rape in india
Marital rapes in India: Attack on gender equality and women’s rights
August 30, 2021
Amongst the thousands of facts and figures published in the National Family Health Survey, published in 2015-16, there are startling facts about spousal violence and sexual exploitation of a married woman within the confines of her home. The survey says that 31 pc of married wo...
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Rapes in India
December 17, 2019
Every subsequent horrific rape in India leads to calls for and often passage of newer laws to deal with the spate of crimes against women. There are enough severe laws against these, but challenges lie in poor implementation as well as a sense of lawlessness that pervades parts o...
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Marital rape as social reality in India?
August 31, 2017
Marital rape and its status in India are back under the scanner
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Woman attacks rapist’s genitals
May 24, 2017
Hindu holy-man who is a serial sexual assaulter has his genitals slashed by woman in India.
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Numerous rapes within days of death sentence
May 20, 2017
In a country that is witnessing escalating sexual violence against women, it becomes evident that death sentences are hardly deterrents.
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Death sentence of ‘Nirbhaya’ rapists-murderers upheld
May 5, 2017
The gang-rape and murder case in 2012 that shook national consciousness and shifted global gaze on the safety of women in India saw a verdict from the Supreme Court of the country.
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