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Women ‘Invisible’ in Myanmar

Aung San Suu Kyi visits polling-stations in April Source: IPS: Roberto Tofani While Aung San Suu Kyi enjoys iconic status in Myanmar (also known as Burma), women remain invisible in this country steeped in Buddhist tradition and emerging from decades… Continue Reading →

Kolkata Cop rapes a poor woman threatening dire consequences against her husband

COMPLAINT OF-  rape of a poor woman by Sub Inspector Mithun Banerjee, officer-in charge, bhadreswar ps in his official quarter  –an  Association for Protedtion of Democratic Rights (APDR)  fact finding report.             On 23 April, 2012, at about 8-30 PM, APDR came… Continue Reading →

Sex workers cannot be mothers – says Satara police #WTFnews

Anu Mokal, a pregnant woman was beaten up by Police in Satara, Maharashtra. She was so severely beaten  that she had a miscarriage and lost her baby. No Law in the country allows Police to physically assault a women. This… Continue Reading →

The unending struggle of Bastar adivasis

Javed Iqbal | Friday, May 4, 2012, DNA Conflict and displacement in Bastar leads to deprivation and forest loss in neighbouring Khammam Around 43 families from the villages of Millampalli, Simalpenta, Raygudem, Darba and Singaram in Dantewada district, lost their makeshift… Continue Reading →

Judgement for women rights : Can’t divorce wife for pushing condom use #FOE

Rosy Sequeira, TNN | May 4, 2012, Planning when to start a family cannot be treated as cruelty, said the Bombay high court on Thursday, upholding the family court’s dismissal of a man’s divorce plea.   MUMBAI: Planning when to start a familycannot… Continue Reading →

Envision a Sex Worker Movement Sans Feminism

By Audacia Ray WeNews guest author Sunday, April 29, 2012 “Momentum: Making Waves in Sexuality, Feminism and Relationships” is a collection of essays from an annual conference on sexuality. In this excerpt, Audacia Ray wants a broader discussion of human… Continue Reading →

In Afghanistan, underground girls school defies Taliban edict, threats

By Kevin Sieff, Published: April 25 SPINA, Afghanistan — Every morning in this mountain village in eastern Afghanistan, four dozen girls sneak through a square opening in a mud-baked wall, defying a Taliban edict. A U.S.-funded girls school about a mile away was shuttered by… Continue Reading →

Fistula – Another Blight on the Child Bride

By Zofeen Ebrahim Bano and her cleric husband campaigning against child marriage. Credit:Zofeen Ebrahim/IPS Buy this picture KARACHI, Pakistan, Apr ,2012 (IPS) – It was personal experience that turned Gul Bano and her cleric husband, Ahmed Khan, into ambassadors against… Continue Reading →

Haryana 12-week pregnant women cannot teach #WTFnews

Sukhbir Siwach, TNN Apr 28, 2012, CHANDIGARH: New rules notified recently in Haryana bar more than 12-week pregnant teachers recruited in Haryana from joining work till they deliver and produce fitness certificates. They would not be entitled to get their salaries… Continue Reading →

Soni Sori’s “Crime” in the Land of the Robber Barons

Member of Odisha state legislature Jhina Hikaka (2nd R), accompanied by his wife Kaushalya Majhi (3rd R), walks towards Balipeta village in Koraput district after being released by Maoist rebels on 26 April 2012. (Photo: AFP – STR) By: Amrit Wilson… Continue Reading →

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