Mangaluru moral policing: A communalist walks into a bar... named Amnesia
7 years ago

Mangaluru moral policing: A communalist walks into a bar... named Amnesia

Deccan Chronicle  

The year 2009 possibly holds memories for everyone, some good and some bad. Seeing themselves as keepers of morality, these men pushed young men and women out of the pub, dragged the women by their hair, and punched and abused them using obscene, offensive and filthy language. Equality is an important component of justice and women expect the courts to follow a reasonable process to fairly and impartially give an even-handed verdict. A video grab of Ram Sena members rushing into Amnesia Pub in 2009 Talking of equality, women suffer more not because there are fewer laws to uphold their rights but because the concept of gender equality is not yet understood from a rights perspective by any of the structures of the criminal justice system. What is required instead is for all resources at the disposal of the government and the criminal justice system to be employed to suitably punish the perpetrators of crimes against women.

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Women in India should each be allowed to commit one murder due to rape epidemic, politician suggests
2 weeks, 6 days ago

Women in India should each be allowed to commit one murder due to rape epidemic, politician suggests

Daily Mail  

An Indian politician has sparked fierce controversy after suggesting that women in the country should be granted immunity for murder amid the rape epidemic. Rohini Khadse, head of the women's wing of the Nationalist Congress Party made the shocking proposal in a letter to Indian President Droupadi Murmu on International Women's Day. Rohini Khadse, head of the women's wing of …

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3 weeks, 4 days ago

Women's security our govt's priority; we amended laws to give death penalty for crimes like rape, says PM

The Hindu  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the occasion of International Women’s Day on Saturday said that in the last 10 years, his government has given top priority to women’s security, and amended laws to introduce capital punishment for heinous crimes like rape. Addressing a huge gathering at Vansi Borsi village in Navsari district on International Women's Day Modi said that India …

Allow women to commit one murder without punishment: NCP-SP leader Rohini Khadse urges President Murmu
3 weeks, 4 days ago

Allow women to commit one murder without punishment: NCP-SP leader Rohini Khadse urges President Murmu

The Hindu  

Against the backdrop of International Women’s Day, Opposition alliance partner Nationalist Congress Party women’s wing on Saturday, urged President Droupadi Murmu to allow women to commit one murder, without any punishment in view of the growing crime against women. International Women’s Day LIVE: President Murmu calls for greater workforce participation of women Women’s wing president, Rohini Khadse wrote a letter …

The Carceral Seductions And The Unfinished Struggles Of Legal Feminism In India
3 weeks, 4 days ago

The Carceral Seductions And The Unfinished Struggles Of Legal Feminism In India

Live Law  

Every March 8, legal feminists in India are reminded of their uneasy tryst with the law—a rendezvous filled with triumphs, betrayals, and lingering questions. But this was also the moment where a central tension emerged: in seeking legal protection against gendered violence, feminist activism necessarily relied on the state's coercive capacities. The 1983 amendments strengthened rape laws, but they also …

​Long roots: on India and patriarchal biases
4 weeks, 2 days ago

​Long roots: on India and patriarchal biases

The Hindu  

If institutions are serious about rooting out sexism, they must walk the talk. In a judgment last week, the Supreme Court of India showed its intent by declaring that with more and more women joining judicial service, it was time for the judiciary to be more cognisant of their well-being at the workplace. Reinstating two women judicial officers of Madhya …

Fencing out interfaith relationships in the new India
1 month, 1 week ago

Fencing out interfaith relationships in the new India

The Hindu  

On January 27, 2025, Uttarakhand became the first Indian State to implement the Uniform Civil Code, placing private relationships under state surveillance. Against this background, the UCC’s provisions on live-in relationships take state scrutiny to a new extreme — even informal relationships are subject to surveillance. The ability of such vigilantes to interfere in private relationships underscores how the UCC …

Fight gender discrimination, patriarchal exploitation, says women’s panel chief
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Fight gender discrimination, patriarchal exploitation, says women’s panel chief

The Hindu  

Expressing deep concern over increasing patriarchal values in society, State Women’s Commission chairperson Nagalakshmi Choudhary has called upon people, especially women, not to accept patriarchy as their fate but to fight gender discrimination and exploitation to assert their rights. If women are aware of their rights and fight back, patriarchal oppression automatically comes down,” she said, after inaugurating a women’s …

Equality above all: A call for women’s liberation
4 months ago

Equality above all: A call for women’s liberation

Hindustan Times  

The 25th anniversary of the formation of our republic is indeed a significant occasion to take stock of the position that the women of this country enjoy and the progress they have achieved since the days of colonial domination. The realisation by the founding fathers of the Indian Constitution that women require special protection is also evidenced in the inspiring …

Equality above all: A call for women’s liberation
4 months ago

Equality above all: A call for women’s liberation

Hindustan Times  

The 25th anniversary of the formation of our republic is indeed a significant occasion to take stock of the position that the women of this country enjoy and the progress they have achieved since the days of colonial domination. The realisation by the founding fathers of the Indian Constitution that women require special protection is also evidenced in the inspiring …

Review of Tanika Sarkar’s Religion & Women in India: Gender regimes
4 months, 1 week ago

Review of Tanika Sarkar’s Religion & Women in India: Gender regimes

The Hindu  

Tanika Sarkar’s latest publication is an ambitious book, Religion & Women in India: Gender, Faith, and Politics 1780s-1980s, spanning two centuries, a sweeping survey of the intersections of gender, religion and politics in India between the 1780s to 1980s. The horizons of its ambition are further expanded by the inevitable opening up of the categories of “religion” and “faith”, which …

From the India Today Archives (1980): Indian women: A time for reckoning
4 months, 3 weeks ago

From the India Today Archives (1980): Indian women: A time for reckoning

India Today  

They are unsafe on the streets and discriminated against at work. A mere 2.5 per cent of the Central Government’s 1.87 million employees are women. To Lajjo, 30 years old and mother of seven children, "The women’s condition is a question of two rotis." The ICSSR study on the status of Indian women says that "detailed analysis of employment of …

A New Chapter in the Story of Lady Justice: Embracing Equality Through Symbolism
5 months, 1 week ago

A New Chapter in the Story of Lady Justice: Embracing Equality Through Symbolism

Live Mint  

The Supreme Court of India has unveiled a redesigned version of Lady Justice, shedding colonial baggage and aligning its symbolism with the country's commitment to institutional sovereignty. The blindfold, which represented fairness, has been removed, and the sword has been replaced with a copy of India's Constitution. This symbolic shift aims to convey equality in the eyes of justice.

Liberating Women: CJI DY Chandrachud says, 'breaking patriarchal barriers leads to achievement & innovation'
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Liberating Women: CJI DY Chandrachud says, 'breaking patriarchal barriers leads to achievement & innovation'

Firstpost  

Delivering a keynote address at CNN News18 SheShakti 2024, CJI DY Chandrachud said that talking about women’s rights is ’not a woman’s thing, but it’s about all of us to engage in serious conversation' “Once you liberate women from the network of patriarchal social attitudes and provide to them a level playing field on the basis of equality of opportunity, …

Society must shed patriarchal mindset, stringent laws alone won't ensure justice: CJI Chandrachud
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Society must shed patriarchal mindset, stringent laws alone won't ensure justice: CJI Chandrachud

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: There is no dearth of legal provisions to protect the interest of women in private and public spaces but law alone cannot make a just system, Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud said on Monday, stressing that society also has to shed its "patriarchal social attitude". Speaking at News18 Network's She Shakti event, CJI Chandrachud said "we …

Threat at every step: What it takes to stay alive as women
7 months, 1 week ago

Threat at every step: What it takes to stay alive as women

New Indian Express  

Grim figures Violence and abuse against women and girls is frequent on streets, in public transportation and in other public places. In 2022, the Delhi Police registered a total of 1212 cases of sexual assault which says that on an average three women were raped daily in the city. According to the data shared by the National Crime Records Bureau, …

Crime against women unforgivable, guilty should not be spared: PM Modi at 'Lakhpati Didi' rally
7 months, 1 week ago

Crime against women unforgivable, guilty should not be spared: PM Modi at 'Lakhpati Didi' rally

New Indian Express  

MUMBAI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said crimes against women are unpardonable sins and the guilty should not be spared. He was speaking at the ‘Lakhpati Didi Sammelan’ in north Maharashtra’s Jalgaon, days after the rape-murder of a trainee doctor in Kolkata’s RG Kar Hospital and the sexual assault of two minor girls at a school in Maharashtra’s Badlapur, …

Beyond Lenient Laws: What Will It Take to Protect India’s Women?
7 months, 1 week ago

Beyond Lenient Laws: What Will It Take to Protect India’s Women?

