Dalit Mahila Swabhiman Yatra culminates after month long journey
By Lalita, TwoCircles.net,
New Delhi: On March 12, 2014, hundreds of Dalit women from many states, including Bihar, Chattishgarh, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, arrived at Jantar Mantar in Delhi for a large public meeting to share experiences and express collective declaration for their rights and dignity.
Indian-origin woman charged with murdering neighbour in Canada
Toronto: An Indian-origin woman in Canada has been charged with murdering her neighbour in South Ottawa in Canada's Ontario province.
Gurpreet Ronald, 34, accused of...
Women reservation bill won’t be passed soon: Kiran Bedi
By IANS,
New Delhi : Refusing to mince her words, former top cop Kiran Bedi Wednesday said she doesn't think the women's reservation bill will be passed anytime soon in parliament.
Show political will on women’s bill, CPI-M tells government
By IANS,
New Delhi : The government should show political will in passing the women's quota bill in the Lok Sabha, the Communist Party of India-Marxist said Tuesday, a day after an all-party meeting on the issue failed to reach a consensus.
"The government should show political will," CPI-M MP Brinda Karat said on the government's decision to hold further discussion on the bill without setting a time frame.
It did not say whether the meeting would be held before the house assembles April 15 after a three-week break.
Government’s gift for rural brides: pregnancy test strips!
By Prashant K. Nanda, IANS,
New Delhi : Call it a thoughtful wedding gift. The government will give packets of pregnancy test strips to rural women on the occasion of their marriage - to reduce unwanted pregnancies and maternal mortality across India.
"It's a known fact that 53 percent of Indian women get married before reaching the legal age of 18 and have their first baby by 15 or 16 years of age. The problem is really huge in rural India," Health Secretary Naresh Dayal said.
App for female commuters’ safety launched
Kolkata : Female train commuters in distress can now seek immediate police assistance at the touch of a button -- courtesy a mobile...
December 16 gang rape convicts held guilty in robbery case
New Delhi : A court here on Thursday held four December 16, 2012 gang rape convicts guilty in a robbery case that took...
Verbal clashes in parliament panel meet on women’s bill
By IANS,
New Delhi : Political parties ranged for and against the contentious women's reservation bill in parliament clashed Tuesday at the first meeting of the standing committee on 33 percent quota for women in legislative bodies.
The meeting of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Law and Justice, which is expected to evolve a consensus on the legislation, began on a belligerent note with the Rashtriya Janata Dal MP Devendra Prasad Yadav asserting his party's opposition to the bill.
Woman jumps on metro track, escapes unhurt
New Delhi: A 26-year-old woman jumped on a Metro track on Saturday but escaped unhurt as the driver of a train coming in stopped...
Widow found brutally murdered
By IANS,
Chandigarh : A 55-year-old widow was found brutally murdered in her rented accommodation here Sunday evening, police said.
According to police, the woman, identified as Shashi Sharma, lived alone in the top floor of the house in Sector 42. Her throat was slit and her body was found in a pool of blood on the bed.
Sharma was running a cement store here in Sector 40.
Two Czech women abducted in Pakistan
By IANS/RIA Novosti,
Moscow: Two women from the Czech republic have been abducted by unidentified assailants in Pakistan's southwestern province of Balochistan, a media report said.
Woman burns self, three children in Gujarat
By IANS,
Ahmedabad : A 28-year-old woman set herself and her three children ablaze in a Gujarat village, the police said Monday.
The incident occurred late Sunday in Hajira village, near Himmatnagar, in Sabarkantha district, some 80 km from here.
"Megana Ranjitsinh Makwana's 12-month-old son died during treatment at the hospital in Himmatnagar while Kajal, 7, Kinjal, 4, and Megana herself succumbed to burn injuries at the Ahmedabad Civil Hospital where they were rushed in a precarious condition," H.K. Rana, a police official told IANS.
World’s most lucrative women’s golf Tour to debut in China
By IANS,
Beijing : The world's most lucrative women's golf tour arrives in China this October. The inaugural Grand China Air Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) that features world No.2 Annika Sorenstam and the sixth-ranked Tseng Yani, will be held from October 24-26 at Hainan West Coast Golf Club in Haikou, the capital of the island province of Hainan.
The tournament featuring 63 of the world's best players will compete for $1.8 million.
