Friday, March 29, 2024

Topic: women

Delhi: 20-year-old woman abducted, sexually assaulted, paraded by neighbors

A 20-year-old woman was abducted, sexually assaulted, and publicly humiliated by her neighbors who paraded her on the streets of Shahdara in the national capital on Wednesday. Delhi Police has arrested four accused.

3 right wing Hindu men arrested for Clubhouse Chat on abusing women

Three people have been arrested by Mumbai Police during their ongoing investigation into abusive discussions on audio chat app Clubhouse.

3.71 lakh crimes against women recorded in India in 2020

In 2020, 3,71,503 cases of crimes against women were registered across India, the Union government told Parliament on Wednesday, citing data from the National Crime Record Bureau.

Legal age of women’s marriage; Modi govt acts like Mohalla Uncle: Asaduddin Owaisi

All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) supremo and Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi launched a fresh attack against Narendra Modi government over its proposal to raise the minimum legal age of marriage for women.

Are earlier marriages malnourishing and impoverishing women?

When there is a complete stagnation in women-friendly developmental procedures, this legal raise of marriage age will only be unjust and dysfunctional.

Amnesty finds Twitter failing to protect women from online abuse

Amnesty International on Tuesday urged reforms after a new report from the human rights group found that "for many women and nonbinary persons, Twitter is a platform where violence and abuse against them flourishes, often with little accountability."