News 18  

After this fortnight, it is not hard to see why some are demanding speedy punishment, including automatic death sentences for severe crimes against women. A migrant labourer was charged with the crime and sentenced to death, a verdict upheld by the Kerala High Court in May 2024. “Every sinner has a future" There was the startling “every sinner has a …

Legally Speaking | Rape, outrage, and the legal system: Tracing the evolution of India's rape laws
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Legally Speaking | Rape, outrage, and the legal system: Tracing the evolution of India's rape laws

Hindustan Times  

The brutal rape and murder of a postgraduate trainee doctor at Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College has once again highlighted issues surrounding violence against women, the role of the legal system, and societal attitudes. The history of rape laws in India reveals that public outrage following heinous crimes has often served as a catalyst for legal reforms. The term "rape" …

Harsher anti-rape laws alone do not deter crimes against women, Supreme Court had warned government in Nirbhaya verdict
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Harsher anti-rape laws alone do not deter crimes against women, Supreme Court had warned government in Nirbhaya verdict

The Hindu  

Stringent laws and punishments against rape may not be enough to fight rising crimes against women, the Supreme Court had warned the government in 2017. The Crime in India report published by the National Crime Records Bureau last year showed a total of 4,45,256 cases of crime against women were registered across India in 2022, almost 51 First Information Reports …

‘Nari Shakti: Myth and reality’ takes stock of women’s progress over the last decade
11 months, 1 week ago

‘Nari Shakti: Myth and reality’ takes stock of women’s progress over the last decade

The Hindu  

A report titled ‘Nari Shakti: Myth and Reality’ brought out by Bahutva Karnataka, in collaboration with Naveddu Nilladiddare Karnataka, has examined how women in India have fared over the past decade during the Narendra Modi-led NDA regime. Focussing on violence against women, women’s rights, dignity and agency, economic empowerment, social empowerment, and political representation, the report noted with concern that …

‘Policing love’: Why couples could now be thrown in jail just for living together in India
1 year ago

‘Policing love’: Why couples could now be thrown in jail just for living together in India

The Independent  

Latika and Ankit don’t want to get married. Here in the picturesque Himalayan foothills, where The Beatles came to seek spiritual enlightenment, the Uttarakhand state government has become the first in the country to draft and approve a controversial law governing many aspects of people’s private lives, including marriage, divorce, inheritance, property rights and – most controversially – so-called “live-in” …

A feminist approach to gender-based violence policymaking in India
1 year, 1 month ago

A feminist approach to gender-based violence policymaking in India

Hindustan Times  

While the Indian constitution guarantees the protection of life and liberty and prohibits discrimination based on gender, policymaking in this field is stymied by several problems. India’s social structure, with long-standing gender inequalities rooted in patriarchal norms and gender roles, plays a significant role in perpetuating GBV. While the common forms of GBV against women in India are acts of …

A feminist approach to gender-based violence policymaking in India
1 year, 1 month ago

A feminist approach to gender-based violence policymaking in India

Hindustan Times  

India’s social structure, with enduring gender inequalities rooted in patriarchal norms, plays a significant role in perpetuating gender-based violence. In the context of this brief, GBV refers to acts of abuse of a sexual, physical, psychological, or financial nature committed against women in India. India’s social structure, with long-standing gender inequalities rooted in patriarchal norms and gender roles, plays a …

Cannot excuse sexual violence against women in Manipur on ground that crimes are committed against them in other parts of country: Supreme Court
1 year, 8 months ago

