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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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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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NCRB Data 2016: Cruelty by husband, sexual assault, top crimes against women in India shocking review
While 2015 saw the registration of 34,651 cases of rape, this increased to 38,947 in 2016. Conversely, overall crimes against women rose from 3,29,243 in 2015 to 3,38,954 in 2016. Incidents of rape against women have risen far more sharply as compared to a rise in other crimes against women. The latest NCRB data for…
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India is the most dangerous country for women- It must face reality
A global survey exposes a vicious cultural agreement that women have little value in our society. I am proud of the beauty and the ancient culture of my country, India. I am not proud of the fact that India has been named the most dangerous country in the world for women in a recent Thomson…
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Bombay HC opens Haji Ali Dargah to women – Great News Bombay high court
Friday, 26 August 2016 16:11 Bar, Bench & Litigation In a historic verdict, the Bombay high court today permitted the entry of women up to the restricted grave area of the famous Haji Ali Dargah, located on the rocks off the Worli seashore. The ruling by a division bench comprising Justice VM Kanade and…