Harassment, Assault, Murder – But Stalking Is Still Not A ‘Serious’ Crime
New Delhi: The murder last week of Chennai college student Sathya Priya by her stalker is at once horrific and familiar: a young woman is followed …
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How All-Girls Collectives Are Battling Sex Trafficking In Sundarbans
Basanti (South 24 Parganas, West Bengal) /New Delhi: With criminal networks, apathetic policing and patriarchal practices turning the impoverished Sundarbans delta region in West Bengal into …
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Why Gender Crimes Need Exclusive Not Segregated Handling By Police: Studies
New Delhi: Police stations with help desks for women, especially those run by women, are more likely to register cases of gender-based violence, says a new …
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How Digital Spaces Are Pushing Marginalised Women Campaigners Further Into Shadows
New Delhi: The rights of women from India’s marginalised communities are being disproportionately constrained and eroded in digital civic spaces, says a report by The Bachchao …
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A Dalit Women’s Union Wrests a First-Ever Private Pact Ensuring Gender Safety At Work
New Delhi: After a year-long campaign by a Dalit women’s union in Tamil Nadu, the multinational fast-fashion brand H&M and its Tamil Nadu-based supplier, Eastman Exports …
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Dalit Survivors Of Sexual Violence Deal With Blocks To Justice At Every Step
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Why Only 1 In 10 Survivors Of Domestic Violence Seeks Justice
Patan, Gujarat: Every third married woman in India faces spousal violence but only one in 10 seeks any help, says a 2020 study published in the …
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India’s New Transgender Portal Is Caught In Red Tape, Apathy and Bias
New Delhi: Roll call is always traumatising for Veronica Tyagi, 19, a trans woman studying zoology at the Lovely Professional University in Phagwara, Punjab. Every time …
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Health Workers Can Be Critical In The Campaign Against Domestic Violence
Patan, Gujarat: “A pregnant woman has been hit in the stomach by her husband; she is bleeding. There are also marks of assault on her legs …
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Gujarat’s Rural Hospitals Become Support Centres For Domestic Violence Survivors
Patan, Gujarat: The excitement is palpable at the gathering of around 30 women, old and young, seated in a circle at the sub-district hospital in Patan …
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