Stripping of woman in public to be probed
By IANS,
Patna : Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has ordered state police chief D.N. Gautam to inquire into the alleged assault and stripping of a woman by a group of men here after the opposition and women's rights activists created an uproar over the incident.
Officials said the chief minister ordered Gautam to undertake the probe Thursday night although the police headquarters had already asked Inspector General (Patna zone) Sunil Kumar to look into the incident.
Kawish, an effort to empower through guidance and counseling
A Year-long Series on Education, Sponsored by The Aligarh Forum : - A Mirror on our Efforts, our Successes & our Shortcomings ; Stories...
No arrest yet in Dimapur lynching case; victim’s body reaches Assam
Dimapur/Guwahati: The Nagaland government is yet to make any arrest in connection with Thursday's incident when a mob broke into Dimapur's high-security central jail...
Unhappy over portfolio allocation, Jammu and Kashmir minister ‘resigns’
Jammu : Apparently dissatisfied with the portfolio allotted to him, Sajad Lone, a minister in the PDP-BJP ruling coalition in Jammu and Kashmir on...
Early Marriage, Tradition and Safety: Unraveling the Challenges for Muslim Girls in Education
Iqra Fatma, TwoCircles.net
Darbhanga (Bihar): Nusrat, a bright young woman from Muzaffarpur district in Bihar, always aspired to pursue higher education. After earning her bachelor's...
Virgin, 105, says celibacy is the key to long life
By IANS,
London : A British woman who will celebrate her 105th birthday Saturday said that her celibate life has been the key to her longevity.
Clara Meadmore, who was born in Glasgow, and lived in Canada and New Zealand, before settling in the southwest British county of Cornwall some 40 years ago, said she never had time for a family and lived alone until going into care, the Daily Telegraph has reported.
"I've always had lots of platonic friendships with men but never felt the need to go further than that or marry," she said, adding that she had never had any interest in sex.
Women more vulnerable to rheumatoid arthritis
By IANS,
London : Women appear to be more vulnerable to rheumatoid arthritis than men, according to the latest research.
Tuulikki Sokka from the Jyvaskyla Central Hospital, Finland, along with members of the QUEST rheumatoid arthritis (RA) programme, explored links between gender and disease activity measures, in more than 6,000 RA patients from 70 sites in 25 countries.
"Generally, women report more severe symptoms, greater disability, and often have higher work disability rates than men," she said.
Woman UN employee killed in Afghanistan
By Xinhua,
Kabul : An Afghan woman employee of the UN has been killed in eastern Afghanistan, the UN said Sunday.
Belqis Mazloomyar was shot dead in front of elders at a meeting Nov 26 of the local shura (elders' meeting) at Lower Sheikh Mesri, a temporary settlement for returnees, the statement said.
"The UN family, as well as human rights partners and NGOs in Afghanistan stand together in condemning her murder and in calling for a thorough investigation," it said.
No group has claimed responsibility for the killing.
8,500 Pakistani women victims of violence in 2011
By IANS,
Islamabad : Over 8,500 Pakistani women last year suffered from violence like sexual assault, acid throwing and even honour killings, a non-governmental organisation said Tuesday.
Queen ensures William and Kate’s girl the Princess title
By IANS,
London: Making a significant change in existing Royal rules, Queen Elizabeth II has ensured that a daughter for the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge will be given the title of Princess.
Child rights groups oppose Maneka’s statement, activists seek debate
New Delhi : Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi's stand that juveniles who commit rape should be tried as adults has evoked mixed...
In Azamgarh fifty women sterilized in torch, mobile light in four hours flat
No lessons learnt from Chhattisgarh incident where women were sterilized in dismal conditions, kept on floor
By Mahmood Asim, TwoCircles.net,
Azamgarh: There were no hospital beds, there were inadequate facilities and to top of it, there was no electricity. Still, as many as 50 women were sterilized by the doctors at a Primary Health Centre (PHC) in the district.
बुलडोजर से गिराया गया घर आफरीन फातिमा की अम्मी के नाम था दर्ज,अदालत में...
जिब्रानउद्दीन।Twocircles.net
प्रयागराज के जावेद मोहम्मद को हिंसक विरोध प्रदर्शन करने की कथित साजिश के आरोप में गिरफ्तार करने के बाद आज उनके घर पर...
Woman stabs husband in eye over refusal to peel potatoes
By RIA Novosti,
Moscow : A woman in Russia's Penza region has been sentenced to 15 months behind bars after stabbing her husband in the eye when he refused to peel potatoes, the pnz.ru news website said Wednesday.
