Three-digit number allotted for women’s helpline in Delhi Edited by Shamik Ghosh | Updated: December 24, 2012 18:24 IST, NDTV New Delhi: A three-digit helpline number, 181, has been allotted by the Centre to the Delhi government for its ‘office for helping women… Continue Reading →
Dec 23, 2012, 10.28PM IST TNN GUWAHATI: Supreme Court advocate Vrinda Grover on Sunday said immunity given to the army and other Central Armed Police Forces under various acts should be abolished. The perpetrators accused of sexual violence belonging to these… Continue Reading →
IPC entitles husband to have forced sex Dec 24, 2012, 06.22AM IST TNN[ Hetal Vyas ] Forget roads and public transport. Married women in India are helpless even in their own bedrooms. For, the Indian Penal Code (IPC) does not even categorize ‘marital… Continue Reading →
By Manoj Mitta, TNN | Dec 24, 2012, 03.23 AM IST While over 100 countries have criminalized marital rape, the bill shows India in a poor light as it perpetuates the notion that a man is entitled to rape his wife. NEW DELHI:… Continue Reading →
SUBHASHINI ALI, The HinduTHE SUNDAY STORYThe Delhi bus rape has galvanised the country on the neglected issue of women’s safety. A look at several cities shows the need for large scale reform – of the police, the law, the legal… Continue Reading →
STATEMENT BY WOMEN’S AND PROGRESSIVE GROUPS AND INDIVIDUALS CONDEMNING SEXUAL VIOLENCE AND OPPOSING DEATH PENALTY On 16 December, 2012, a 23-year old woman and her friend hailed a bus at a crossing in South Delhi. In the bus, they were… Continue Reading →
In 2009, they branded her husband a Maoist and threw him in jail. Now they are after her. Shazia Nigar on the blatant witch-hunt of a rights activist Shazia NigarMore by the author > December 21, 2012, Issue 52 Volume… Continue Reading →
Flavia Agnes, Asian Age, Dec 22. 2012 Many of us from the women’s movement, who have been struggling to address the issue of rape, both through public campaigns and by providing support to individual survivors, over the last 30 years,… Continue Reading →
December 23, 2012 MUMBAI Paromita Vohra, Mid-Day I wonder if all those who are demanding capital punishment for rape, will stop evading their taxes if tax evasion is made punishable by death. Demanding capital punishment, especially in the case of a… Continue Reading →
Honey Singh’s brazenly pornographic and abusive anti-women songs glorifying rape and violence against women has evoked little protest Hardnews Bureau Delhi Raat ko nikali naari hui gadi pe savaari par voh raat usko pad gayi bhari. Peeche se aaya main … Continue Reading →
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