Protecting women
14 years, 1 month ago

Protecting women

The Hindu  

The criminal justice system needs immediate repair in order to curb crimes against women. Here I must commend the practice of many private corporations with a huge female workforce of escorting their women employees to their homes when they have to work a late shift. The point, however, is that to award the death penalty a judge would have to be wholly convinced that the crime had in fact been committed by the offender arraigned before the court. The criminal justice system needs immediate repair if deterrence against crime, especially against women and children, is to be ensured.

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Women in India should each be allowed to commit one murder due to rape epidemic, politician suggests
1 week, 2 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 …

Laws have become stronger to protect women: High Court Judge
2 weeks ago

Laws have become stronger to protect women: High Court Judge

The Hindu  

Laws especially crime against women, children and senior citizens have become stronger to protect vulnerable sections in the society, said Justice V. Bhavani Subbaroyan, Judge, Madras High Court. The Judge said that several laws including Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, Hindu Succession Act of 1956 and Protection of Women From Domestic Violence Act, 2005 were strengthened to protect rights of women …

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

No women's progress without safety: Court calls for action against harassers
3 weeks, 1 day ago

No women's progress without safety: Court calls for action against harassers

India Today  

Calling for strict action against those who make public spaces unsafe for women, the Delhi High Court has said that unless an environment free from harassment and fear was created, all discussions on women's progress were superficial. Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma said real empowerment began with women's right to live and move freely without fear. Refusing to show any leniency …

Law by reflex: On the amendments by Tamil Nadu Assembly to criminal laws on sexual crimes against women
2 months, 1 week ago

Law by reflex: On the amendments by Tamil Nadu Assembly to criminal laws on sexual crimes against women

The Hindu  

The tendency to make existing laws more stringent is an administrative reflex action often occasioned by political problems set off by particular crimes. The amendments enacted by the Tamil Nadu Assembly to criminal laws on sexual crimes against women fall under this category. At pains to deny any leniency and overcome the setback to its image after the Madras High …

Gender sensitive policing needed
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Gender sensitive policing needed

Hindustan Times  

Sexual assault cases call for sensitive handling of survivors, more so by the State, as it attempts to investigate and deliver justice. The Madras high court’s scathing reprimand of the Tamil Nadu Police for foisting part of the blame for the Anna University sexual assault on the survivor herself in its FIR, therefore, doesn’t seem undeserved. Chennai: Police personnel stand …

Crimes against women fell by 11% this year: Delhi Police data
3 months, 1 week ago

Crimes against women fell by 11% this year: Delhi Police data

Hindustan Times  

The national capital has recorded an average 11% decline in crimes against women in 2024 compared to the same period in 2023, Delhi Police officials said on Thursday. Police data shows 1,919 rape cases were reported up to December 1 this year, compared to 2,141 during the same period last year, marking a 10.3% decline. Molestation cases also fell sharply, …

Anita Anand | UP panel’s bid to keep women ‘safe’ appears to be misguided
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Anita Anand | UP panel’s bid to keep women ‘safe’ appears to be misguided

Deccan Chronicle  

There has recently been a brouhaha over a proposal tabled by the Uttar Pradesh State Women’s Commission to ensure the safety of all women across India’s largest state. Data gathered from thirty-six states, Union territories, and Central agencies revealed a surge of four per cent in crimes against women, including cases of cruelty by husbands and relatives, abductions, assaults and …

From the India Today Archives (1980): Indian women: A time for reckoning
4 months, 1 week 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 …

Women with disabilities seen as ‘easy targets’: CJI
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Women with disabilities seen as ‘easy targets’: CJI

The Hindu  

Chief Justice of India D.Y. The Chief Justice drew attention to the “dual vulnerability” of women with disabilities, both as women and as individuals with disabilities. They were considered as “easy targets” for sexual violence, he said, while speaking on the topic of ‘Protection Services for Children with Disabilities’. “Sexual violence faced by disabled girls highlights the double marginalisation they …

Nothing has changed for women in India
6 months ago

Nothing has changed for women in India

The Hindu  

I was in middle school when the bone-chilling Delhi rape and murder happened. The recent Kolkata rape case has, once again, brought the nation together, for yet another of “India’s daughters”. It is nothing but the fact that they are some of the many women who became “India’s daughters” in the past few days. Over the past few weeks, every …

How best to stop sexual violence in India isn’t obvious
6 months ago

How best to stop sexual violence in India isn’t obvious

Live Mint  

There is anger in the air. The pervasive fear of sexual violence restricts women’s mobility as well as their access to education, employment and other economic opportunities. Hence, we actually pay the cost of every rape or for that matter every crime that raises the ‘operating cost’ of a society. It began when 8 men gang-raped and killed an 8-year-old …

Threat at every step: What it takes to stay alive as women
6 months, 3 weeks 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, …

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

Indian doctors demand justice after colleague’s rape and murder at hospital
7 months ago

Indian doctors demand justice after colleague’s rape and murder at hospital

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Hundreds of doctors protested near …