The woman, from the outskirts of the city of Penza, stabbed her husband in the left eye with a kitchen knife.
She had earlier served time for murder, and had met her future partner immediately after her release from jail, according to assistant to the regional prosecutor Irina Alekseyenko.
जिसने काम चलाया था उसके लिए क़लम चला दिया…
मोहम्मद अनीसुर रहमान खान
कितना अच्छा विचार है कि हम अपने देश की बागडोर जिसके हाथ में दें उसका रिपोर्ट कार्ड भी हम ही बनाएं...
Indian Social Forum helps stranded women in Saudi Arabia return to India
By TCN News
A woman from Karnataka’s coastal district of Udupi, who was forced to work as a housemaid in a remote town in...
Indonesian minister urges probe into May 1998 rapes
By Xinhua,
Jakarta : An Indonesian minister has delivered documents on the alleged May 1998 mass rape of mostly ethnic Chinese women to the Attorney General's Office (AGO), local press said Saturday.
State Minister for Women's Empowerment Meutia Farida Swasono handed over the documents to Attorney General Hendarman Supandji on Friday.
The documents contained results of research by psychology professor and women's activist Saparinah Sadli, major English daily The Jakarta Post reported.
Women’s College of Aligarh Muslim University
Aligarh Movement: Struggle for Women’s Education and establishment of Women’s College
By Afzal Usmani
JIH to organize three day Spring of Islam conference in Hyderabad
By TwoCircles.net staff reporter,
Orissa to reserve half of Panchayati Raj seats for women
By IANS,
Bhubaneswar: The Orissa government Friday announced 50 percent reservation for women in Pachayati Raj bodies.
Speaking on the occasion of the 94th birth anniversary of legendary Biju Patnaik, Naveen Patnaik said that the state will soon take steps to reserve 50 percent seats in pachayati raj systems.
He also added that, "it was the dream of Biju Patnaik to empower women".
The state is observing the birth anniversary as Panchayati Raj Day.
Ensure women’s safety: Paridhi Sharma’s Holi wish
Mumbai: Actress Paridhi Sharma, who plays the titular role in popular show "Jodha Akbar" hopes people play safe on the festival of Holi and...
Literacy, foeticide, malnutrition – issues galore for women leaders
By IANS,
New Delhi : It may seem like a small change but Shakuntala Devi's fight against the change in a widow's surname - from Devi to Kunwar - in Bihar is an issue big enough to strive for. A widow herself and having gone through the experience, she knows what she is talking about.
“When the Bihar government granted me financial assistance, the cheque came in the name of Shakuntala Kunwar, but I wanted to open my bank account with Devi as my surname," said the feisty Shakuntala, who was in the capital for a workshop of the Hunger Project.
Why a Hindutva-vadi should not be the Prime Minister of India
An open letter to RSS Sarsanghchalak, Shri Mohan Bhagwat
By Shamsul Islam
To,
Shri Mohan Bhagwat ji,
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh Sarsanghchalak,
Namaskar.
Indian law: Domestic Violence Act
By Avani Bansal for TwoCircles.net
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Advocate Avani Bansal is currently a student doing Masters at Harvard Law School . She pursued MPhil in Law at...
Court orders Permanent Commission for women in army, air force
By IANS,
New Delhi : The Delhi High Court Friday ordered the grant of Permanent Commission in the Indian Army and the Indian Air Force (IAF) to over 50 women officers who had accused the government of discrimination vis-a-vis their male counterparts.
A division bench of Justices S.K. Kaul and M.P. Garg also ordered the reinstatement of all Short Service Commission women officers who retired and approached the court seeking Permanent Commission in the forces.
#TCN10: Looking back at TwoCircles.net
By Kashif-ul-Huda, TwoCircles.net
“Are there enough news stories on Indian Muslims to do a daily news portal?” This was one of the first question that...
Acid thrown on woman, child in Bengal; husband held
Kolkata:A woman and her infant child have been injured in an acid attack in Birbhum district in West Bengal, police said Monday.
The victim's estranged...
NCW sends notice to Tapas Paul over rape remark
New Delhi : The National Commission for Women (NCW) Tuesday issued notice to Trinamool Congress Lok Sabha member Tapas Paul seeking an explanation for...
