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#India–#Untouchability is an instrument in the hands of the upper castes #dalit

  Dalit and Tribal activists plan a “Dilli Chalo” campaign demanding an amendment to the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe Prevention of Atrocities Act Shazia Nigar  New Delhi The National Coalition for Strengthening Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe Prevention of… Continue Reading →

#India-Where women fear to tread #MP #VAW #Indiashining

MAHIM PRATAP SINGH, The Hindu In the State that leads in incidents of rape, the shame-inducing statistics are pushing the administration into action Time was when Payal (name changed to protect her identity), a standard VII student from Madhya Pradesh’s… Continue Reading →

PRESS RELEASE-NCW shamed into reopening the #SoniSori Case- After Protest #mustshare

Press Release   Justice for Soni Sori Campaign   10/10/2012 NCW Shamed into Reopening the Soni Sori Case After Gherao! Today afternoon, activists from women’s groups and several peoples’ organisations stormed the National Commission for Women (NCW), protesting against the… Continue Reading →

Change the terminology- Survivors, not victims #VAW # Justice #mustread

  Namita Bhandare, Hindustan Times New Delhi, September 29, 2012 This we know: On September 9, a 16-year-old Dalit schoolgirl in Dabra village, Hisar was kidnapped, raped and photographed allegedly by a group of upper caste Jat boys. This we… Continue Reading →

Women suffer in marriages, why talk about beating: Judge #Vaw #Gender #Justice

Maneesh Chhibber : Indian Express, New Delhi, Wed Sep 05 2012, On August 9, during the hearing of a matrimonial dispute, Karnataka High Court Judge K Bhaktavatsala told a young woman lawyer that she was unfit to argue the matter since… Continue Reading →

Mumbai- Citizens for Justice and Peace Contribution to Police Welfare Fund

      August 14 2012,   Press Release     The Citizens for Justice and Peace, Mumbai has made a contribution of Rs 51,000 to the Commissioner of Police Welfare Fund towards the injury suffered by police women and men on… Continue Reading →

Complaint to NCW-molestation of 10-15 women police officers #VAW

  August 14, 2012 To, Smt. Mamta Sharma, Chairperson, National Commission for Women Dear Smt. Sharma, We are extremely concerned about the widespread reports of deliberate mishandling and molestation of 10-15 women police officers of the Mumbai Police while on regular bandobast duty… Continue Reading →

Jism 2, A trigger for cultural fascism #moralpolicing

    Monobina Gupta , TOI 04 August 2012,    Not so long ago, a young woman was molested in full public a gaze in the heart of Guwahati. Barely a month later, a moral vigilante group barged into a homestay… Continue Reading →

Mangled Lore- Would our culture saviours revive the attire of the Chola bronzes? #VAW #Moralpolicing

  MEENA KANDASAMY, in Outlook Marriage took me to Mangalore. Living in Attavar, I saw the city as a sister/lover: a feisty woman caught in the grip of a violent, disapproving man, she’d be rid of him if she found… Continue Reading →

In the name of Bharatiya Sanskar

  RASHEEDA BHAGAT   …and stop lecturing women on all the wrong things. Can we, as a mature country, stop pointing an accusing finger at women all the time? How come nobody is giving homilies to men that it is… Continue Reading →

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