Kolkata, Hathras, Nirbhaya: Women Safety Matters, A Raksha Bandhan Reminder For Governments, Society
7 months ago

Kolkata, Hathras, Nirbhaya: Women Safety Matters, A Raksha Bandhan Reminder For Governments, Society

News 18  

The male gaze, the male entitlement, and the male nonchalance that one can get away even with rape — 12 years after the horrific Nirbhaya case in Delhi, the brutal rape and murder of a 31-year-old doctor in Kolkata shows nothing has changed for women at large in the country which reports nearly 96 rapes daily. The West Bengal government …

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

Kolkata Rape and Murder Case: Women’s Safety a Farce in West Bengal
7 months ago

Kolkata Rape and Murder Case: Women’s Safety a Farce in West Bengal

News 18  

The recent rape and murder of a postgraduate trainee doctor at Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College is a damning indictment of West Bengal’s hollow claims of safety for women. Despite Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s repeated assertions that West Bengal is the safest state for women, this horrific crime exposes the administration’s blatant incompetence and disregard for women’s safety. Mamata Banerjee’s …

What to know as thousands protest sexual violence in India
7 months ago

What to know as thousands protest sexual violence in India

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy India's medical workers began a …

Violence against women at 'epidemic' levels and is a threat on par with terrorism, UK police warn
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Violence against women at 'epidemic' levels and is a threat on par with terrorism, UK police warn

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Violence against women and girls …

Violence against women and girls a ‘national emergency’, says policing report
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Violence against women and girls a ‘national emergency’, says policing report

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Violence against women and girls is a “national emergency” with …

Violence against women soars by 40% as police chief brands crime rate a ‘national emergency’
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Violence against women soars by 40% as police chief brands crime rate a ‘national emergency’

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. It is important to remember that many survivors will not …

Violence against women and girls is a 'national emergency', police chief warns - as almost 3,000 crimes recorded every day
8 months ago

Violence against women and girls is a 'national emergency', police chief warns - as almost 3,000 crimes recorded every day

Daily Mail  

Violence against women and girls is a 'national emergency' with almost 3,000 crimes recorded every day, a leading police chief warned in a new report. Deputy chief constable Maggie Blyth also warned that online influencers like Andrew Tate could radicalise young men into extreme misogyny in the same way terrorists draw in followers. Police recorded more than a million crimes …

Alarming new trend in Uttarakhand: Violence against women going up
8 months ago

Alarming new trend in Uttarakhand: Violence against women going up

New Indian Express  

A disturbing trend is emerging in Uttarakhand, where the growing popularity of live-in relationships is being matched by a simultaneous increase in cases of violence against women. According to data released by the State Women's Commission, there has been a significant rise in cases of violence against women in live-in relationships in recent months. Expressing deep concern over the growing …

Indian men’s rights group burns underwear to protest ‘laws that favour women’
11 months ago

Indian men’s rights group burns underwear to protest ‘laws that favour women’

The Independent  

Sign up for the Independent Women email for the latest news, opinion and features Get the Independent Women email for free Get the Independent Women email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The lack of gender neutral laws implies that “only women can be victims and men only …

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

Three important safeguards of rights of rape and assault survivors
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Three important safeguards of rights of rape and assault survivors

Hindustan Times  

The recent outrage over a judicial magistrate in Rajasthan asking a rape survivor to show her injuries has brought into focus once again the gap between how survivors of sexual violence are treated and they should be treated. Here are three important ones: In-camera proceedings introduced via the 2008 amendment to criminal procedure The 154th Report of the Law Commission …

Gang rape of a tourist in India highlights its struggle to curb sexual violence against women
1 year ago

Gang rape of a tourist in India highlights its struggle to curb sexual violence against women

The Independent  

Get Nadine White's Race Report newsletter for a fresh perspective on the week's news Get our free newsletter from The Independent's Race Correspondent Get our free newsletter from The Independent's Race Correspondent SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “Seven men raped me, and they have beaten us and robbed us.” …

Gang rape of a tourist in India highlights its struggle to curb sexual violence against women
1 year ago

Gang rape of a tourist in India highlights its struggle to curb sexual violence against women

Associated Press  

NEW DELHI — The woman in the Instagram video appeared shaken. The case triggered a nationwide outcry over one of India’s rampant problems: a decades-long struggle to curb rising sexual violence against women. Reports of horrific sexual assaults on women have become familiar in India, where police recorded 31,516 rape cases in 2022, a 20% increase from 2021, according to …

A feminist approach to gender-based violence policymaking in India
1 year 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 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 …

Fear of unsafe public spaces erodes women’s autonomy
1 year, 1 month ago

Fear of unsafe public spaces erodes women’s autonomy

Hindustan Times  

Only 14% of women who have experienced physical or sexual violence have sought help and 77% have kept their suffering to themselves, according to the National Family Health Survey-5. Dr Gooptu said, “As cities become more modern but also more unsafe, we found that this fear of public urban violence has led to ever more tight control, coercion, even abuse, …

Empowering Marginalized Communities: Enhancing Legal Awareness To Combat Domestic Violence In India
1 year, 2 months ago

