In the middle of 2014, Nalini Goel*, a newly confirmed resident of the United States of America, realised that she had had enough. Her abusive husband had almost killed her once, had hospitalised her several more times including when she was pregnant and had even threatened her daughter when she was born.
In the last four years (2013-16) the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) officials have registered 118 cases of sexual harassment in its offices, reveals a right to information (RTI) response. In a reply to the RTI filed by activist Anil Galgali requesting number of sexual harassment complaints filed in the civic administration and action taken, the…
MUMBAI — Mallika Sherawat, who has been very vocal about her support for women-related causes, has recently shot for a documentary on women’s issues in Mumbai. Titled “Free a Girl,” the film is being made by the volunteers of the ‘Free a Girl Movement’ — a Dutch project that highlights violence against Indian women. Read…
Teenagers in India are at a greater risk of encountering threats on their mobile devices, says a study. 54 percent of the respondents say that young adults are more likely to commit mobile-related crime like revenge porn. The study by Norton by Symantec that consisted of 1,005 Indian smartphone and tablet users aged 16 years…
The Supreme Court Women Lawyers’ Association (SCWLA) was in the news last year when it moved the Supreme Court to be made a party in a controversial PIL filed by lawyer Kamlesh Vaswani calling for a ban on porn. This week the SCWLA kicked up a storm when in an affidavit filed in connection with…
CHENNAI, India (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – The death of a schoolgirl three days after she was set on fire by a stalker in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu has sparked outrage from activists who said the law was failing victims of unwanted advances from men.
MUMBAI, India (Thomson Reuters Foundation) — Graphic mobile phone clips of gang rapes are being sold in shops in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, as a spate of rapes in one of the country’s most violent states has sparked anger and calls for the chief minister to step down.
PANAJI: The chief minister of Goa Laxmikant Parsekar told state Legislative Assembly on Tuesday, that escort services and prostitution are being professionally run via internet. The Cyber Crime Police Station is empowered to registered cases only under IT Act and Intellectual property rights related cases. The cases under ITP Act are not registered at Cyber…
Actress Parvathy has made a shocking revelation that she had faced child abuse in her life. At a recent function held at St. Theresas college, Ernakulam, the actress opened up opened up about her own experience onf encountrer child abuse, eve teasing and stalking, to the much shock of her fans and the media. Read…
New Delhi: While public resentment is growing over the increasing incidents of rape in India, particularly in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh (UP), political leadership does not seem to see a reason to worry. Though the status of women in India, both historically and socially, has been one of respect and reverence, the hard…