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Tag: Violence against women
WATCH: A victim narrates the horror of Supaul’s Kasturba Gandhi Residential School assault case
Government slogan of ‘Beti Bachao Beti Padhao’ mocked by the crowd in Supaul Bihar, when a group of people from nearby village attacked the girl students of Kasturba Gandhi Residential School in Daparkha village. Girl students of Kasturba Gandhi Residential School were beaten by a group of people from a[Read More…]
Intimate Partner Violence in India: Murders and Marital Rape
When a wealthy and powerful nobleman asks the hand of his neighbour’s youngest daughter, it terrifies her family. While he boasts of a luxurious palace and riches, there is a hitch – all his previous wives have mysteriously disappeared. Yet the girl gets married to him against her will. One[Read More…]
RSS leader Indresh Kumar holds Valentine’s day responsible for rapes in India
While addressing RSS volunteers on Friday, RSS leader, Indresh Kumar, said that Valentine’s Day is responsible for rapes and physical violence in India. He also said that the celebration of this day leads to illegitimate children and increased violence against women. He blamed the western culture for marring the purity[Read More…]
Viral Video: This touching ad on domestic violence will break your heart!
Domestic violence is an issue that is rampant in our society, yet people prefer not to acknowledge its existence within their families or the neighbourhood. It is, perhaps, one of the worst manifestations of misogyny; women are beaten up, tortured, raped and in some cases, even murdered behind closed doors.[Read More…]
Justice denied: Nirbhaya & Bilkis Bano
“Rape, is the most heinous form of murder. A murder victim dies just once. A rape victim dies every day till she is alive.” These lines were told to me by a Psychology student who was working first-hand among Rape victims for her Doctoral thesis about 20 years back. I[Read More…]
Nirbhaya gangrape case: SC upholds death sentence for four convicts
The Supreme Court on Friday has upheld the death sentence of all the four convicts in the Nirbhaya gangrape case that shook the nation on the night of December 16, 2012. The 23-year-old physiotherapist was gangraped by six men, including one juvenile, on a moving bus, brutalized with an iron[Read More…]
Indecent representation of women in movies are the main reason of sexual violence: Maneka Gandhi
Union Minister for Women and Child Development Maneka Gandhi has blamed movies for the increase of violence against women and urged the film industry to portray women in a better light. “We have very important reason why men believe they can get away or they indulge in violence against women[Read More…]