Friday, April 19, 2024

Topic: women

International Commission of Jurists condemns Nirbhaya convicts execution and says it is an affront to rule of law

The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) condemned the execution today of four men who were convicted of raping and murdering a 23-year-old student in December 2012.

‘He is not smiling now as he used to,’ Delhi pogrom survivors on their children

"He is not smiling now as he used to. He wasn't like this. But after seeing all the horrors of violence, my son was really shocked," Zakeel's mother said.

Kunan Poshpora; Largest recorded incident of sexual assault in South Asian history

Every year since 2014, 23 rd February is commemorated as Kashmiri Women’s Resistance Day, inspired by the struggles of the survivors of mass rape and torture Kunan and Poshpora, on the night of 23 rd February 1990. The two and half decades–long struggle of the survivors from Kunan and Poshpora is a part of the larger on-going struggle in Jammu and Kashmir, against the institutionalized and structural violence of the Indian state in the region.

India Women clinch 2nd T20I by 10 wickets

India Women continued their fine run in the Caribbean as they outplayed the home team in all departments to win the 2nd T20I by 10 wickets and take a 2-0 lead in the 5-match series.

India can dream new women’s league soon, says sports minister Rijiju

We are ready and we are going to launch it. And you will see that it will be huge movement in India. We have to raise level of football in India and we have to be aggressive. I am clear in that if we are not aggressive, we won’t be able to push through

Parveena Ahanger among BBC’s 100 inspiring women of 2019

Parveena is known as the 'Iron lady of Kashmir'. Her teenage son disappeared in 1990, at the height of an uprising against Indian rule in Kashmir