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Priyanka Ishwari
How to Read the Latest Crime Against Women Data?
29 Sep 2021
The NCRB’s 'Crime in India-2020' report, which showed a dip in crimes against women, needs to be taken with a pinch of salt as the decrease in the number of crimes could be due to underreporting amid…
Newsclick Report
AIDWA Condemns Gauhati HC’s Decision to Grant Bail to IIT-Guwahati Rape Accused
26 Aug 2021
AIDWA said in a statement that the accused attitude is anti-women, patriarchal and regressive, and he forcibly committed sexual violence on the girl with no regard to her personal autonomy and bodily…
Abdul Rahman
Afghan Women Face an Uncertain Future as Taliban Grows Stronger
10 Aug 2021
The cause of the Afghan women was a major reason cited by the US during its invasion of Afghanistan. Today as the US leaves and the Taliban is resurgent, what is the state of women?
Newsclick Report
Spate of Rape Incidents in West Bengal Raises Question over Safety of Women
09 Jul 2021
Burdwan East district has seen a series of brutal rape incidents in July with three cases being reported within four days.
Smruti Koppikar
Misogyny and Regressive Mindset in Rape Trial Puts Survivor in Dock
30 May 2021
The judgment in the Tarun Tejpal case makes a mockery of the small advancements India has made towards gender justice.
Mohd. Imran Khan
Bihar: COVID-19 Positive Woman Allegedly Sexually Abused at Private Hospital’s ICU
17 May 2021
This is not the first such reported case in a hospital in Bihar during the ongoing second wave of COVID-19.
Kashif Kakvi
In MP’s Alirajpur, Minor Rape Survivor Allegedly Paraded to Chants of Bharat Mata Ki Jai, 6 Arrested
30 Mar 2021
According to police, the villagers assaulted the rape survivor and accused the whole night and later paraded them on Sunday morning, instead of informing the police.
Sruti M.D.
TN Elections: A Declining Women Workforce Must be Tackled, Freebies Will Not Suffice
24 Mar 2021
A lot of the schemes reinforce the status quo of women in society. The status quo is also strengthened with a steep decline in the female labour force participation rate, pushing more and more women…
Peoples Dispatch
Thousands of Women in Australia March Against Sexual Violence
18 Mar 2021
Over 40 cities and towns, including the major cities of Canberra, Sydney and Melbourne, witnessed tens of thousands of women protesting in response to recent sexual assault allegations against…
Anees Zargar
I Thought There Was No Dowry Related Problem in Kashmir, Says Women’s Commission Chief
12 Feb 2021
This was the first public hearing by NCW in one-and-half years since the abrogation of Article 370 and division of J&K state into 2 Union territories.