPOSING DEATH PENALTY On 16 December, 2012, a 23-year old woman and her friend hailed a bus at a crossing in South Delhi. In the bus, they were… Continue Reading →
Skirt Se Unchi Meri Awaaz Hai मेरी स्सक्रट से उँची मेरी आवाज़ है ! माँगे जो पीने को पानी कभी ,भाग जाते हो दिल्ली, से लंडन तभी , सारी जनता को रो कर तब दिखाते हो , आज भर भर के पानी… Continue Reading →