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In the Face of Orchestrated Hatred, Silence Is Not an Option

An Appeal to India’s Constitutional Institutions by eminent editors and senior journalists of India
Anshrah Naz

Central government announces new rules allowing abortion extending till 24 weeks of pregnancy for minors and rape victims

In the newly announced guidelines abortion would be easier up to 24 weeks of pregnancy for rape survivors and women with physical impairments, amongst others
Neelam Jeena

CBI arrests two police officials including a woman sub inspector in bribery case

The two accused allegedly sort bribe from rape accused sub-inspector to help in his case.
Amit Cowper

Relationship outside marriage snatches away a life and a mother in Vadodara

The woman outside the wedlock’s only request from the accused was to spend some extra time with her
Ritesh Ranjan

Woman constable and DSP Hiralal Saini sacked by Rajasthan government

The duo's obscene videos were doing the rounds on social media which created a bad image for the police department
Anshrah Naz

Oath for gender equality and against social evils by Tamil Nadu Grama Sabhas on the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti

Equality and unity are vital for development; the Tamil Nadu government asked Grama Sabhas to take an oath on gender equality; CM Stalin also took part in it
Yusuf uz Zaman

Lucknow Court rejects bail cancellation plea against social activist Sadaf Jafar's Bail granted in CAA/ NRC protests

"I was brutally beaten up in police custody at the Mahila police station. Even the male cops beat me up. Male police officers kicked me in the stomach and called me Pakistani. They pulled my hair brutally," says Sadaf Jafar
Yusuf uz Zaman

A young college-going girl stabbed to death near Chennai’s Tambaram railway station

Assailant had a strained relationship with the victim; after stabbing her he tried to harm himself with the same weapon
Neelam Jeena

Andhra Pradesh police reduces duration for justice delivery in crimes against women from 318 to 42 days

'Disha' mobile application has helped the AP police prevent at least 900 crimes against women
Neelam Jeena

Man strangles wife over suspicion of an extramarital affair

The two accused choked the victim to death and left her body in the Kanavani area
Yusuf uz Zaman

Police says family faked woman’s abduction in Greater Noida; she had eloped

Woman willingly had left for a friend’s house on Wednesday; family filed a false complaint of kidnapping on Thursday morning
Sonal Kellogg

News reporting on sexual violence in India tends to overtly publish unusual brutal cases: UNESCO Report

As many as 55 women journalists who were interviewed said they had faced sexual harassment at their workplace.
Kushal Jeena

Indian Parliament amends law to strengthen juvenile justice act

This legislation becomes law once President Ram Nath Kovind accords his consent to it.
Neelam Jeena

Delhi High Court adjourns POCSO, rape-related petition

The plea stated that in 2019, the Supreme Court had directed the Department of Prosecution to set up special POCSO courts in each district with more than 100 cases under the POCSO Act.
Ritesh Ranjan

Police registers case against woman for uploading intimate videos of her husband along with his female friend

The wife suspected her husband of having an affair so she started keeping tabs on him
Ritesh Ranjan

Police arrests and brings a half-naked couple to the police station; Inquiry ordered

The police found the couple in a compromising position in a bus
Neelam Jeena

UP high court grants bail to teenager booked under anti-conversion law

The accused is a Muslim youth who was walking back with his former classmate, a Dalit girl from a friend's party when they were chased by a group of men who beat them up and apprehended them. Police charged the boy under the SC/ST Act and POCSO Act among others.
Sonal Kellogg

Pope and White House's Gender Policy Council support multi-faith efforts to end child sexual abuse

Around 1900 participants joined an international online symposium backed by 45 NGOs to discuss strategies to prevent and heal from child sexual abuse (CSA)

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