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#India- The Struggle Against Rape and Sexual Assault: A View from the Left #Vaw #Rape

Soma Marik , radicalsocialist The Current Mobilizations over Rape: As a historian, I know that the actions very often have highly unintended consequences. Historical turning points occur, not because deep planning willed them into existence, but at the intersection of many… Continue Reading →

CDRO tribute on the untimely death of three civil and democratic rights activists

February 1, 2013, Sanhati The member organisations of CDRO are saddened by the death of three democratic and civil liberty activists in the last one week – Professor Dipankar Chakroborty, Vice President of Association for Protection of Democratic (APDR), West… Continue Reading →

#India – Changes in Criminal Law vs Justice Verma Recommendations #Vaw

Changes to law will clearly define unwelcome sexual acts TNN | Feb 2, 2013, 04.25 AM IST NEW DELHI: Changes to the criminal law dealing with offences against women cleared by the Cabinet aim to not only add specific new crimes but… Continue Reading →

Nestlé Found Guilty of Spying on Swiss Activists

by Pratap Chatterjee, CorpWatch Blog January 30th, 2013 Image by phdinparenting. Used under Creative Commons license. Nestlé, the world’s largest food company, has been found guilty of spying on Swiss activists in 2003 with the help of Securitas, a private security company. Jean-Luc… Continue Reading →

#India- Between thirst and darkness in Maharashtra

Rivers are diverted for generating electricity, while the government plans water trains for its people. Baba Umar reports on an impossible situation in the state Baba UmarMore by the author > January 31, 2013, Issue 6 Volume 10 Parched earth Eight districts in… Continue Reading →

#India- Court issues order on right of pregnant prisoners to access MTP #womenrights #reproductiverights

MADHYA PRADESH HIGH COURT AT INDORE ISSUES ORDER ON THE RIGHT OF PREGNANT PRISONERS TO ACCESS MEDICAL TERMINATION OF PREGNANCY   INDORE – The High Court of Madhya Pradesh at Indore issued an order allowing Hallo Bi, a pregnant female prisoner,… Continue Reading →

#Bhubneshwar – Mass protest rally Jan 28 at 3pm #Vaw

Mass Protest Rally against Police inaction to give justice to woman Panchayat Representative of Kendrapara district. Venue- Red Cross Bhawan to Master Canteen Chhak,  Date-  28.1.13 at 3 PM   Dear friends All of you are quite aware that Miss. Banajini  Parida, Woman… Continue Reading →

#India – 1 minor is raped every 3 days in #Gujarat #Vaw #WTFnews #Narendramodi

ONE RAPE EVERY 3 DAYS! Twelve Minor Girls Have Been Raped In The State In The Last 27 Days TIMES NEWS NETWORK, 25 th Jan 2013  A minor is rapedin Gujarat every three days. A total of 12 cases of… Continue Reading →

#India- A moment of triumph for women #justiceverma #Vaw #womenrights

KALPANA KANNABIRAN,The Hindu The comprehensive reforms suggested by Justice Verma and his colleagues will protect the right to dignity, autonomy and freedom of victims of sexual assault and rape Starting with Tarabai Shinde’s spirited defence of the honour of her… Continue Reading →

Why doesn’t the AP police come clean about two missing tribal women? #Vaw #Disappearances

by T S Sudhir Jan 21, 2013, First Post It is easy to know when you have crossed the Andhra Pradesh border to step into Chhattisgarh. An apology of a road that connects to Sukma town takes three hours to traverse a… Continue Reading →

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