Cannot excuse sexual violence against women in Manipur on ground that crimes are committed against them in other parts of country: Supreme Court

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on Monday said the “systemic” and “unprecedented magnitude” of sexual violence committed against women in Manipur amidst ethnic clashes cannot be excused on the ground that crimes happened to women in other parts of the country too. “You cannot excuse what is taking place in Manipur now on the ground that such crimes are happening to several …

Manipur: SC slams cops for giving victims to mob
1 year, 8 months ago

Manipur: SC slams cops for giving victims to mob

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday described as “horrendous” the video of two women being paraded naked in Manipur and sought information about the steps taken so far over the FIRs lodged, saying it does not want the state police to probe the matter now as they had virtually handed over the women to the rioting mob. Describing the …

Empowerment or exploitation? How Uniform Civil Code will impact women’s rights in India
1 year, 8 months ago

Empowerment or exploitation? How Uniform Civil Code will impact women’s rights in India

The Hindu  

Published : Jul 27, 2023 11:00 IST - 9 MINS READ Is uniformity in law good for women? The Bebaak Collective, while suggesting reforms within Muslim personal law, has pointed out that all personal laws discriminate against women through the patriarchal institutions of the family and heteronormative marriage. It has sent a list of suggestions to the Law Commission titled …

OPINION | BENGAL : THOSE WHO ASSAULTED WOMEN MUST BE PUNISHED
1 year, 8 months ago

OPINION | BENGAL : THOSE WHO ASSAULTED WOMEN MUST BE PUNISHED

India TV News  

At a time when the nation seethes with anger over the parading of two naked women in Manipur, disturbing reports have come from West Bengal of two BJP panchayat poll women candidates beaten up and stripped by alleged Trinamool supporters. Whether it is Manipur CM N. Biren Singh or West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee, I want to remind them of …

Hard code to crack
1 year, 9 months ago

Hard code to crack

Live Mint  

That gender justice is yet to be established in India is beyond doubt. Legislative action holds the key to this aim, like a Uniform Civil Code on family matters for followers of all religions. The risk is that another key in the shape of social adherence to faith might warp the legal one’s efficacy, perhaps even its legal wording. Most …

Challenging the Dominant Discourse of Universalising Violence Against Women
2 years ago

Challenging the Dominant Discourse of Universalising Violence Against Women

News 18  

In the popular imagination, the tides of gender justice are turning. As per the National Crime Records Bureau data of 2019, 10 Dalit women and minor girls are raped in India every day. Neglect from police departments, biasedness from the judiciary and uprisings of pressure from upper-caste communities is often seen in cases involving sexual violence against Dalit women. The …

Violence against women, girls perpetrated by terrorists remains rampant: India at UNSC
2 years ago

Violence against women, girls perpetrated by terrorists remains rampant: India at UNSC

Firstpost  

India has told the UN Security Council that violence perpetrated by terrorists against women and girls remains rampant and should be strongly condemned while calling for the adoption of a zero-tolerance approach to all forms of terrorism United Nations: India has told the UN Security Council that violence perpetrated by terrorists against women and girls remains rampant and should be …

Why The Workplace Sexual Harassment Law In India Is Focused On Women?
2 years ago

Why The Workplace Sexual Harassment Law In India Is Focused On Women?

Live Law  

At outset, I would like to clarify the nowhere the article is in denial of the fact that individuals not assigned female sex at birth and those who do not identify themselves as women are not victims of workplace sexual harassment. However, the article is an attempt to explain reasons for India having a workplace sexual harassment law for women. …

Relieve the unfair burden of staying single in India Inc
2 years, 1 month ago

Relieve the unfair burden of staying single in India Inc

Live Mint  

Corporate India, by and large, has a rigid hierarchy in place where the decisions of a single working woman are often questioned more than those of her counterparts who are male and married, female and married, and also male and unmarried. An article in The Washington Post, titled ‘These single women say they face a workplace penalty, too’, details studies …

Why Gender Sensitisation In Educational Institutes Can Curb Gender-Related Crimes. Experts Weigh In
2 years, 1 month ago

Why Gender Sensitisation In Educational Institutes Can Curb Gender-Related Crimes. Experts Weigh In

