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Mike Garcia campaign runs misleading ad on the House Republican’s role in Violence Against Women Act
4 months, 1 week ago

Mike Garcia campaign runs misleading ad on the House Republican’s role in Violence Against Women Act

LA Times  

“While I’m no longer in the cockpit, my fight for you and the country never stops,” GOP Rep. Mike Garcia, a former Navy fighter pilot, says in a new TV ad for his reelection campaign. In its first The 30-second Garcia made the same co-sponsorship claim at a Santa Clarita town hall event last month, calling his support “a big …

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Karisma Kapoor clarifies claims of women in her family not being allowed to act after marriage: ‘It was their decision’
4 months, 1 week ago

Karisma Kapoor clarifies claims of women in her family not being allowed to act after marriage: ‘It was their decision’

Hindustan Times  

Karisma Kapoor recently appeared on Zakir Khan's talk show Aapka Apna Zakir along with her India's Best Dancer co-judges Terence Lewis and Geeta Kapoor. Karisma on Kapoor family women not allowed to act Karisma, while reacting to the media reports, stated that, “Yeh sab baatein hain ki mujhe allow tha yaa nahi tha. Jab meri mummy ki shaadi hui aur …

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Santa Clarita Congressman Mike Garcia says his job is to keep U.S. from becoming California
5 months, 1 week ago

Santa Clarita Congressman Mike Garcia says his job is to keep U.S. from becoming California

LA Times  

There was a bogeyman at Republican Rep. Mike Garcia’s town hall in Santa Clarita this week: the state of California. Onstage at the Performing Arts Center at College of the Canyons, Garcia spoke in front of a large screen projecting the red-lettered words: “My mission is to prevent the U.S. from adopting California’s extreme policies.” Garcia blasted California’s gasoline prices, …

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SC says Muslim women entitled to seek maintenance from spouse under section 125 of CrpC
6 months ago

SC says Muslim women entitled to seek maintenance from spouse under section 125 of CrpC

New Indian Express  

The bench said maintenance is not charity but the right of married women and it is applicable to all married women irrespective of their religion. He has contended that a divorced Muslim woman is not entitled for maintenance under Section 125 of CrPC and has to invoke the provisions of the Muslim Women Act, 1986. The bench clarified that if …

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The O.J. Simpson case forced domestic violence into the spotlight, boosting a movement
9 months ago

The O.J. Simpson case forced domestic violence into the spotlight, boosting a movement

Associated Press  

PHILADELPHIA — Thirty years ago, as women’s rights advocates worked to pass the 1994 Violence Against Women Act, domestic violence was still something of a hushed topic. So, there was this sense that if it could happen to her, it could happen to anybody,” said Rachel Louise Snyder, an American University professor who explored the issue in her 2019 book, …

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The US war on reproductive rights should concern women everywhere
9 months, 3 weeks ago

The US war on reproductive rights should concern women everywhere

Al Jazeera  

Women in the UK and across Europe will also suffer as a result of the political and legal gains being made by the anti-choice movement in the US. This blatant war on women’s reproductive rights and bodily anatomy in the US should concern not only Americans but also feminists in Europe, and especially those of us in the UK. Caulfield …

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Accident on Neral-Karjat Road: Two women killed, another injured
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Accident on Neral-Karjat Road: Two women killed, another injured

Hindustan Times  

NAVI MUMBAI: In an early morning accident on the Neral-Karjat road, two women, including a Jain sadhvi were killed, while another woman sustained injuries. A group of approximately 12 Jain followers were on a padayatra towards Neral around 5:30am when a milk-carrying tempo coming from Neral collided with them, resulting in the immediate death of two individuals. Accident on Neral-Karjat …

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Divorced Muslim woman’s right to maintenance applies even after remarriage: HC
1 year ago

Divorced Muslim woman’s right to maintenance applies even after remarriage: HC

Hindustan Times  

MUMBAI: The Bombay high court on Tuesday held that a divorced Muslim woman’s right to maintenance from her former husband is unconditional and applicable even after she is remarried. HT Image The single judge bench of justice Rajesh Patil said that though the word “remarriage” was missing from section 3 of the Muslim Women Act, 1986, under which divorced Muslim …

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Producing wine as ‘an act of resistence’
1 year, 3 months ago

Producing wine as ‘an act of resistence’

Live Mint  

Swapping their state-enforced veils for T-shirts reading "life" and "liberty", a group of Iranian women who have fled to France now help make wine that traces its roots back to ancient Persia. In the Dordogne, "we're fighting hand-to-hand to keep our wine alive", said Jangjoo, who is now now seeking asylum in France. Ancient grapes "There is tough repression against …

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Tamil Nadu’s Anbu Jothi Ashram case | What are the loopholes?
1 year, 10 months ago

Tamil Nadu’s Anbu Jothi Ashram case | What are the loopholes?

The Hindu  

In Tamil Nadu, several homes are run by the State government as well as NGOs for women, children, senior citizens, and destitutes. The government mandates that under the Tamil Nadu Hostels and Homes for Women and Children Act, 2014, any person who desires to establish a hostel, lodging house or home for women and children should apply for a licence …

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Punjab removes women commission chief, says extension of her tenure was 'bonafide mistake'
1 year, 11 months ago

Punjab removes women commission chief, says extension of her tenure was 'bonafide mistake'

India Today  

The Aam Aadmi Party government has removed State Women Commission Chairperson Manisha Gulati by withdrawing a September 2020 letter through which she had been granted an extension of three years. In an order issued on Tuesday, Saroj said that under the Punjab State Commission for Women Act, 2001, there was no provision for extension in the term of a sitting …

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Kerala State Information Technology Infrastructure Limited to incentivise setting up of rural BPO/IT operations
2 years, 4 months ago