Menopause can affect memory
By IANS,
Chicago: New research suggests women who have hot flushes during menopause, could also suffer memory issues.
10,000 Saudi women get mobile phone repairing training
Riyadh, (IANS) : More than 10,000 Saudi women have received mobile phone repairing training to improve the employment chances of females, the media reported...
Manipur Muslim girls form union for empowerment
By TwoCircles.net staff reporter,
Imphal (Manipur): The Manipur Muslim girl students have formed, perhaps first time in the history of the state, a union to wage a war on two fronts: to change Muslim socieity’s approach on higher education for Muslim girls and to demand state government reservation for Muslim women.
Picked up from an Army ‘crackdown’, never to return: Dilshada Begum’s 23-year search for...
In the fourth of the five personal stories of half widows, Raqib Hameed Naik narrates the story of Dilshada Begum.
Zakura (Srinagar): On...
Woman officer leads guard of honour for Obama
New Delhi: Wing Commander Puja Thakur led the ceremonial guard of honour for US President Barack Obama at Rashtrapati Bhavan Sunday.
Wing Commander Thakur walked...
Ayesha Noor, the Karate champion from slums of Kolkata conferred with Tejaswini award
TCN News
Ayesha Noor, four times gold winner, also known as 'golden girl' of Kolkata, has been conferred with ‘Tejaswini’ award at the ICCR, Kolkata organised...
Delhi records 3,900 incidents of domestic violence against women
By Kanu Sarda, IANS,
New Delhi : Three years after the pathbreaking Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act was introduced, the Indian capital has recorded a whopping 3,901 cases - possibly the highest in the country. However, relief under this law has not been swift, say lawyers and women.
States like Kerala (3,287 cases), Chattisgarh (2,921), Maharashtra (2,751), Punjab (2017), and Andhra Pradesh (1,625) also recorded too many incidents of domestic violence. This is as per court data available with some - though not all - states till February 2009.
Unknown women awarded for bravery in Bengal
By IANS,
Kolkata : Little-known brave women who stood up for their rights were felicitated here Friday on International Women's Day.
Punjab to allow sisters to tie rakhis to prisoner brothers
By IANS,
Chandigarh: Extending a special gesture to women whose brothers are spending time in jails across the state, the Punjab government Monday announced that sisters will be allowed to tie rakhis to their imprisoned brothers Wednesday.
Jails Minister Hira Singh Gabria said that special instructions were being issued to jail officials all over the state to allow women to tie rakhis to their brothers who are lodged in jails across the state.
The Hindu festival of Raksha Bandhan, which symbolises the bond of love between brothers and sisters, falls Aug 5.
Preity Zinta not against joining politics
By IANS,
New Delhi : Actress Preity Zinta Thursday praised the Women's Reservation Bill, saying it will reduce discrimination and bias against women - and indicated that was not averse to joining politics.
"This (the bill) provides an incredible opportunity to women. We have women in important position. Our president (Pratibha Patil) is a woman. Sonia Gandhi is there. There will be more woman in our parliament," the actor told reporters on the sidelines of a health event organised by UNAIDS.
Mentally unstable woman jumps to death from AIIMS building
By IANS,
New Delhi : A mentally unstable woman jumped to her death Thursday from the fifth floor of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), hospital authorities said.
According to the AIIMS administration, 32-year-old Babita Goutam, a resident of Loni in Ghaziabad district on the outskirts of Delhi, jumped from the fifth floor of the main hospital building at around 12.30 p.m.
The hospital and police have informed the family.
NHRC notice to Kerala government over working conditions of women
New Delhi : The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Friday issued notice to the Kerala government over the poor working conditions of female...
After youth, AAP to reach out to women
New Delhi : After receiving an "overwhelming" response at the interaction with youth as part of its Delhi Dialogue Campaign, the AAP will reach...
Women form only a third of India’s internet population: Google
New Delhi: Only one-third of the total Indian population with access to the internet are women, says a survey conducted by Google.
The survey revealed...
Help at hand for estranged Indian wives of NRI men
By Shubha Singh, IANS,
Young Indian women who have followed their non-resident Indian (NRI) husbands abroad sometimes find that a matrimonial dispute can leave them without the wherewithal to contest a divorce case or file for custody of their children. In some cases, the distressed women are unable to fight for their rights because of some lacunae in their immigration papers.
