Now is the time to go public against predators
7 years, 4 months ago

Now is the time to go public against predators

Deccan Chronicle  

On October 5, the New York Times published a report on the Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein’s sexual misbehaviour. These included director James Toback, actors Dustin Hoffman, Kevin Spacey, Steven Seagal and Ben Affleck, standup comedian Louis CK, political analyst Mark Halperin and former US president George H.W. Only in 2014, one of America’s most famous comedians, Bill Cosby, was accused of “drugging and assaulting” by scores of women. In response to the Weinstein story, China’s state media has said that harassment of women was less common in China because “Chinese men are taught to be protective of their women.

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Woman making false allegations of sexual assault against man is possible, says HC
2 weeks, 2 days ago

Woman making false allegations of sexual assault against man is possible, says HC

The Hindu  

The Kerala High Court has observed that the concept that any girl or woman would not make a false allegation of sexual assault or any other mode of misconduct against a man seems to have been diluted recently. The court observed that allegations of rape, sexual molestation, and other misconduct are levelled nowadays without an iota of truth so as …

Karnataka, India: An Israeli woman and her Indian host were gang raped, police say
3 weeks, 3 days ago

Karnataka, India: An Israeli woman and her Indian host were gang raped, police say

CNN  

New Delhi AP — Police in southern India said Saturday that they arrested two men in connection with allegations of gang rape of an Israeli and a local woman. The Israeli and her homestay operator were stargazing along with three male travelers, an American and two Indians, in Koppal town in southern Karnataka state on Thursday night, police official Ram …

An Israeli woman and her Indian host were gang raped in southern India, police say
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3 weeks, 3 days ago

An Israeli woman and her Indian host were gang raped in southern India, police say

Associated Press  

NEW DELHI — Police in southern India said Saturday that they arrested two men in connection with allegations of gang rape of an Israeli and a local woman. The Israeli and her homestay operator were stargazing along with three male travelers, an American and two Indian, in Koppal town in southern Karnataka state on Thursday night, police official Ram L. …

Kudumbashree crime mapping survey finds more women in Kerala reporting abuse
4 weeks, 2 days ago

Kudumbashree crime mapping survey finds more women in Kerala reporting abuse

New Indian Express  

KOCHI: Increasingly more women in Kerala are speaking out as well as waging a battle against the crimes committed against them at home, workplace or in public by those known to them or by complete strangers. The world’s biggest crime mapping survey being conducted by the Kudumbashree’s Gender Development Department in the state to identify crimes being committed against women …

Thane woman raped multiple times by man who promised to get her film roles
1 month, 1 week ago

Thane woman raped multiple times by man who promised to get her film roles

Hindustan Times  

Thane police registered a case against a man for allegedly raping a woman multiple times under the garb of false promises to help her get roles in the film industry, officials told news agency PTI on Sunday. Representational image: Thane police booked 4 people based on a complaint filed on Saturday alleging rape and caste abuse against a woman under …

Kerala, India: Teenager alleges rape over five years by 60 schoolmates, neighbors, relatives, strangers
1 month, 1 week ago

Kerala, India: Teenager alleges rape over five years by 60 schoolmates, neighbors, relatives, strangers

CNN  

Editor’s Note: This article contains details that readers may find distressing. “When it’s Dalit women, in general the outrage is less across the country,” said Cynthia Stephen, a Dalit rights activist and social policy researcher. There were 4,241 reported cases of rape against women from oppressed castes in India, including Dalit women, in 2022, the most recent year for which …

Migrant woman sexually assaulted in front of husband, three held in Tamil Nadu
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Migrant woman sexually assaulted in front of husband, three held in Tamil Nadu

India Today  

A 27-year-old woman was reportedly sexually assaulted by three men in Tamil Nadu’s Tiruppur district. Reportedly, the woman, a native of Odisha, came to the area in search of a job at a local garment factory along with her three-year-old child and husband. When they arrived in the area, they didn’t know where to go and were approached by the …

Police in India arrest 44 men accused of raping girl over five year period
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Police in India arrest 44 men accused of raping girl over five year period

