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India approves death penalty for rapists of girls under 12 after nationwide outcry
NEW DELHI – India’s Cabinet on Saturday (April 21) approved the death penalty for rapists of girls below the age of 12, after Prime Minister Narendra Modi held an emergency meeting in response to widespread outrage and protests over a series of cases. The executive order amends the criminal law to also increase the punishment…
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Women Entrepreneurship in Nepal by Priyanka Singh Taj Pharma Group
Woman kind is far from breaking the stereotypical shackles but they have surely made them weaker. “It is still “a long way to go.” They feel that there are a lot of other barriers that remain to be crossed, gender-equal policies, eradication of dogmatic beliefs regarding women as housewives, and financial access are most notable.…
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Towards a better tomorrow; Civic Sense and Its Importance in Society
At birth most of us are born with five senses, exceptional few with sixth sense but none is born with civic Sense. Though we have the ability to speak but words and languages are taught to us by the adults. Similarly civic sense too has to be taught and inculcated. With the exception of a couple…
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Safety of Women Night Workers in India – Big issue
Since the Delhi gang-rape case, India has been taking molest cases quite seriously but even today women hesitate from working at nights. Till today women feel unsafe while traveling from their workplace to homes. Even in this 21st century, families of the women working at night live with an uncertainty and insecurity. What is the…
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Gender discrimination in the Indian society
It is a reality that gender disparity still exists in India. It is seen within the households, at workplaces and in the society at large. Gender-wise literacy rates in India showcase the wide gap that exists between men and women. As per 2011 data, effective literacy rates (age 7 and above) were 82.14% for men…
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Juvenile crime a new-age offence- crime alert
We are all as responsible for a child breaking the law as the child himself, and need to work towards a solution together. Juvenile delinquency or criminal offence by children is increasing day by day. The recent few examples, such as the much talked about case of Ryan International School, where a 16-year-old boy killed…
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Failing our children – Sexual violence amongst children is notoriously difficult to measure in India
The epidemic proportions child sexual abuse have reached in the country is a comment on where our society is heading. The sickening feeling in the pit of the stomach of every parent is about whether her child is safe from predators. Unless we change as a society we will keep on. Child sexual abuse…
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Few challenges in implementation of the sexual harassment of women at workplace
It has been more than 2 years since the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 (the “Act”) (to be read in consonance with the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Rules, 2013 (“Rules”)) was notified and enforced in India. Further demonstrating its commitment to protecting…
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Protection of domestic violence against women
Even today, women in India and also in other countries, continue to be tortured and beaten behind the closed doors of the house. Women are vulnerable to domestic violence because of the existence of orthodox ideology that they are weaker, both physically and emotionally than men. The reasons for such violence could inter alia be…
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How poor sanitation is affecting India’s women health
Sanitation is any system that promotes proper disposal of human and animal waste, proper use of toilets and avoiding open space defecation and maintaining the hygienic conditions. In 2010 the UN made access to water and sanitation basic human rights but still over 2.6 billion people in the world do not have access to proper…