16 Days of Activism
'Patriarchal society' an excuse for the rape of women in India - Youngstown Vindicator
Wall Street Journal (India)
'Patriarchal society' an excuse for the rape of women in India
Youngstown Vindicator
Ever since the rape and murder of a 23-year-old physiotherapy student in India's capital New Delhi, many in the media have sought to explain such a savage act by noting that it's a “patriarchal society” in which men are considered superior to women ...
In Delhi Rape, New Details About the AccusedWall Street Journal (India)
DN Editorial: IT'S A PRIORITYPhiladelphia Daily News
Why India's 'women problem' is a people problemForeign Policy (blog)
New Straits Times -NPR (blog) -Frontline
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Jimmy Savile: A report that reveals 54 years of abuse by the man who groomed ... - The Independent
The Independent
Jimmy Savile: A report that reveals 54 years of abuse by the man who groomed ...
The Independent
The report by the Metropolitan Police and the NSPCC has revealed a man who used his celebrity status and outwardly well-intended works to gain access to and ultimately rape and sexually exploit hundreds of vulnerable young star-struck victims – boys ...
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Judges, Police Aid Rape Cases In Nigeria – Investigation - Leadership Newspapers
Leadership Newspapers
Judges, Police Aid Rape Cases In Nigeria – Investigation
Leadership Newspapers
... scourge of rape as trivial matter. But the recent gang rape of a lady in Indian and the attendant response of the entire Indian nation against the criminal act have now brought an awareness among Nigerians that the time has come to address the ...
Letters: End the scandal of edible food going to waste - The Independent
Letters: End the scandal of edible food going to waste
The Independent
If we are to tackle rape and sexual assault ("The rape of justice", 11 January) we have to bring up our male children to be less aggressive and to treat females with proper respect, and a big culture shift will be required. ... release of the ...
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Up to 500 assaults: Extent of Savile child abuse to be revealed - The Independent
The Independent
Up to 500 assaults: Extent of Savile child abuse to be revealed
The Independent
The report by the Metropolitan Police and the NSPCC has revealed a man who used his celebrity status and outwardly well-intended works to gain access to and ultimately rape and sexually exploit hundreds of vulnerable young star-struck victims – boys ...
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End the scandal of edible food going to waste - The Independent
End the scandal of edible food going to waste
The Independent
If we are to tackle rape and sexual assault ("The rape of justice", 11 January) we have to bring up our male children to be less aggressive and to treat females with proper respect, and a big culture shift will be required. ... release of the ...
Is she safe? - Business Standard (blog)
Is she safe?
Business Standard (blog)
For all their recent posturing against sexual abuse of women, the country's lawmakers are yet to make the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Bill, 2012 into an Act. It was passed by the Lok Sabha last ... In ...
Native women fail to find justice - High Country News (blog)
Native women fail to find justice
High Country News (blog)
The most recent version of the Violence Against Women Act, which was first passed in 1994, sought to ease the epidemic of violence against Native women by allowing tribal courts to prosecute non-tribal members for domestic violence, dating violence and ...
New laws to address old flaws - The Hindu
The Hindu
New laws to address old flaws
The Hindu
The preceding year has seen many cases of sexual violence against women. ... From demonstrative patrolling and women-friendly police stations to fast tracking of trials in rape cases, civil society is demanding many legal reforms in the forthcoming ...
A criminal waste of young lives - The Australian
A criminal waste of young lives
The Australian
Yet Aboriginal women and children are its victims no matter where they live, says WA Aboriginal lawyer Hannah McGlade, a longtime campaigner against family violence and child sexual abuse. "The incarceration of indigenous youth and family violence are ...
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