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 Police in India have arrested …

Indian teenager accuses 64 men of sexually abusing her since she was 13
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Indian teenager accuses 64 men of sexually abusing her since she was 13

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 An 18-year-old Dalit woman from …

60 accused of sexually abusing Kerala athlete; 15 held
2 months, 3 weeks ago

60 accused of sexually abusing Kerala athlete; 15 held

Hindustan Times  

Kerala police registered five cases and arrested at least 15 individuals after an 18-year-old Dalit athlete in Pathanamthitta district alleged that around 60 people, including her fellow athletes, coaches and classmates, sexually abused her for the last five years, officers said on Saturday. 60 accused of sexually abusing Kerala athlete; 15 held While six people were arrested on Friday, nine …

Kerala shocker: Girl alleges rape by over 60 people at different locations in 5 years, 15 arrested so far
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Kerala shocker: Girl alleges rape by over 60 people at different locations in 5 years, 15 arrested so far

India TV News  

In a heart-wrenching incident, a girl has alleged that she was raped multiple times at various locations when she was 16 years old. Earlier, the police said that five persons were arrested in connection with two FIRs filed by the police in Pathanamthitta, while another person was already in jail in connection with a separate case. Officials said police have …

Gender sensitive policing needed
3 months 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, 2 weeks 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, …

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 trainee doctor’s rape and murder sparked mass protests in India. A man has now been charged
5 months, 3 weeks ago

A trainee doctor’s rape and murder sparked mass protests in India. A man has now been charged

CNN  

New Delhi CNN — A man has been charged for the rape and murder of a resident doctor during a night shift in India’s eastern city of Kolkata, a crime that ignited nationwide protests about the country’s pervasive problem with gender violence. The doctor trainee was resting in a seminar room at the medical college while working a night shift …

Nothing has changed for women in India
6 months, 1 week 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, 2 weeks 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 …

Police arrest man accused of filming rape on crowded street in India
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Police arrest man accused of filming rape on crowded street in India

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. Read our privacy policy Police in India arrested a man who allegedly filmed and shared a …

72 Personalities Write To Kerala CM Amid Malayalam MeToo Shockers: 'This Is a Deeply Disturbing...'
6 months, 4 weeks ago

72 Personalities Write To Kerala CM Amid Malayalam MeToo Shockers: 'This Is a Deeply Disturbing...'

News 18  

In a joint appeal, 72 prominent personalities, including author Arundhati Roy, have urged the Kerala Chief Minister to enact a law addressing concerns raised by the Justice K Hema Committee report on sexual atrocities against women in the film field. One of the signatories, T M Krishna, in a post on social media platform Instagram, expressed solidarity with women in …

It is shameful incidents of sexual assault have not reduced since Nirbhaya case, says Shabana Azmi
7 months ago

It is shameful incidents of sexual assault have not reduced since Nirbhaya case, says Shabana Azmi

Hindustan Times  

Pune, Veteran actor Shabana Azmi says outrage over cases of crimes against women should not be selective and the society needs to work on the root cause of the menace. It is shameful incidents of sexual assault have not reduced since Nirbhaya case, says Shabana Azmi Azmi said there is need to end the patriarchal mindset of the people as …

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, …

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 …

Indian doctors demand justice after colleague’s rape and murder at hospital
7 months, 1 week 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 …

What to know as thousands protest sexual violence in India
7 months, 2 weeks 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 …

Fear of the Known: Four Women Are Raped Every Hour in India. In 95% Cases, It’s Someone They Know
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Fear of the Known: Four Women Are Raped Every Hour in India. In 95% Cases, It’s Someone They Know

News 18  

India reported 86 cases of rapes daily on an average between 2017 and 2022 and, in 82 cases, the rapist was known to the woman, official data analysed by News18 shows. On an average, every day at least one woman faces sexual harassment at work or in office premises, NCRB data shows. Since 2014, NCRB started collecting data regarding sexual …

Three important safeguards of rights of rape and assault survivors
11 months, 3 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 …