Kerala State Information Technology Infrastructure Limited to incentivise setting up of rural BPO/IT operations

The Hindu  

The Kerala State Information Technology Infrastructure Limited is set to launch a scheme for incentivising the establishment of BPO/IT/ITES operations across panchayats in the State. Under the Fostering Technologies in Rural Area scheme, which is aimed at creating around 10,000 jobs in the sector, up to 50% of expenditure incurred on setting up the operations will be provided to eligible …

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Tribals at the receiving end in Madhya Pradesh
2 years, 5 months ago

Tribals at the receiving end in Madhya Pradesh

The Hindu  

Published : Jul 24, 2022 18:00 IST On July 2, the Internet was flooded with visuals of the public immolation of a tribal woman, Rampyari Bai, in Madhya Pradesh’s Guna district. Madhya Pradesh registered 33,239 cases of atrocities against Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes from 2018 to November 2021, which represents a steep climb of 15-20 per cent in the …

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Parliament panel to examine Bill proposing marriage age change on Wednesday
2 years, 9 months ago

Parliament panel to examine Bill proposing marriage age change on Wednesday

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Education, Women, Children, Youth and Sports would examine the Prohibition of Child Marriage Bill in its first meeting on April 13. The Prohibition of Child Marriage Bill, 2021 proposes to amend the existing law to bring parity at the minimum marriageable age for men and women. The Bill will also affect laws relating …

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Biden Has The Power To Close The ‘Boyfriend Loophole’ In The Violence Against Women Act
2 years, 9 months ago

Biden Has The Power To Close The ‘Boyfriend Loophole’ In The Violence Against Women Act

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING President Joe Biden signed the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act last week, a major accomplishment after the bill languished in Congress for years during the Trump administration. But the boyfriend, or dating partner, loophole is a gap in gun safety protections found in VAWA that has historically allowed unmarried dating partners convicted of misdemeanor domestic …

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Congress votes to renew landmark domestic violence law
2 years, 10 months ago

Congress votes to renew landmark domestic violence law

Associated Press  

Congress has renewed a 1990s-era law that extends protections to victims of domestic and sexual violence, updating the landmark Violence Against Women Act nearly three years after partisan disagreements caused it to lapse. “That’s why for three years I’ve worked diligently and across the aisle to craft a bill that will modernize this important law to ensure my fellow survivors …

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Congress Finally Renews The Violence Against Women Act
2 years, 10 months ago

Congress Finally Renews The Violence Against Women Act

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING After years of messy partisan fights and failures, Congress on Thursday finally reauthorized the Violence Against Women Act and expanded its protections for particularly vulnerable groups of people, including Native American women and LGBTQ survivors of violence. The expanded protections for Native American women are particularly notable, given the appallingly high rates of domestic violence and sexual …

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Angelina Jolie jets out of Washington D.C. with daughter Zahara, 17
2 years, 11 months ago

Angelina Jolie jets out of Washington D.C. with daughter Zahara, 17

Daily Mail  

She recently delivered a tearful speech on Capitol Hill encouraging Republicans and Democrats in Congress to pass a new version of the Violence Against Women Act. Co-parents: She shares Zahara, as well as daughters Shiloh, 15, Vivienne, 13, and sons Maddox, 20, Pax, 18, and Knox, 13, with ex husband Brad Pitt; Angelina and Brad pictured in 2015 Angelina is …

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Angelina Jolie tears up during damning speech to Congress backing Violence Against Women Act: ‘You try staying calm’
2 years, 11 months ago

Angelina Jolie tears up during damning speech to Congress backing Violence Against Women Act: ‘You try staying calm’

The Independent  

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'Aimless, uneducated girls will go astray if not married soon': Nuh Bar Association president
3 years ago

'Aimless, uneducated girls will go astray if not married soon': Nuh Bar Association president

Op India  

As fundamentalist and regressive forces continue to oppose the Centre’s proposal to raise the age of legal marriage for women from 18 to 21, Sajid, the president of Nuh District Bar Association said that “aimless and uneducated women” would transgress if they remain unmarried till the age of 21. But those who have no aim, are uneducated, are considered ‘burden’ …

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Explained | Is raising marriage age enough to help girls?
3 years ago

Explained | Is raising marriage age enough to help girls?

The Hindu  

The story so far: The Government has listed its proposal to raise the age of marriage for women to 21 for legislative business in Parliament in the coming week. The Special Marriage Act, 1954, which governs inter-faith marriages also lays down 18 years for women and 21 years for men as the age of marriage. In her 2020 Budget speech, …

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Raj Kundra Arrested: But What Does Indian Law Say About Porn?
3 years, 5 months ago

Raj Kundra Arrested: But What Does Indian Law Say About Porn?

The Quint  

On 20 July, a magistrate's court in Mumbai remanded Indian businessman Raj Kundra to three-day police custody in what is being touted as "pornography scandal case". Apart from general provisions on "sexually explicit" or "obscene materials", the IT Act and the Prevention of Child Sexual Offences Act also have specific provisions prohibiting child pornography. Section 67 and 67A of the …

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The Violence Against Women Act Faces A Rocky Road For Reauthorization
3 years, 9 months ago

The Violence Against Women Act Faces A Rocky Road For Reauthorization

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING It used to sail through Congress with big, bipartisan votes. But when it came time to reauthorize it in 2012, House Republicans refused to support the bill because Democrats added new protections for LGBTQ, Native American and immigrant victims of violence. Senate Republicans let VAWA’s authorization expire again in 2019 because they opposed a bipartisan House-passed bill, …

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Outrage as 172 Republicans vote to oppose Violence Against Women Act
3 years, 9 months ago

Outrage as 172 Republicans vote to oppose Violence Against Women Act

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 One day after seven women were killed in attacks across three massage …

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