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- Unsavoury side of educated Indian state
- A south Indian state in India, known for high levels of literacy and enviable social development indicators, has also acquired a dubious distinction for being ...
- India's apex court takes tough stand against dowry
- Commenting on a recent case of dowry death in a north Indian state, the country’s apex court has said that no mercy should be shown towards the perpetrators of ...
- Desperate Afghan women turn to self-immolation
- Poverty, illiteracy, lack of freedom and domestic violence are driving many young women in Afghanistan to commit suicide by self-immolating themselves. Even ...
- Barbaric law curbing Afghan women's rights takes effect
- A new law in Afghanistan gives a Shia Muslim husband the right to deny food to his wife, if she refuses to fulfill his sexual demands. Far from showing his ...
- Empowerment brings more violence to women in India
- Working women in India face an increased risk of domestic violence, according to a recent study. The research underscores the need for promotion of unbiased ...
- Breaking the 'deafening silence' on gender roles
- A global symposium on gender equity held recently in Brazil underlined that men’s participation in childcare and household work was significant for achieving ...
- Half of Indian women 'justify' wife beating
- Violence against women has emerged as a serious problem in India with more than one-third of women reporting physical or sexual torture and over half of them ...
- No culture has fully escaped prejudice against women: UN
- UN Secretary-General in a video message to a global symposium has emphasised on the need for greater efforts worldwide to end gender violence. He added that ...
- Hotlines in the US for women in distress
- Many young Indian girls these days are getting married to NRIs in the hope of brighter future and comfortable life. To their dismay, more often than not they ...
