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Rajasthan tops failed sterilizations list #vaw #gender

  TNN | Sep 21, 2012, JAIPUR: The Rajasthan government may have gone on an overdrive sterilizing women to control population but the programme has had its fallout too. The state has booked the top slot in the country in terms of the number… Continue Reading →

Standing in a woman’s shoes #gender #justice

  PRABHA SRIDEVAN, The Hindu   The Madras High Court has played a stellar role in the evolution of gender justice in its 150 years of existence, setting the trend for social change through its rulings Physical, social and economic… Continue Reading →

India- Free medicine scheme gets Rs 1,300 crore boost #rightohealth

Kounteya SinhaKounteya Sinha, TNN | Sep 20, 2012, 02.12AM IST Union health minister Ghulam Nabi Azad has cleared Rs 1,300 crore under the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) for states to support their purchase of medicines. NEW DELHI: India has… Continue Reading →

Tamil Nadu- Gender Violence – Intervention report #vaw

Suspicion on part of a husband on his wife’s fidelity gives him a right to inflict injury or murder her, if we went by the diktat’s of the Police Station‘s in Tamilnadu. Sathya, a mother of three married to Venkatesh… Continue Reading →

Bombay High Court comes to the rescue of malnourished children

MEENA MENON, The Hindu   Activate MIS-based tracking, Maharashtra Government told Soon children under six and mothers in Maharashtra’s Melghat region, which is facing malnutrition will be tracked using management information system (MIS) following a directive from the Bombay High… Continue Reading →

Bombay High Court comes to the rescue of malnourished children

MEENA MENON, The Hindu   Activate MIS-based tracking, Maharashtra Government told Soon children under six and mothers in Maharashtra’s Melghat region, which is facing malnutrition will be tracked using management information system (MIS) following a directive from the Bombay High… Continue Reading →

Fast-track courts for sexual assault cases #vaw #goodnews #gender #justice

TNN Sep 12, 2012 NEW DELHI: The Delhi government has decided to set up five fast-track courts exclusively for cases of sexual assaults on women to ensure speedy justice to the victims. A decision to this effect was taken at a… Continue Reading →

Botched sterilization claims 56 lives #VAW

Kounteya Sinha, TNN Sep 9, 2012, NEW DELHI: Botched sterilizations have claimed 56 lives this year, while 29 others have reported complications. Also, 2,609 cases of failed sterilization operations have been recorded so far in 2012. Cases of sterilizations that went… Continue Reading →

Botched sterilization claims 56 lives #VAW

Kounteya Sinha, TNN Sep 9, 2012, NEW DELHI: Botched sterilizations have claimed 56 lives this year, while 29 others have reported complications. Also, 2,609 cases of failed sterilization operations have been recorded so far in 2012. Cases of sterilizations that went… Continue Reading →

Akhilesh launches free, 24×7 ambulance service #goodnews

SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT, The Hindu   Just a call, and vehicle will be on the doorstep of patient within 20 minutes Lining up in service:Ambulances to provide emergency medical relief launched by Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav in Lucknow on… Continue Reading →

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