Women’s quota bill in parliament Monday; Smooth passage likely
By IANS,
New Delhi : With the numbers on its side, the ruling Congress was upbeat that the long-pending Women's Reservation Bill that will be presented in the Rajya Sabha on International Women's Day Monday for discussion and passage will sail through without a hitch.
West Bengal tribal women allege police excesses, demand action
By IANS,
Kolkata : A group of tribal women in West Bengal has filed a complaint against police officers who, they alleged, tortured villagers during the probe into a landmine ambush of the chief minister's convoy Nov 2 in West Midnapore district. The women demanded stern punishment to the police officers.
"We've received a written complaint from the tribal women who claimed they were tortured by police officers during the course of investigation. We're now looking into the matter," West Midnapore District Magistrate N.S Nigam told IANS Thursday.
Woman raped, murdered in Rajasthan
Jaipur: A man raped a woman and then killed her by throwing her into a water tank in Rajasthan Friday, police said. The criminal...
Making democracy work when the roads don’t: Voting in Katlicherra, Hailakandi
By Amit Kumar, TwoCircles.net
Hailakandi: The first thing that strikes you about Hailakandi, Assam, is that given the condition of the roads in its neighbouring...
SAAYA holds program to create awareness among Muslim women about govt. welfare schemes
By TwoCircles.net news desk,
Patna: With an aim to empower Muslim women and create awareness among them about the schemes launched by state as well as central government to improve socio-economic condition of Muslims particularly Muslim women, SAAYA Network organized a state level consultation meeting on November 21, 2009 in Dindigul, Tamil Nadu.
Now, row over Maharashtra SP chief’s comments
Mumbai: A day after Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav's comments on rape created a furore, his party's Maharashtra unit chief Abu Asim Azmi's...
Sheeba Sageer elected Kerala state president of National Women’s Front
By TCN Staff Correspondent,
Rag-picking girls’ date with prime minister Saturday
By IANS
New Delhi: It was a dream come true for 12-year-old Useeran Sheikh, a rag-picker, as she shook hands with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Saturday, and requested abolition of child labour and quality education for all children in the country.
Sheikh with two other rag-picker children met the prime minister at his 7 Race Course Road residence in the capital.
"I liked it very much. This is the first time I am meeting the prime minister. I never thought this would ever happen to us," Sheikh said excitedly after leaving the Prime Ministers' House.
Kerala different from rest of India in women’s health: study
By IANS,
Kochi : Women in Kerala have higher life expectancy, they have an upper edge in the state's sex ratio, are more prone to obesity and experience higher stress levels than men. A new study, therefore, says health problems faced by women in Kerala are different from those at the national level.
The study titled 'Health of Women in Kerala: Current Status and Emerging Issues' was conducted by researchers attached to the Centre for Socio-economic and Environmental Studies (CSES) here and was distributed to the media Sunday.
Gujarati Muslims and Congress
Can the relationship stand the test of time?
By Mohd. Ismail Khan, TwoCircles.net
Meet the Tribal Girls From Jammu & Kashmir Who Cracked Neet
Tauseef Ahmad | Two Circles.net
Several girls from the Bakarwal community, a nomadic ethnic minority in India's Jammu and Kashmir area, recently cleared the National...
Women offer prayers and pongala to Attukal Devi in Thiruvananthapuram
By IANS,
Thiruvananthapuram : Close to four and a half million women devotees cooked sweet pongala - a concoction of rice and jaggery - on...
Trial in Lucknow for women’s wrestlers from Monday
New Delhi : The selection committee of Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) will meet at Sports Authority of India (SAI) training Centre in...
Sushma Swaraj – an orator and a prominent face of BJP (Profile)
New Delhi : A top woman leader of the BJP and one of its best orators, Sushma Swaraj has blazed some records in her...
Penniless widow writes to Patil for mercy death
By IANS,
Bhubaneswar: A 45-year-old widow in Orissa has sought permission from President Pratibha Patil to end her life, saying she has no money to feed her three mentally challenged children.
Pass Women’s Reservation Bill: NHRC
New Delhi : The National Human Right Commission (NHRC) Tuesday called for the passage of the Women's Reservation Bill to give them one-third seats...
India’s women teams eyeing semi-final berths in Lawn Bowl tournament
By IANS,
New Delhi: Indian women Thursday assured themselves of a berth in the semi-final play-offs of the singles and the triples event of the Eight Nation Invitational Lawn Bowls Event.
In the triples category, Indian women defeated South Africa 12-3, 10-8 while in the singles they won 14-1, 7-8 via the tie-breaker against Northern Ireland at the renovated Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium here.
In the pairs category, the women's team is placed sixth after they lost to Malaysia 11-7, 7-6.
Woman kills her two children, attempts suicide
Hyderabad : Distressed over financial problems, a woman poisoned to death her two children and later attempted suicide with her mother by jumping into...
तस्वीरों में साल 2022 का एएमयु में मनाया गया सर सैयद डे !
जिब्रानुदीन। Twocircles.net
कल, 17 अक्टूबर को दुनिया भर में अलीग बिरादरी द्वारा धूमधाम से सर सैयद डे का जश्न मनाया गया। अलीगढ़ मुस्लिम विश्वविद्यालय के...
Indian man’s tweet to Swaraj saves sister from traffickers
Abu Dhabi : A brother's tweet to Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj led to the rescue of his sister from human traffickers...
Women’s quota bill likely in budget session: Natarajan
By IANS,
New Delhi : A landmark bill on reserving 33 percent of seats for women in parliament and the state legislatures is likely to come up for discussion in the budget session of parliament beginning late February, chairperson of a parliamentary panel on the measure said Thursday.
"A bill on reserving 33 percent of seats in parliament and the state assemblies is likely to be taken up in the next session of parliament," Jayanthi Natarajan, chairperson of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and Justice, told reporters.
Women’s rights activists condemn Mulayam, Abu Azmi remarks
New Delhi : Women's rights activists Friday strongly condemned comments made on rape and women by Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav and party...
Three held for human trafficking, two girls rescued
New Delhi: Three people, including a woman, have been arrested for their involvement in human trafficking, while two girls from West Bengal were rescued,...
International human trafficking ring busted, 26 women rescued
New Delhi : Delhi Police have arrested a 52-year-old man and his woman accomplice for running an international human trafficking racket, and rescued 26...
Specially-abled Delhi woman tops civil services exams; women take top four
New Delhi : A physically-challenged Delhi woman topped the civil services examination, as the first four ranks were scooped up by women in...
Kidnapped minor girl rescued in Delhi
New Delhi : A minor girl who was kidnapped in Delhi was rescued on Thursday from the New Delhi railway station and the...
Decadal increase in separated women goes up to a million
By IANS,
New Delhi : The government Friday said the number of divorced and separated women in the country has gone up by nearly a...
BJP MLA threatens to abduct women for spurned suitors
Mumbai, Sep 5 (IANS) A political furore erupted in Maharashtra on Wednesday after a ruling Bharatiya Janata Party legislator threatened to "abduct" girls and bring them...
Woman denies ‘love jihad’, court lets her to go with lover
By IANS,
Bangalore : The Karnataka High Court Friday allowed a woman to go with her Muslim husband as the state police sought more time to complete their probe into reports of non-Muslim women being lured by Muslim youth with the intention to convert them to Islam.
"There is no 'love jihad' and I had gone with my boyfriend on my own," Siljaraj told reporters as she left the court premises with her lover whom she married. Earlier on Oct 21, the court had sent Siljaraj to her parents' custody for three weeks.
“India has failed to give constitutional rights to its women,” say women activists, intellectuals...
National Secretary of JIH Women’s Wing Rahamathunnissa said that after completing 74 years of Independence, the country is going backwards with regards to women’s...
Interview: Uzma Nahid on Muslim Personal Law Board
By Md. Ali, TwoCircles.net,
In a candid interview with TwoCircles.net, Uzma Nahid, the member of All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) talked elaborately and in detail on the role and the working pattern of the Board and its role and responsibilities in the context of the socio-economic conditions of Indian Muslims.
Five arrested for assault on German woman’s counsel in Goa
By IANS,
Panaji : Five people have been arrested from the hill station of Mahabaleshwar in Maharashtra for Monday's assault on Aires Rodrigues, the counsel of German researcher Fadela Fuchs who has accused Education Minister Atanasio Monserrate's son Rohit of raping her 14-year-old daughter, police said Saturday.
The combined team of Goa and Maharashtra police arrested Jenito Godinho, Santosh Shinde, Sandeep Pujari, Michael Jhonson Chakkal and Anison Nunes from a resort in Mahabaleshwar Friday.
Young women pressurised for sex even when not feeling like it
By IANS,
Sydney : Young women were pressurised into having sex with partners even when they didn't feel like it, according to a study.
