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#INDIA- Mental Health Law Reform: Challenges Ahead

Posted on December 23, 2012by jilsblognujs by Aditya Ayachit Mental disorders are complex physiological infirmities of the nervous system. While they continue be the tough riddles in the field of medical research, they pose even more daunting challenges in the socio-economic and… Continue Reading →

#India- Enabling the disabled

  AJOY ASHIRWAD MAHAPRASHASTA, Frontline   The larger struggle of the disability movement is about finding a voice and making it assertive. In India, it is about pressuring the state to fulfil its social responsibility. AJOY ASHIRWAD MAHAPRASHASTA  Disability rights… Continue Reading →

Two-year-old who was allegedly raped by her uncle dies in Gujarat hospital #Vaw

Edited by Sindhu Manjesh | Updated: December 26, 2012 09:39 IST Vadodara: A two-year-old who was raped, allegedly by her maternal uncle, and then thrown into a thorny bush, has died in a Vadodara hospital. The child had been found wailing… Continue Reading →

#India- Shame story for SC/ST rape victims #Vaw #Dalit

Published: Wednesday, Dec 26, 2012, 2:23 IST By Sandeep Pai | Place: Mumbai Across the country, the number of rape cases in which the victims were women from the scheduled tribes (STs) increased by close to 40% between 2009 and 2011, records… Continue Reading →

Justice for Women NOW -Call for a citizen’s march to India Gate on 27 December

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 →

Ex-judges not in favour of #deathpenalty to rapists #Justice #Vaw

By Debashis Konar, TNN | Dec 26, 2012, 03.14 AM IST KOLKATA: With protesters in Delhi demanding death penalty to rapists, the Centre has appointed former Chief Justice of India JS Verma to head a committee that will review laws related to sexual assault. While… Continue Reading →

Delhi- Police harassment of peaceful women protesters at Jantar Mantar on Dec 25th

Dear all, I am forwarding a mail I wrote to the CM Sheila Dikshit about the police harassment of 12 women participating in a peaceful gathering at Jantar Mantar on 25th Dec afternoon. The 12 of us (most people were… Continue Reading →

#India-Jharkhand: Muffling dissent #Aparnamarandi #Dayamanibarla

  MANOB CHOWDHURY  Aparna Marandiwith her son in Ranchi after Frontline-, Dec 2012 JHARKHAND is leading from the front to shackle the many democratic people’s movements which have raised their voices against private mining and land acquisition in the State. In… Continue Reading →

Delhi gangrape protests: Police constable Subhash Tomar dies

PTI : New Delhi, Tue Dec 25 2012, 11:15 hrs  47-year-old Delhi Police Constable, who suffered serious injuries during violent protests at India Gate on Sunday, died today after battling for life in a city hospital. Subhash Chand Tomar was on… Continue Reading →

Rape Cultures in India- #mustread #Vaw #Torture #AFSPA

DECEMBER 23, 2012, Kafila.org tags: Delhi rape, violence on women in India by Nivedita Menon Guest post by PRATIKSHA BAXI Delhi has tolerated intolerable forms of sexual violence on women from all backgrounds in public spaces for decades. It is a public secret that… Continue Reading →

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