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India- Karnataka Court asks #Army not to behave like #Khap Panchayats #VAW #genderjustice

Don’t behave like a khap panchayat, Karnataka HC tells Army Hetal Vyas, TNN | Oct 31, 2012, 01.46AM IST e:Major Vikas Kumar|Karnataka High Court|Army Karnataka high court on Tuesday compared the Army to a khap panchayat for blocking a young officer’s bid… Continue Reading →

#India #Gujarat -‘I am #NarendraModi’s Wife”- Jashodadaben

In a poor village, the woman who is believed to be the estranged wife of the most powerful man in Gujarat lives in a one-room home BY Haima Deshpande , OPEN MAGAZINE TAGGED UNDER | Narendra Modi | Gujarat | Jashodaben Modi OTHER HALF “I will not… Continue Reading →

#Invitation- Public Meeting: “Being Woman, Being Dalit in Haryana” 31st Oct. #Delhi

New Socialist Initiative (NSI) Invites you to a Public Meeting on “Being Woman, Being Dalit in Haryana”  Speakers  Jagmati Sangwan   (Director, Women’s Study Centre, M.D University, Rohtak, and State President of AIDWA, Haryana)   Subhash Gatade (Prominent Activist & Author… Continue Reading →

#VAW -Raped by stepfather at 13, Forced to illegal abortion #Mexico

We must never forget! RH Reality Check / By Dawn Hill I Was Raped By My Stepfather at 13 and Forced to Get an Illegal Abortion in Mexico I became pregnant, contrary to the “scientific theories” of many modern Republicans…. Continue Reading →

#Mumbai High Court orders probe – Armed men would come, pick women and rape them #VAW

Hours after Mumbai Mirror report… CM, High Court order probe into horror ‘shelter’ Crime Branch to investigate allegations of rape at Mankhurd women’s home, HC serves notices to state welfare department, police chief  Yogesh Sadhwani, Mumbai Mirror Chief Minister Prithviraj… Continue Reading →

Cash transfers: UIDAI’s newest battle is with finance ministry #uid #biometrics #aadhar

      30 OCT, 2012, 05.59AM IST, M RAJSHEKHAR,ET BUREAU In its short life, the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has seen its fair share of skirmishes. Its latest skirmish is with an arm of the finance ministry, thedepartment… Continue Reading →

#India- Blundering on land and #Aadhaar #UID #Biometrics

Praful Bidwai, http://www.pratirodh.com/ Aadhaar-UID system is fraught with serious flaws which will affect poor the most. The fanfare with which Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress president Sonia Gandhi launched a service delivery scheme in Rajasthan based on the Aadhaar (foundation)… Continue Reading →

#India- #Irom Sharmila refuses award

KOLKATA, October 29, 2012     Ananya Dutta   Brother asks Kovilan Trust to present it after she fulfils mission Irom Sharmila, the civil rights activist from Manipur who has been on a 12-year protest fast demanding that the Armed Forces… Continue Reading →

#Koodankulam -Thousands of protestors detained while laying siege to TN assembly

By Tariq Abdul Muhaimin 10/29/12  NEWZFIRST CHENNAI, TN – Thousands of protestors including leaders of different political parties were detained by the police on Monday, when they were en route to lay siege outside the Tamil Nadu assembly demanding the… Continue Reading →

#India- 52 year old Orphange director arrested for raping minor girl #Visakhapatnam #Vaw

Oct 29, 2012   Visakhapatnam   Action Taken: Swami Poornananda (52) was apprehended under section section 376 (punishment for rape) of the IPC after the victim lodged a complaint against him, they said. Description: An orphanage director was arrested for allegedly… Continue Reading →

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