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Communities practicing female genital mutilation for generations believe it is ‘just a pinch of skin’ with no lasting impact on the girl International Day of Zero Tolerance For Female Genital Mutilation, marked on February 6 every year, is an important… Continue Reading →
1 in 3 women across the planet will be beaten or raped during her lifetime. That’s ONE BILLION WOMEN AND GIRLS. Every February through March 8th, thousands of Risings take place in hundreds of countries across the world… Continue Reading →
DC | Bellie Thomas | August 05, 20 Bengaluru: It has shades of the Tarun Tejpal case. While the Tehelka founder editor is in the dock for allegedly raping a colleague in a lift, a Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of a video-gaming… Continue Reading →
Odisha Sun Times Bureau New Delhi, July 26: In a shocking incident, a woman from Odisha was allegedly sold at a public auction in Hamirpur district in Uttar Pradesh, a report in the Deccan Herald said on Friday. According to… Continue Reading →
By Samar 27 June, 2014 Countercurrents.org The calls were not getting answered, not a single one of them. The friend was recounting the tale of a female friend held hostage by some people in her own house with horror. I… Continue Reading →
UK travel expert Prasun Sonwalkar, Hindustan Times London, June 07, 2014 Reports of rape and sexual assaults on women in India continue to make headlines in the British media as the Foreign Office advisory asks women travelling to India to exercise… Continue Reading →
By AMANA FONTANELLA-KHANJUNE 4, 2014 WHEN a distressed father is reporting his daughter’s disappearance to a policeman in India, there are some questions he doesn’t want to hear. “What is your caste?” is one of them. Yet, the father, Sohan Lal,… Continue Reading →
Thursday, 22 May 2014 – 11:29pm IST | Place: Mumbai | Agency: DNA Webdesk Vishal Manve Pledging support, holding candles and walking upto India-gate and seeking justice or starting campaigns, India has seen numerous protests against crimes inflicted on women post the Delhi gang-rape… Continue Reading →
— By FREE PRESS NEWS SERVICE, May 14, 2014 12:41 am SHIVPURI: Three youths dragged a 13-year-old girl to a house and gang-raped her in a village under Khaniandhana police station area on Monday night. The girl was watching a marriage procession… Continue Reading →