ABP News  

India has an array of laws, policies and programmes that seek to address gender-related crimes. Reasons Behind Gender-Related Crimes Among Youth The increasing incidents of crimes against women can be attributed to various factors, including the prevalence of "patriarchal and sexist beliefs among men", as well as their hostile attitudes towards women, according to experts. I believe that we should …

INDIA, THIS SIDE | Women who make us what we are
2 years, 2 months ago

INDIA, THIS SIDE | Women who make us what we are

The Hindu  

Published : Jan 12, 2023 10:15 IST Indian history is no exception to the unfortunate universal norm of ignoring women in historical narratives. It would be obviously impossible for one to mention all such women whose life stories one has seen unfolding before one’s eyes. Surekha, whose husband was lured away by a godman soon after her marriage, and whose …

Making India safer for women
2 years, 3 months ago

Making India safer for women

Hindustan Times  

A woman stabbed 51 times by her stalker with a screwdriver in Chhattisgarh’s Korba district. National Crime Records Bureau data shows that in 2021, a crime against a woman was recorded nearly every minute, with abduction, rape and domestic violence forming the bulk of the cases. It has left the police baffled and society shocked, underlining a fundamental disconnect between …

Four women 'rape' a man in Jalandhar: Gender-neutral laws are crying need of hour
2 years, 3 months ago

Four women 'rape' a man in Jalandhar: Gender-neutral laws are crying need of hour

Firstpost  

While India’s rape laws have undergone changes over the past few decades – they still continue to regressively espouse patriarchal structures. The need is for gender-neutral rape laws that stand for equality and dignity of men, transgender and homosexual persons to be protected, alongside women Minutes after I got off a show on a leading English news channel about intimate …

DC Edit | RSS outreach to women, Muslims is meaningful
2 years, 5 months ago

DC Edit | RSS outreach to women, Muslims is meaningful

Deccan Chronicle  

The significance for India of the annual speech of the sarsanghchalak of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh on the occasion of Vijaya Dashami, the culmination of the auspicious festival of Dussehra, lies somewhere in-between the papal proclamation and address on Christmas Eve and the US President’s state of the nation report address to Americans. Of course, RSS sarsanghchalak Mohan Bhagwat is …

How Crimes Against Women Deter Female Workforce From Stepping Out For Work
2 years, 6 months ago

How Crimes Against Women Deter Female Workforce From Stepping Out For Work

News 18  

Recently, PM Narendra Modi exhorted the importance of having a flexible, work-from-home ecosystem that would immensely boost women’s participation in India’s labor force. This, is despite recent data from the National Crime Records Bureau, reporting a steady decline in India’s total crime rate, which fell by 7.6% to 61 lakhs last year. This means that the crime rate per lakh …

Women, Incarcerated: how women fare in Indian jails
2 years, 9 months ago

Women, Incarcerated: how women fare in Indian jails

Live Mint  

Indians swear by two institutions—family and democracy. Yet, reading Women, Incarcerated: Narratives From India, a book of essays about female prisoners in Indian jails, leaves one wondering whether we really value either institution as highly as we claim to. For, as the book reveals, family is the main reason most women end up behind bars, and the treatment they endure …

What is keeping women from going to work?
3 years, 3 months ago

What is keeping women from going to work?

Hindustan Times  

Though the Indian economy more than doubled in size and the number of working-age women grew by a quarter over the last two decades, the number of women in jobs declined by ten million. The paper also explores two key gender-oriented factors as potential reasons that can lead to high crime rates against women and girls: these are consumption of …

Crimes against women keep them out of the job market
3 years, 4 months ago

Crimes against women keep them out of the job market

Live Mint  

India’s female labour force participation rate is a puzzling feature of our economy. Evidence shows strong correlations between a declining FLFPR and barriers that impede women’s labour-market choices. The results for crimes of rape, molestation and sexual harassment show unexpected results, with a positive correlation suggesting that an increase in the crime rate is associated with an increase in the …

'Men's Lives Matter': Law Students Move Supreme Court Seeking 'Gender Neutral' Provisions On Sexual Offences
3 years, 7 months ago

