Manipur Violence and the Outrageous Assault on Women
We, the undersigned women's organisations and concerned individuals, are outraged at the brutality on the one hand and the impunity and brazenness of the perpetrators of the crime against women…
Rape
“Purity” and “Pollution” in Patriarchal Violence against Women
Violence against women continues unabated during conflicts! Rape as a weapon of war was gruesomely demonstrated during World War II, when both Allied and Axis armies committed rape as a…
From Past Till Present: Women Facing Sexual Violence By the Combatants During Wars and Armed Conflicts
Sexual violence and rape have always been used as the tactical and instrumental weapon of war against women. Unfortunately, women have always been the worst victims of such horrendous crimes…
Rape in Faridabad
An incident of a gruesome murder has come to the fore after the rape of a 7-year-old girl in Faridabad, Haryana. This case engulfs Ankhir village, where Ravinder alias Raja's…
Half of Sexual Crimes Related to Alcohol Consumption By Perpetrator
Nearly four years have passed, but Himachal Pradesh has still not recovered from the shock and agony felt at the time of a most terrible rape and murder of…
Protests against Pakistan Prime Minister’s comment linking rape to how women dress
Pakistan rights campaigners have accused the country’s Prime Minister Imran Khan of "baffling ignorance" after the former cricketer linked how women dress to cause a rise in rape cases. In…
Criminalize Marital Rape in India: Marriage is not a License to Rape
“When a stranger does it, he doesn't know me, I don't know him. He's not doing it to me as a person, personally. With your husband, it becomes personal. You…
Rape – A Criminal Manifesto
We speak of women empowerment and emancipation, yet it is a dictum of truism that being a man is an advantageous position in the society and so to say paradoxically…
A Priest in Cassock and the Santal Girl
Recently, when a 17-year-old Santal girl from an indigenous tribe in Rajshahi, Bangladesh went to cut grass for her family’s cattle in the pasture, she had no idea that danger…
Rape, the Shadow Pandemic in the time of Covid-19
What is wrong with some men that in the time of Covid-19 they are raping women of all ages? Rape, the most intimate of crimes is happening every day, everywhere…
The Begumganj (Bangladesh) Gang-rape and the Big Picture
I don’t know who drew this this rape-map of Bangladesh, but this is a telling geography of rape epidemic which as can be see here, has spread widely and reached…
Rape – A social evil seeking legal solutions
Women (idols) in India are worshipped, as they say, but the truth of Indian women is only known to herself. India has a sex ratio of 943 females/1000 males.[1] While…
Perplexing Extremes: The Chauvinistic Audacity To Rape And The Matrimonial Propensity To Discriminate
Hathras rape incident is not new to us and for the greater society it might not be shocking either. In India, the cold-blooded reality is the occurrence of rape every…
Exposing the Double Standards of India’s Upper and Middle Class: Perspective of Justice for Hathras victim
Introduction Again, the inhuman and horrible incident of Hathras has put the entire society ashamed as it has been the second occurrence of such cruelty and brutality against women in…
Hathras: yet another victim of the caste-driven rape culture in India
Even as the United Nations deliberated on the concrete actions that would advance gender equality for women and girls everywhere, marking the 25th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration…
Rape Culture: Where Do We Stand?
The Caravan Magazine in August 2020, reported an incident from the month of June this year from Pokhari Village, Uttar Pradesh. Several upper-caste men hailing from the Thakur community (the…
Rape Raj: Shrouded in Shadow
A frenzied attack or bouts of insanity; “rape is rape”! Every 30 minutes one rape is crafted in India. A woman or a child…they are all prey of the rape…
How far is Hathras from your home?
“I know the alternative policy of adopting the line of least resistance. I am convinced that it will be ineffective in the matter or uprooting untouchability. The silent infiltration of…
Hathras Horror: NAPM Condemns the Rising Caste and Gender-based Violence in BJP ruled Uttar Pradesh & Gujarat
Punish the rapists & murderers of dalit women and other victims. Hold the Administration, Police and Political Nexus Accountable. Chief Minister of UP must resign for repeatedly failing to safeguard…
Candlelight vigil for Hadras rape victim held outside Indian passport and visa office in Surrey
South Asians activists came together on the evening of Friday, October 2, to raise voices against the recent gang rape of a Dalit woman in Uttar Pradesh, India. The victim…
Rape of Hathras
Amazing, till about three days ago the news was that a Dalit girl has been raped and killed- as a matter of fact. It occurs every now and then, and…
Opposition must unite and act to provide an alternative
The attempt to stop Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi from visiting to Hatharas by the Uttar Pradesh government might have succeeded when they did not allow the convoy to move…
Haathras Atrocity: Savarna Men Must Speak Up Now!
