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SEXUAL VIOLENCE IN HOSPITALS
Epstein accusers face relentless harassment; threats and intimidation escalate after identities exposed in Justice Department filesVictims of Jeffrey Epstein face severe threats and harassment. Their identities were exposed in government files, leading to online abuse a...
Going online helps Pakistan's women doctors back to workThousands of Pakistani women doctors are returning to practice through telemedicine. This initiative connects home-based doctors with patie...
At least 6,000 killed over 3 days during RSF attack on Sudan's el-Fasher, UN saysSudanese paramilitary forces committed widespread atrocities in Darfur. Over 6,000 people were killed in el-Fasher. The United Nations repo...
What moral right PM has to ask for votes from women when crime peaked in Bihar under NDA: Congress' Jairam RameshThe Congress party has accused the NDA government in Bihar of presiding over a surge in crimes against women. Party leader Jairam Ramesh hi...
Digital rape: What is this shocking crime that allegedly happened at Medanta Hospital ICU?What is digital rape? A Medanta Hospital technician was arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting a flight attendant on a ventilator in th...
Sexual violence on 'staggering' scale in Sudan civil war: UN probeRape and sexual violence are rampant in Sudan's civil war, with the UN accusing paramilitary groups, particularly RSF, of widespread abuses...
UN-backed experts say Israel destroying Gaza's health sector, both sides have tortured peopleA UN panel accuses Israel of systematically destroying Gaza's healthcare through deliberate attacks, detaining and torturing Palestinian ci...
Kolkata rape-murder case: Doctors to protest at Jantar Mantar todayThe Federation of All India Medical Associations plans to hold a peaceful protest at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi, demanding justice for a tr...
Kolkata rape case: I slept on floor of govt hospital once, says CJI ChandrachudChief Justice of India DY Chandrachud led the Supreme Court in resuming the hearing of the Kolkata doctor-murder case. He urged protesting ...
Kolkata doc murder: FAIMA suggests interim measures to protect doctors who suffer 'inhumane' treatment, moves intervention application in SCKolkata doctor rape case: FAIMA appealed to the Supreme Court for interim safety measures following a doctor’s rape and murder at RG Kar Ho...
Two-finger test must not be conducted on rape victim, orders SCThe two-judge bench of Justices Chandrachud and Hima Kohli directed the Union Health Ministry to ensure that survivors are not subjected to...
North Carolina governor signs new bills addressing alcohol sales, sexual assaults, and domestic violenceThe signed bills were few of the three dozen which the General Assembly had sent to Cooper in the last two working days of its session. Thi...
Uber reports 3,000 sexual assault claims last year in its safety reviewCounting assaults is a complicated exercise. Only about a third of claims the company received about penetration without consent were repor...
Nobel Peace Prize ceremony: Murad-Mukwege dedicate award to rape victimsDr Denis Mukwege & Nadia Murad were awarded for their efforts to end the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war.
Sexual assault cases on minor girls spikeSituated in a nondescript room of a government hospital, the largely non-publicised centre is helping survivors and their families, thanks ...
Tamil Nadu govt issues new guidelines to deal with child sexual abuse victimsThe guidelines issued under "Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012", say, among others, that there is no need for police re...
Fresh guidelines outlined on medical care to rape victimsUnion Health Ministry asked all hospitals to set up a designated room for forensic & medical examination of victims besides outlawing two-f...
- Cabinet to take up Criminal Law (Amendment) bill tomorrow
The Criminal Law (Amendment) Bill, which proposes jail term to a rape convict for his entire life, will be taken up tomorrow.The Criminal L...
- Parliament would pass bill for women safety: PM
"While more women are now joining the formal economy as a result, a corollary of these developments has been the heightened risk to their s...
PM hopeful of comprehensive law to deal with crimes against womenPrime Minister Manmohan Singh today hoped Parliament would "urgently" pass amendments to strengthening criminal laws in 'crimes against wom...