Sexual Violence

Explained: 10 years after Delhi gang rape, how women still fear for their safety

A decade after the brutal gang rape and murder of a young woman on a Delhi bus, many women are still afraid to travel at night in India's capital, a sprawling metropolis of 20 million people

Post 2014, rape cases down by 13 per cent as awareness spikes, laws have more bite

According to the National Crime Record Bureau’s data on the no. of rape cases reported throughout the last eight years, the heinous crime against women has come down to 31,677 cases in 2021 from 36,735 cases in 2014

‘Why didn’t she just leave?’ The question on everyone’s lips, post arrest of Aftab Poonawala

Writing on a topic that has been my greatest battle to overcome is never easy

Meghalaya, its matrilineal society and the intruding elements of patriarchy

The legal implementation of Meghalayan traditional ethos is getting harder day by day

Indian prisons need gender-sensitive reform as women inmates face double marginalisation

It is only when we acknowledge this double marginalisation of women and address it differentially, that we will be able to bring a gender-sensitive prison reform

International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict: History and significance

According to the UN, women peacebuilders and human rights defenders are often specifically targeted, including through harassment and sexual violence, to prevent them from raising their voice against atrocities.

Dalit minor's rape and murder case: Rahul, Kejriwal meet victim's family; BJP condemns heinous rape

Politicians from across party lines and public figures from different walks of life, joined the protest to demand justice for the family of the nine-year-old Dalit girl allegedly raped and killed in the national capital

Opposition targets Amit Shah over death, rape of Dalit minor in Delhi; DCW orders inquiry

Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra said that Shah went to Uttar Pradesh to "distribute certificates" but was "unable to handle his own responsibility"

Delhi: Four arrested after 9-yr-old Dalit girl's family alleges she was raped, murdered by priest, 3 others

The four arrested people are Radhey Shyam, Kuldeep, Laxmi Narain and Salim, Delhi Police said

#MeToo activists worry acquittal of Bill Cosby could wither movement's hard-won momentum

When America watched Bill Cosby — once 'America’s Dad' — go off to prison nearly three years ago, it was perhaps the most stunning development yet of the nascent #MeToo movement, which had emerged in late 2017 with allegations against Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein.