Tag Sexual Assault
TABISH KHAIR, The Hindu Give her her space. Photo: Shiv Kumar Pushpakar It’s good you took to the streets to protest not for yourself; still there is so much more you can do, says Tabish Khair. It is good that… Continue Reading →
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 →
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 →
December 31, 2012, sarai.net By Saroj Giri ‘National shame’, lajja – this is the sentiment most Indians feel, now that the raped girl has died. The rape has so far been essentially portrayed as a heinous but aberrant… 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 →
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 →
PUCL press statement on Delhi gang rape, 24th December, 2012 PUCL strongly condemns the brutal, bestial and savage sexual assault of a 23 year old girl in a moving Delhi bus on 16th December leaving her battling for life. We… 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 →
JUSTICE FOR WOMEN NOW! Call for a citizen’s march to India Gate on 27 December. Assemble at the Gol Gumbaz Nizamuddin at 2 p.m. We demand Sack the Delhi Police Commissioner. Fast-track 1 lakh pending rape cases across the country… Continue Reading →
By IANS – LUCKNOW 25th December 2012 08:11 AM A minor’s rapist and murderer was Monday sentenced to death by a Bareilly court in Uttar Pradesh even as the state government issued orders to slap charges under the stringent National… Continue Reading →