"Thirty-seven percent of young women who took part in the study had experienced pressure from partners to have sex when they didn't want to," said Moira Carmody, assistant professor at the University of Western Sydney.
"This involved manipulation such as 'if you love me you will have sex', through to ignoring non-verbal and verbal indications of uncertainty or refusal, and even using physical force," said Carmody.
Mamata leads Trinamool rally to mark International Women’s Day
Kolkata: Kickstarting her party's campaign for the coming Lok sabha polls, Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee Saturday led women leaders and candidates of her...
संयुक्त राष्ट्र में उठा भारत में दलित महिलाओं के साथ बढ़ते उत्पीड़न का मामला
अफ़रोज़ आलम साहिल, TwoCircles.net
नई दिल्ली : भारत में दलित महिलाओं पर बढ़ते उत्पीड़न व शोषण का मुद्दा अब अंतर्राष्ट्रीय प्लेटफॉर्मों पर भी उठने लगा...
74.5 lakh Haryana women eligible to vote
Chandigarh : Nearly 74.5 lakh women voters will be eligible to cast their vote in the October 15 assembly elections in Haryana, election department...
Women activists hold press conference condemning love jihad ‘myth’, say individuals have right...
By M Reyaz, TwoCircles.net,
New Delhi: Women and civil rights activists and lawyers held a joint press conference in Delhi and Mumbai on “Right to Choose and Politics of Love Jihad.” Speakers condemned the propaganda over so called ‘Love-Jihad,’ dismissing it as myth and stressed on the fact that individual women or men not only have the right to choose their partners but are also free to choose their faith in a secular democratic country.
Illegal arms trade has direct effect on women: Activists
By IANS,
New Delhi: Women need to be included while addressing the issue of disarmament as illegal weapon proliferation has a direct effect on their lives and survival, say social activists.
DCW chief booked for naming Dalit rape victim
New Delhi : The Delhi Police on Tuesday registered a case against Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) chief Swati Maliwal for allegedly revealing the...
Uber has no right to operate in India: Women activists
New Delhi : Women activists Monday demanded a total ban on Uber cab across India, saying the company had lost the right to operate...
With art and grit, she helps women in Maoist badlands
By Madhusree Chatterjee, IANS,
Bundu : Deep in the heart of Maoist country in Jharkhand, a young woman is reviving ancient artistic genres to "bring new meaning into the lives of tribal and backward caste women" whose husbands and kin have taken to arms.
Reshma Dutta, the daughter of the erstwhile 'zamindar' (landlord) of Bundu, an economically backward district 40 km from Ranchi, makes terracotta, dokra (metal ware) and ceramic sculptures, jewellery, cutlery and solid three-dimensional wall paintings using ethnic Sohrai motifs and techniques.
Beautician course for female inmates in Bengal correctional homes
Kolkata: The West Bengal government has started a beautician course for female convicts within four walls of correctional homes, a minister said here Monday.
Participating...
Kish Island – a temporary timeout for Iranian women
By Farshid Motahari, DPA,
Kish Island (Iran) : While women in the Iranian capital Tehran are meticulously checked by vice squads for any lapse in the Islamic dress code, those holidaying on Kish Island in the country's south have a temporary timeout in this regard.
"It is such a pleasure to have the scarf so loose on your head and enjoy the sun and wind on your hair. Although only temporary but still it is such a nice timeout for us," said 24-year-old Salomeh who together with her friends, is spending some days on the Gulf island.
Togolese women begin sex-strike for regime change
By IANS,
London: A group of Togolese women have commenced a week-long sex strike in an unusual attempt to oust the west African nation's president and end decades of family rule.
Women will man India-Pakistan border, come Friday
By Alkesh Sharma, IANS,
Amritsar : Indian women troopers are just a few hours away from creating history at the India-Pakistan border. Newly inducted into the Border Security Force (BSF), they will be the first lot of women to guard the international border in Punjab from Friday.
"All the 178 girls will be posted at the international border," BSF Punjab frontier deputy inspector general (DIG) Jagir Singh told IANS here Thursday.
Eight of 10 Malala attack suspects were acquitted, confirms police
Islamabad : Eight of the 10 militants reportedly jailed for their role in the 2012 attack on Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai have been freed,...
New UN-managed fund announces over $9m in grants to empower women
By IRNA,
Tehran : A new fund managed by the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) Monday announced over $9 million in grants to support initiatives in 26 countries to empower women.