'Men's Lives Matter': Law Students Move Supreme Court Seeking 'Gender Neutral' Provisions On Sexual Offences

Live Law  

Two law students have moved the Supreme Court seeking directions for reconsideration and amendment of provisions under the Indian Penal Code relating to sexual offences against women, to make them 'gender neutral'. Saying that "Men's Lives Matter", the petitioners have sought directions to reconsider the laws for offences against women under IPC including Sexual Harassment Rape criminal intimidation Insulting the …

Why Indian women are still dreaming of gender equality
4 years ago

Why Indian women are still dreaming of gender equality

Live Mint  

India’s most sacrosanct compact between the state and its people, our Constitution, guarantees equality to all citizens. An even more disturbing one which finds that 52% of the women and 42% of the men surveyed by NFHS-4 believe it is all right for a husband to beat his wife for a variety of transgressions that include disrespecting in-laws, neglecting the …

Women's day: Of Courts And Women
4 years ago

Women's day: Of Courts And Women

Live Law  

On 1st March, 2021, the Chief Justice of India SA Bobde asked a man accused of raping a minor in 2014 whether he would marry her. However, very recent judgements such as Karnataka High Court's observations on how a survivor should behave post rape and the Madhya Pradesh High Court's direction to a man, accused of molesting a woman, to …

Reform institutions to ensure equitable representation to women
4 years, 3 months ago

Reform institutions to ensure equitable representation to women

Hindustan Times  

As a document, the Constitution lays the legal foundations for a country’s governance and formulates the institutions tasked with implementing the principles enshrined in it. Seventy-one years have passed since India adopted its Constitution, guaranteeing equality to all its citizens, including its largest minority population — women. What is also important is that the framers didn’t just confine themselves to …

Women From Disadvantaged Social Groups at Greater Risk Of Gender-based Violence: UN In India
4 years, 5 months ago

Women From Disadvantaged Social Groups at Greater Risk Of Gender-based Violence: UN In India

News 18  

New Delhi: Calling for attention to cases of sexual violence against women and girls in India, the UN in India said the alleged rape and murder in Uttar Pradesh’s Hathras and Balarampur are a reminder that those from disadvantaged social groups are at greater risk of gender-based violence. In a statement, the UN in India said it is essential that …

Women’s protection in India requires a mindset revolution
4 years, 5 months ago

Women’s protection in India requires a mindset revolution

Live Mint  

Two steps forward, one step backwards has been the sordid tale of women's protection in India. In turn, the government must empower them sufficiently so that they no longer remain mute spectators and are in a position to intervene to ensure facilities for lodging the first information report, or FIR, and medical help in all instances of violence against women. …

Women power for powerful men?
4 years, 5 months ago

Women power for powerful men?

Deccan Chronicle  

Bollywood is clearly unpredictable at times. For instance, filmmaker Anurag Kashyap’s films have always been empowering of women and mostly refuting the male chauvinism in Indian society. In fact, the charges are of sexual misbehaviour and not of rape and if it is proved, people will support it.” Let the investigation decide Ever since the allegations have been levelled against …

Support BLM Movement, But What About Patriarchy & Colourism Here?
4 years, 8 months ago

Support BLM Movement, But What About Patriarchy & Colourism Here?

The Quint  

Women’s bodies and the idea of beauty have always been a site of contention due to the East’s rendering of “culturally pure” image and the West’s colonialism and capitalism. While many shall put the blame on colonisers for breeding this racial superiority complex in Indians – including the British, Dutch, Portugese, Mughals, Afghans, and so on – there is enough …

We Have Not Reached The Point Where Men Need Protection From Women: Justice Hima Kohli
4 years, 9 months ago

We Have Not Reached The Point Where Men Need Protection From Women: Justice Hima Kohli

Live Law  

The Association of ILI Alumni and the Indian Law Institute conducted a webinar on Domestic Violence During Lockdown: An Invisible Pandemic. She further observed that women in India were reluctant to seek for help from various quarters in cases of domestic violence due to notions of insulting the honour of the family.Justice Kohli, being the Executive Chairperson of the Delhi …

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