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. …

Keep politics out of the fight for women’s safety
1 year, 7 months ago

Keep politics out of the fight for women’s safety

Hindustan Times  

To those repeating the refrain, “What about Rajasthan-what about West Bengal?” the Chief Justice DY Chandrachud has an answer: “We are dealing with an unprecedented magnitude of violence against women in communal and sectarian strife,” he said while hearing a public interest litigation on the violence in Manipur. These include the rape and murder of two women working in 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 …

Sexual offences cannot be swept under the mat
1 year, 10 months ago

Sexual offences cannot be swept under the mat

Live Mint  

It has taken four months of protests, the formation of a committee and the filing of a case in the Supreme Court for the Delhi Police to register two first information reports against the head of the Wrestling Federation of India. Seven women wrestlers, one of them a minor and many of them highly decorated sportspersons, have accused the federation’s …

DC Edit | Sexual predators must face full might of the law
1 year, 11 months ago

DC Edit | Sexual predators must face full might of the law

Deccan Chronicle  

India’s highly decorated wrestlers had to approach the Supreme Court before an FIR was registered by the Delhi Police against a person accused of being a sexual predator. The conclusion is simple enough — no matter how powerful politically and rich, those accused of sexual harassment of either women or men must face the charges in a court. It is …

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 …

Sexual predators and the Left: Why the ‘ecosystem’ keeps silence, protects them
2 years, 2 months ago

Sexual predators and the Left: Why the ‘ecosystem’ keeps silence, protects them

Op India  

Late on Saturday, allegations of sexual harassment emerged on cofounder of propaganda website, Alt News, Pratik Sinha. A ‘Sanghi’ woman’s allegations of sexual harassment are usually laughed at or dismissed because Left has often suggested and asserted that ‘Sanghis’ deserve to die. When Veteran journalist Vinod Dua was accused of sexual harassment, his daughter, ‘comedian’ and Bollywood entertainer Mallika Dua …

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, 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 …

India lodged average 86 rapes daily, 49 offences against women per hour in 2021: NCRB data
2 years, 7 months ago

India lodged average 86 rapes daily, 49 offences against women per hour in 2021: NCRB data

The Hindu  

India registered 31,677 cases of rape in 2021 - an average 86 daily - while nearly 49 cases of crime against women were lodged every single hour, according to the latest government report on crimes in the country. The number of rape cases in 2020 was 28,046, while it was 32,033 in 2019, the National Crime Records Bureau's 'Crime in …

India Witnesses Nearly 20% Increase in Rapes in 2021; Govt Data Shows Average 86 Cases Lodged Daily
2 years, 7 months ago

India Witnesses Nearly 20% Increase in Rapes in 2021; Govt Data Shows Average 86 Cases Lodged Daily

News 18  

India registered 31,677 cases of rape in 2021 — an average 86 daily — while nearly 49 cases of crime against women were lodged every single hour, according to the latest government report on crimes in the country. The number of rape cases in 2020 was 28,046, while it was 32,033 in 2019, the National Crime Records Bureau’s ‘Crime in …

5 Men Molest Woman, Tear Her Clothes at Busy Market in Uttar Pradesh
2 years, 7 months ago

5 Men Molest Woman, Tear Her Clothes at Busy Market in Uttar Pradesh

News 18  

In a shocking incident, five unidentified youths allegedly sexually harassed a 40-year-old woman and tore her clothes in the congested Bazaarkhala area here. According to Station House Officer, Bazaarkhala, Vinod Yadav, the FIR lodged by the woman said that the incident took place when she was going home from market. Last week, a girl student of a private university was …

Women, girls safer in India since 2015, say NFHS figures: Government in Parliament
2 years, 8 months ago

Women, girls safer in India since 2015, say NFHS figures: Government in Parliament

Firstpost  

Domestic violence, including violence during pregnancy down from NFHS-4 survey period. No increase in sexual violence against girls under 18 years was reported under Modi regime New Delhi: The government on Wednesday informed the Parliament that there has been a favourable decline in crimes against women in India since 2015. The WCD Minister said that as per the latest National …