Empowering Marginalized Communities: Enhancing Legal Awareness To Combat Domestic Violence In India

Live Law  

Domestic violence is defined as a pattern of behavior that is used to gain or maintain power and control over an intimate partner1. Recognising the indispensability of increased awareness amongst victim groups, the Organic Act 1/2004 on Comprehensive Protection Measures to Combat Gender Violence in Spain enshrines preventative awareness among citizens as the law's first guiding principle9. An additional component …

Vulnerable women need far better protection from the threat of domestic abuse
1 year, 2 months ago

Vulnerable women need far better protection from the threat of domestic abuse

The Independent  

Our report today that thousands of vulnerable women are being left at risk of harm thanks to police forces across the country failing to hand over information on potential domestic abusers would be shocking enough on its own. Data seen by The Independent shows that more than half of 20,000 requests for background checks on potential domestic abusers were rejected …

Crimes against women must stop for the country to prosper
1 year, 3 months ago

Crimes against women must stop for the country to prosper

Live Mint  

Crimes against women in India rose by 4% in 2022 from the previous year, a majority of the cases being cruelty by the husband or his relatives. Delhi is still rated as the country’s most unsafe city for women, with an average of three reported rape cases per day, accounting for 29% of crimes committed against women in 19 major …

Are crimes against women on the rise? | Explained
1 year, 3 months ago

Are crimes against women on the rise? | Explained

The Hindu  

The story so far: The crime rate may have declined in 2022, but crimes against women rose 4% in 2022 compared to 2021, according to the annual report of the National Crime Records Bureau released on December 4. The high crime rate is an indicator of the persistent “lower status and inequality” faced by women and girls, says Ms. Velankar. …

Married to my rapist: The Indian women saying no
1 year, 3 months ago

Married to my rapist: The Indian women saying no

CNN  

Editor’s Note: This article contains details that readers may find distressing. “Until he gets punished, he will never know or realize what he has done wrong.” A lawyer’s fight In 2017, in an open letter published by Vogue, lawyer Karuna Nundy urged women across the country to “know your power.” “Your right to say yes comes with the right to …

Women fearful of unruly police action in forceful detention aftermath
1 year, 7 months ago

Women fearful of unruly police action in forceful detention aftermath

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: Amid the Independence Day celebrations, the incident of a woman being forcefully detained and beaten up at the LB Nagar police station has raised concern among women dwellers about alleged moral policing and unwarranted action by those meant to protect citizens. We were assured of safety by the police but I think I’m wrong.” “We have seen news reports …

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, 7 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 …

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 …

DV Act: Men Can Be Victims Too As Forms Of Gender Violence Differ In Different Social Settings
1 year, 11 months ago

DV Act: Men Can Be Victims Too As Forms Of Gender Violence Differ In Different Social Settings

ABP News  

In a recent judgment, the Delhi High Court held that protection under the Domestic Violence Act is not available to men. The proceeding was earlier initiated by the husband of the petitioner under Section 12 of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005, which refers to filing the application before the magistrate. Consequently, with the efforts of 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. …

Tip of the iceberg: Spate of high-profile violent crimes against women are ‘reminder’ of bigger problem
2 years, 1 month ago

Tip of the iceberg: Spate of high-profile violent crimes against women are ‘reminder’ of bigger problem

The Independent  

The recent wave of high-profile crimes against women is a stark reminder of the hidden victims who are subjected to male violence “every day”, campaigners and politicians have warned. She hailed the Domestic Abuse Act, which became law in spring 2021, as a “great step forward” but warned that violence against women is an issue that cannot be solely tackled …

From the India Today archives (2005) | The urban Indian woman: Single and unsafe
2 years, 2 months ago

From the India Today archives (2005) | The urban Indian woman: Single and unsafe

India Today  

It is 2.15 a.m. After a long night of study, two girls step out of their rented suburban home for a quick bite at a busy crossing. But it is not restricted to Delhi-though according to the National Crime Records Bureau, the capital accounts for over 30 per cent of rapes and abduction of women in urban India. A FICCI …

Making India safer for women
2 years, 2 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 …

Poor conviction in crimes against women in Delhi, shows police data
2 years, 3 months ago

Poor conviction in crimes against women in Delhi, shows police data

Hindustan Times  

To correct the poor conviction rate in crimes against women, the Delhi Police has started to chalk out plans to reduce such crimes and has become the first police force in the country to make collection of forensic evidence mandatory in crimes punishable by more than six years. According to Delhi Police data, the force has the best conviction rate …

Shraddha Walkar case puts spotlight on violent relationships: Understanding why women don’t leave their abusive partners
2 years, 4 months ago

Shraddha Walkar case puts spotlight on violent relationships: Understanding why women don’t leave their abusive partners

Firstpost  

Shraddha Walkar was reportedly assaulted by her live-in partner Aftab Poonawala. The question everyone is asking today is, ‘Why did she not leave?’ Experts and women’s rights activists say that it’s easier said than done Shraddha Walkar died in the most brutal of ways — she was strangled and her body was then chopped into over 30 pieces — allegedly …

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