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No means no: without consent, sex is rape #womenrights #Vaw

Aloke Tikku, Hindustan Times New Delhi, February 05, 2013 On consent for sex, the woman’s word will be the last one. Once the prosecution is able to prove that there was sexual intercourse in a wide-range of cases, the… Continue Reading →

#India- The Criminal Law Ordinance on Sexual Assault – Cut, Paste and Shock #Vaw #womenrights

FEBRUARY 5, 2013 tags: Justice Verma Committee, Ordinance on sexual violence 2013 by Nivedita Menon Guest post by PRATIKSHA BAXI Once the Criminal Law Ordinance 2013 was uploaded, circulated and read many times, an overwhelming desire to mark the ordinance to all one’s students as an… Continue Reading →

February 5, 2013 8

#Mumbai- Gang Raped twice Dalit girl is firm in resolve to make it big #Vaw

VINAYA DESHPANDE, The Hindu social issues (general)discrimination 72-year-old house-owner had promised to put the domestic help in school; 18-year-old male servant also assaulted her The 13-year-old came here last year, resolved to study and make it big. Her 35-year-old… Continue Reading →

February 5, 2013 2

Adrienne Rich`s #Rape- but the hysteria in your voice pleases him best #poem #Vaw

Rape By Adrienne Rich The main character who the speaker is talking to first is a woman who has been sexually violated. She is a victim of a heinous and very private, embarrassing crime. The officer that she has reported… Continue Reading →

February 5, 2013 1

#India-The Official Emergency Continues – The Ordinance on Sexual Assault #Vaw

FEBRUARY 3, 2013 tags: Justice Verma Committee, law reform, nirbhaya, rape law,sexual violence by Lawrence Liang Guest post by PRATIKSHA BAXI, The reform of rape law, which was not a priority for more than two decades, seems more like a 20-20 match now. The spectacle of… Continue Reading →

February 3, 2013 8

Sharmila Tagore opposes capital punishment for rape #deathpenalty #Vaw

IANS | Feb 3, 2013, 10.46 AM IST Sharmila TagoreMore Pics Veteran actress Sharmila Tagore opposed capital punishment for rape saying death is neither the ultimate punishment nor a deterrent.“I don’t think death the ultimate punishment. It is not a deterrent because when the… Continue Reading →

February 3, 2013 3

#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 →

February 2, 2013 17

#India – has Yo Yo Honey Singh already won ? #Rap #Vaw

Garga Chatterjee | Agency: DNA A song that celebrates rape and sung allegedly by Honey Singh has been ‘discovered’. The tragedy in Delhi created the ground for this. If the discovery was supposed to raise awareness against the contents of the… Continue Reading →

January 30, 2013 0

Tribal woman #Ledha raped by S R P Kalluri, Will the court punish him ? #Vaw #custodialrape

This article appeared in Stree Garjana During an investigation, we came across the shocking case of a tribal woman who was raped by the Superintend of Police in North Chhatisgarh. This happened after she tried to get her husband to… Continue Reading →

January 28, 2013 0

MC Manmeet lambasts YO YO Honey Singh and his #Rap #Vaw #1billionrising #protest #Foe

Manmeet Kaur the bubbly , lively , woman rapper , a Japaite , set the stage on fire at the program ON 26TH jAN 2013, at Ambedkar bhavan bhavan in Mumbai. The program on freedom of expression ‘ bOl ke lab… Continue Reading →

January 27, 2013 6

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