The horrifically brutal and inhuman act of torture and rape perpetrated by Thakur men on a young Dalit woman in Haathras, Uttar Pradesh, tears at the soul and claws the…
Need for urgent and systemic changes in the treatment of survivors of violent sexual crimes in the Araria District Court, Bihar
Letter from Lawyers to the Hon’ble Chief Justice of Patna High Court and other Hon’ble Judges To Hon’ble the Chief Justice of Patna High Court and other Hon’ble Judges: Subject:…
The Unbecoming of Indian Women
"In rape cases it’s strange to me when people say, Well why didn’t you fight him? If you woke up to a robber in your home, saw him taking your…
Rhetoric of Victimisation in Delhi Crime and Unbelievable
The explosion of the #MeToo movement, the burgeoning discussion around sexual predators and the vulnerability of victims of sexual assault makes it even more pertinent to carefully and minutely examine…
Challenges faced by visually disabled women
Atrocities on women are increasing day -by- day and they are struggling to cope with gruesome attacks by male. Disabled women, especially visually disabled, are all the more disadvantaged and…
In search of the ultimate justice: Dismantling rape culture in India
20th March 2020, the Nirbhaya accused were hanged in the wee hours, at 5 o' clock, and we all woke up inhaling the sense of closure. Deep down it wasn’t…
Why India is turning into Rapistan? What measures we can take to control it?
Time and again rape incidents stir our conscience and sends chills down the spine after listening to brutal,insensitive assault on girl/women & the mental trauma they must have undergone. Although…
Bangladesh’s rape epidemic: Are these a case of deviant sexual behaviour or ‘System’s failure’?
In Bangladesh incidents of loot, plunder, enforced disappearances, breakdown of rule of law, extra-judicial killings, deaths and injuries in road accidents through reckless driving have become parts of daily news.…
A Year After Brutal Gang Rape and Murder in Kathua: Apathetic State Agenda, Regressive Policies and Escalating Violence Continued
Abstract In 2012 when Nirbhaya had been raped brutally in a moving bus in Delhi, the massive protest that went for several days could awake the then government which then…
End Political Impunity to Rapists
We strongly condemn the recent incidents of rape and sexual violence in the country: the rape of an 8-year old girl in Kathua, Jammu, of a 15-year old in Unnao,…
Fact Finding Report on Rape and Murder of an eight year old girl Asifa in Kathua(Jammu)
Pragatisheel Mahila Sangathan, Delhi sent a team to Kathua(Jammu region of J&K state) to Study the situation which has developed after the rape and murder of a little 8…
Justice For Asifa, Kathua Rape And Murder Victim
As a group of women from Jammu and Kashmir, we express great anguish over the unjustifiable delay in the investigations into the heinous rape and murder of a minor eight…
Alleged Gang Rape Of A Minor Girl By Security Force Personnel
On 10th of October, a case of gang rape on a minor girl from Patangi area of Koraput district of Odisha was reported in the media. The victim girl belongs…
From Mathura To Farooqui Rape Case: The Regressive Patriarchy Found its Way Back
Way back in 1972, a tribal girl was raped in custody by two constables in Desai Ganj Police Station in Maharashtra. The Supreme Court in Tuka Ram v State…
Of Rapists And Their ‘Righteous’ Supporters
The rapist is not the stranger in the night. Between pitaji ki maafi and pati ka haq most rapes in India are covered. A good portion of rapes in India…
India Now!
K.P Sasi is a film maker, writer, activist and cartoonist. He can be reached at kpsasi36@gmail.com
Mumbai Activist Raped For Exposing Mangrove Destruction
Mumbai | 29 June: Ghar Bachao Ghar Banao Andolan (GBGBA) strongly condemns the rape of a woman environment activist by five men who were apparently aggrieved by the woman's complaint…
Commoners Against Rape In Bangladesh
Commoners in Bangladesh are raising their voices against rape. There are protest march, meetings, stand-ins. Days ago, an incident of a rape came out to public light. The victims were…
What if I told you 2,000 women per year are murdered by men they know? (Interview with Dawn Wilcox)
On May 28, 2016, a gorilla named Harambe was killed at the Cincinnati Zoo. A small child had fallen into the primate’s enclosure and… well, you know the rest. “As I…
Why Do Some Men Rape?
A recent report from Equality Now titled 'The World's Shame: The Global Rape Epidemic' http://www.equalitynow.org/campaigns/rape-laws-report offered a series of recommendations for strengthened laws to deter and punish sexual violence against…
Trying Misogyny Welcome, But How About Curbing All Crimes Against Women?
It is fourth anniversary of 16 December 2012, the brutal gang rape and murder of a student in Delhi that shook the conscience of the nation and led to unprecedented…
Save Yourselves, Women Of India, As The Republic Will Not
Delhi, the national capital of India, has witnessed another gory incident involving the rape-murder of a minor. This time, a 16-year-old was allegedly raped, strangled, and then set on fire…
Gang Rape Survivor Gang Raped By The Same Accused Again
In a rule of law jurisdiction, the story of a victim of gang rape being raped by the same accused against whom court proceedings continue, might be outlandish. But, in…
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