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Pollachi sexual assault case: CBI arrests three accused, including AIADMK member #Vaw

The case relates to a complaint filed by a 19-year-old woman in 2019, who had said that she was sexually assaulted by four men in a car, and the act videographed. In a big development in the Pollachi sexual assault… Continue Reading →

Woman accuses RSS volunteer of raping her at gunpoint in UP’s Firozabad #Vaw

A woman has alleged that a man used to often forcibly enter her house in Uttar Pradesh’s Firozabad and one such day he raped her at gunpoint and left saying he is an RSS worker and nobody can do anything…. Continue Reading →

Asking 8-year-old if she has an affair is sexual harassment: Special Court #Vaw

The girl was so minor, to put her such a question itself amounts to sexual harassment, judge Baraliya said Mumbai: Convicting a 28-year-old youth of the offence of sexual harassment under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, a… Continue Reading →

Women across Mexico participate in ‘Day Without Us’ protests #VaW

 MEXICO CITY AMERICAS MAR 10, 2020 12:03 PM Women mostly stayed off Mexico City’s streets Monday as part of a protest against the country’s soaring rate of gender-based violence. The “Day Without Us” strike was staged to highlight the more than 1,000 women… Continue Reading →

India – Menstruating women continue to be isolated in ‘guesthouses’ #Vaw

Koovalapuram’s curious guesthouse In Koovalapuram and four other villages of Madurai district, menstruating women continue to be isolated in ‘guesthouses’. No one challenges the discrimination, fearing the wrath of the gods and humans Kavitha Muralidharan/ PARI “Oh, she’s here just… Continue Reading →

Gujarat – 68 girls in Bhuj college forced to prove they weren’t menstruating #Vaw

After hostel warden complained that menstruating girls had entered kitchen, ventured near temple and touched fellow hostellers, college principal forced hostellers to parade through college into washroom Kulsum Yusuf in BhujS @ahmedabadmirror At an education institute that proclaims its mission… Continue Reading →

Mumbai- Cops probe if murder on upcountry train was outcome of sexual assault #Vaw

  Mumbai: A robbery bid does not seem to be the sole motive behind the murder of a homemaker from Gujarat on an express train last week. The government railway police (GRP) are considering whether an attempt was made to… Continue Reading →

Singer Mika Singh ‘held in Dubai for sexually harassing Brazil teen’ #VaW

Mika Singh detained in Dubai for sending obscene pic to Brazilian teen Delhi Police confirmed that the singer’s “friends attempted to get Mika released”. Mika was detained by Dubai police. HIGHLIGHTS Mika is yet to be produced before a court… Continue Reading →

UP- Woman on way to file FIR set ablaze by molesters #Vaw

  LUCKNOW: A woman, set on fire in Sitapur late on Saturday by two men who had harassed her, was battling for life after suffering 60 per cent burn injuries. The attack came when she was on her way to… Continue Reading →

Where women are banished to a ‘period hut’ with no power or loo #Vaw

Practice of isolating those menstruating in mud huts is still alive in tribal areas of Maharashtra, and it’s claiming lives Barkha.Mathur It is an 8ftx8ft windowless mud room with no electricity that is Vaishali Padmukh’s home for four days every… Continue Reading →

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