New Delhi: A 13-year-old student kidnapped and raped by a 30-year-old after she snubbed his friendship request; a teenaged girl gang-raped by two men in a car and another yet to be traced after being forced into a car by two young men. It was a night of shame for Delhi on Thursday as the three incidents were reported from the city within hours. In one of the incidents, one...
05:21 PM, Feb 11, 2012
New Delhi: A young inventor, Manu Chopra, may soon change the way women travel in the country. He has invented an anti-molestation device for women, which can be worn as a wrist watch. Many women from the national capital have faced terror on the roads of Delhi, which has a high rate of crime against women. Some of them may have survived to tell the tale, but it has not...
10:05 AM, Jan 20, 2012
Rio de Janeiro: A 14-year-old Brazilian girl says she was raped by multiple men at a prison in the Amazonian state of Para. Para's governor suspended the warden and 20 guards at the Santa Izabel Penal Colony pending an investigation of the charges, authorities said on Monday. The prison, located about 50 km from Belem, the state capital, currently holds around 350 male inmates. The teenage girl went to police...
12:25 PM, Sep 20, 2011
Nashik: Three teenagers were on Wednesday arrested on charges of raping a minor girl at her residence before setting her on fire in which she suffered 96 per cent burns, police said. In a ghastly incident, the accused trio forcefully gained entry into the house of the the 14-year-old victim at Aringale Farm in Nashik Road area when her parents were away and took turns to rape her, they said,...
06:48 PM, Aug 31, 2011
New Delhi: One in three Indian women between the ages 15 and 49 have experienced physical violence. One in ten has experienced sexual violence. These are the dismal findings from the latest National Family Health Survey. Deepa Dasmunshi, Indian National Congress candidate from Raiganj said, "Women atrocities are increasing rapidly. Figures higher in rural areas than in cities." According to the third National Family Health Survey nearly two in five...
07:59 AM, Aug 20, 2011
Nat Purwa: Chandralekha, who was born in a village where every girl is raised to be a prostitute, spent her life making sure the next generation of girls break out of the tradition. Thanks to her efforts, the girls are now going to school, getting married and are even employed. Explaining her story, Chandralekha said, "A drunk man abused me at gun point. That's when I broke down completely and...
10:03 AM, Aug 05, 2011
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After a lot of anticipation and speculation, Delhi finally got its first edition of the SlutWalk. The capital's version of the protest was much tamer ...
06:57 PM, Aug 01, 2011
Jalandhar: In a state infamous for female foeticide, Prakash Kaur is mother to 60 abandoned girls in Jalandhar. She has given them a life to look forward to, when their own parents wished they were dead. No one knows when they were born. But for Sheeba, for little Zeinab and their 60 sisters, April 24 is special as it is their birthday. Prakash doesn't like to look back. Sixty years...
09:09 AM, Aug 01, 2011
'SlutWalk' - a movement for women's equality that began in Toronto - is going to be held at Jantar Mantar on Sunday. ...
07:59 AM, Jul 31, 2011
New Delhi: 'SlutWalk' Delhi also known as the 'Besharmi Morcha' is a movement that has been initiated to address the issue of unequal, unfair and stereotyped treatment of women in society is finally happening in Delhi on Sunday. Students have come together to organise the movement in Delhi at Jantar Mantar. The first "Slut Walk" was held in Toronto this year after a police officer caused outrage by stating during...
05:42 PM, Jul 30, 2011
New Delhi: After many uncertainties and a considerable debate, the Delhi edition of the 'SlutWalk' is finally happening. The organisers have decided to hold the Walk on Sunday, July 31 at 10.30 am. The Walk is scheduled to start from the national capital's hub of all protests, Jantar Mantar Road, and will cover a few landmarks in central Delhi. 'SlutWalk' - also called the 'Besharmi Morcha' to make it more...
01:41 PM, Jul 18, 2011
New Delhi: The organisers of Delhi's own edition 'SlutWalk' the 'Besharmi Morcha' have finally figured a better way of communicating with everyone interested in the protest. The march is against perpetrators of crime against women, which has struck a chord across the globe. The organisers have scheduled their first Open Debate on July 10, at Jantar Mantar, New Delhi. And this will be a regular feature till the final date...
07:35 PM, Jul 06, 2011
New Delhi: The first ever SlutWalk in Delhi has been subjected to a lot of questions already. It has triggered debates on whether such marches are appropriate in India or not. The dress code, the message such a Walk conveys have been the talking points lately. Even calling the event 'SlutWalk' has been the bone of contention because of the usage of the word 'slut'. On the other hand, the...
05:01 PM, Jul 02, 2011
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