Patriotism Doesn’t Mean Excluding Anyone, Give Women Their Rights – Sri SriSri: Sri Ravishankar, a propagator of Yoga and ancient Indian wisdom, criticized the tendency to oppose any particular community in the name of patriotism. In an interview with WION TV channel, the spiritual leader also asked vigilantism related to cow to be treated and…
Recommendations For Authorities To Ensure A Safer Web For Women: As part of my research on cyber violence against women, where I surveyed 500 women on online violence they have faced especially on social media platforms, I also suggest the following recommendations for social media platforms, law enforcement agencies and the government to ensure speedy…
Denial of rights to women is against sharia law: MJ Akbar: New Delhi: Denial of gender rights is against the sharia law and no state can be modern without gender freedom, Union Minister MJ Akbar said on Thursday. “You cannot deny gender equality to any being. Denial of gender rights is against the sharia. Anyone who…
India Now Has a Website to Educate Women about Their Legal Rights in Marriages, Jobs & More: A website called girlsgottaknow has been launched to educate women in India about their legal rights. Tasmania-based Women’s Legal Service has launched the website in collaboration with TRS Law Offices in India.
KOCHI: Women are entitled to seek protection from violence or demand monetary relief from their former spouses even after divorce by utilizing provisions of Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, the Kerala high court has said.
“We should all join hands to strive for egalitarian stability with man. But again, that war should demarcate a limit, it cannot be that after 25-30 years, we are to fight for ‘men empowerment’,” she said while attending an event organised by FICCI Ladies Organization(FLO) in Kolkata, recently. Both male and female should be involved collectively…
The Delhi Minorities Commission (DMC) has suggested to the Law Commission to modify the India Succession Act, 1925 and include the transgender individuals in its provisions. Christian transgender people would now be given equal rights with cisgender men and women over ancestral property. “The entire Christian Committee agreed. We are hopeful that this will be…
Visakhapatnam: Awareness is needed regarding the legal rights of women to prevent atrocities against them, said speakers at a meeting organised by the District Legal Services Authority (DLSA) and Gaytatri Cultural Welfare Society on Saturday. The meeting was held to discuss at length about the ‘Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal diagnostic Techniques Act (PCPNDT) Act’. Principal district…
The fight for women’s empowerment is set to be infused with some colour in Ludhiana. Graffitis advocating women’s rights are coming up across the old, dusted public walls of the city, as part of the MC’s initiative to make Ludhiana the ‘Grafitti Capital of India’. MC’s officiating commissioner, Ghanshyam Thori, said the theme of women’s…
A group of women devotees was attacked at the Trimbakeshwar temple in Nashik, Maharashtra, on Wednesday, reported Press Trust of India. They were trying to enter the inner sanctum of the temple when some local residents assaulted them. The police have registered a case against about 200 people for assaulting the women devotees. The temple…