India: Why justice eludes many Dalit survivors of sexual violence
2 years, 9 months ago

India: Why justice eludes many Dalit survivors of sexual violence

Al Jazeera  

While official data shows spike in sexual crimes against oppressed caste women, report says access to justice is limited, especially in rural areas. “When I interact with the police, they say it was the victim’s fault.” In most cases, an FIR was registered only after the intervention of NGOs and activists, the report said. “They don’t write the story completely …

Anita Anand | Rape within marriage: The grey area over consent
2 years, 10 months ago

Anita Anand | Rape within marriage: The grey area over consent

Deccan Chronicle  

In 2022, India is one of the 36 countries where it is not a crime for a husband to rape his wife. Of the 4,169 women who experienced sexual violence, 82 per cent said the perpetrator was their husband. For many women, not prepared for their marital duties when it comes to sex, marriage night is a rape night. In …

Sexual crimes against women up 70% in 2 decades
2 years, 11 months ago

Sexual crimes against women up 70% in 2 decades

Live Mint  

India’s rape-related crime rate rose 70.7% over the last two decades from 11.6 per 100,000 women and girls in 2001 to 19.8 in 2018, according to a report by Public Health Foundation of India. While the least number of cases were reported in Bihar with a rate of 1.8 per 100,000 Odisha was high up on the list with 49.4 …

Women's Day Special: Poor health system responses to gender-based violence
3 years ago

Women's Day Special: Poor health system responses to gender-based violence

Hindustan Times  

Sexual violence is back in the headlines. Yet, despite the progress in recognising all forms of sexual violence and reforming the Indian Penal Code, survivors face immense barriers to receiving the medical services and psychological support they need. Following the 2012 Delhi gang-rape case, one-stop crisis centres were set up in the public health system aiming to provide women facing …

Nine years since December 2012 Delhi gang rape: What has changed in India and what needs to change
3 years, 3 months ago

Nine years since December 2012 Delhi gang rape: What has changed in India and what needs to change

Firstpost  

On 16 December 2012, a 23-year-old medical student was brutally gang-raped in New Delhi, prompting some of the biggest protests we have seen and a change in laws. The incident Nine years ago, on 16 December 2012, a medical student, Jyoti Singh, and her friend stepped onto a private bus from Munirka in New Delhi along with her friend after …

From COVID-19 pandemic to culture of silence, why India is failing to protect children from online sexual abuse
3 years, 4 months ago

From COVID-19 pandemic to culture of silence, why India is failing to protect children from online sexual abuse

Firstpost  

To create safe digital spaces for our children and adolescents, policymakers, law enforcement agencies, civil society organizations, communities, the private sector, and experts need to come together The past decade has witnessed notable growth in internet usage in not only India but also the world at large. Risky online behaviour, lack of parental guidance, the proliferation of cybercrime and inadequate …

India rape: Girl, 16, raped by ‘hundreds of men’ in Maharashtra state
3 years, 4 months ago

India rape: Girl, 16, raped by ‘hundreds of men’ in Maharashtra state

CNN  

CNN — At least seven men have been arrested in western India after a 16-year-old girl claimed she was raped hundreds of times by hundreds of men in the latest horrifying case to highlight the country’s rampant sexual violence problem. In a statement to India’s Child Welfare Committee on November 11, the girl, who was homeless, said she was raped …

India recorded 77 rape cases, 80 murders daily in 2020, says NCRB report; crimes against women highest in Rajasthan
3 years, 6 months ago

India recorded 77 rape cases, 80 murders daily in 2020, says NCRB report; crimes against women highest in Rajasthan

Firstpost  

Among states, UP reported the maximum of 3,779 murder cases, followed by Bihar with 3,150 cases, in Maharashtra 2,163 cases were registered, the data showed New Delhi: India has recorded an average of 80 murders and 77 rape cases daily in 2020, National Crime Records Bureau’s report revealed on Wednesday. Among states, Uttar Pradesh reported the maximum of 3,779 murder …

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