The initiatives are ranging from boosting their political participation in Bosnia and Herzegovina to assisting those denied inheritance and property rights in Afghanistan, a press release issued by the UN Information Center (UNIC) said here on Tuesday.
Woman claims molestation by Gurgaon bar owner
By IANS,
Gurgaon: A 35-year-old woman was allegedly molested and manhandled by a bar owner in a shopping mall here Saturday night, police said Monday.
"We have received a complaint from the woman who had gone to the Addiction bar. On the basis of the complaint, we have registered a case and investigation is on," Assistant Commissioner of Police Sumit Kumar said.
No need for CBI probe into rape at girls’ home: Bihar DGP
By IANS:
Patna, July 24:Amid growing demand for a CBI probe into the alleged rape of over 40 minor girls in a shelter home in...
BJP forms panel over atrocities on Dalit women in Kerala
New Delhi : BJP president Amit Shah has set up a three-member committee to look into the incidents of atrocities against Dalit women in...
Five held guilty in two Shakti Mills gang-rape cases
Mumbai: A Mumbai court Thursday found five people guilty of two gang-rape cases in July-August last year in the Shakti Mills Complex here, officials...
A Kerala woman draws attention of Kejriwal towards housing discrimination in Delhi
By TwoCircles.net staff reporter
New Delhi: Dr. Reem Shamsudeen, a visually-impaired woman from Kerala has sought Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s attention towards practice of...
Fast track courts for crimes against women in UP
Lucknow: All 75 districts of Uttar Pradesh will soon have fast track courts for crimes against women, an officials said Saturday.
A decision to this...
Railways U-turn on offering exclusive women train coaches to men
Kolkata : In a victory of sorts for female commuters who did not shy to clash with their male counterparts, the Eastern Railway...
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One arrested for molesting woman in hospital
By IANS,
New Delhi : One man was arrested for allegedly molesting a woman Sunday at the Guru Tegh Bahadur Hospital here, the police said.
An altercation broke out between the woman, who had come for her son's treatment, and a worker in hospital's canteen over the rate of eatables she had bought.
“One person was arrested on the basis of complaint lodged by the woman,” the police said.
Self-defence training programme for girls in West Bengal madrasas
By Mirza Mosaraf Hossain, TwoCircles.net
Starting from July, the West Bengal Director of Madrasa Education will start a 45-day free of cost self-defence training programme...
आख़िर तीन तलाक़ पर क़ानून की बात इसी वक़्त क्यों उठी?
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No afterthought on women’s reservation bill: Khurshid
By IANS,
New Delhi : The government will go ahead with the women's reservation bill with no plans to dilute any of its clauses even though it is open to discussions with any political party, said Minority Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid.
"The cabinet has taken a well-informed decision. If we did not believe in the decision we have taken then why would we have taken such a step in the first place?" Khurshid queried, speaking to reporters on the margins of a microfinance conference here.
An all-women car unveiled in gender-sensitive Iran
By IANS,
London : Iran's state-backed motor manufacturer, Iran Khodro, has unveiled a new car specially designed for women that might take the country's gender sensitivity to new levels, the Daily Telegraph has reported.
The car, with electronic parking aids and a jack making it easier to change a wheel, will be painted in soft "feminine" colours and include interior design features aimed specifically at women.
Assamese woman gang-raped in Delhi
By IANS,
New Delhi : A 21-year-old Assamese woman was raped here by two men who have been arrested, police said Sunday.
One of the men...
India’s first three women fighter pilots commissioned
Hyderabad : Avani Chaturvedi, Bhawana Kanth and Mohana Singh on Saturday were commissioned as India's first three women fighter pilots.
On completion of successful training...
Why did Muslim Personal Law Board dissolve its women’s wing 7 years after formation?
The women’s wing convenor was asked to delete all the social media accounts that the wing holds. Members have called the decision arbitrary and...
No link between gender justice, St.Stephen’s minority status: Activists
New Delhi : Women activists on Wednesday condemned St. Stephen's principal Valson Thampu's for "mishandling" the sexual harassment case, saying the fight for gender...
Women can be safe with technology usage: Lekhi
New Delhi : Is there anything called work-life balance? Are women respected enough in the society? Women are vulnerable to physical and mental exploitations...
Delhi tops in sexual harassment cases in colleges
New Delhi : Delhi has the maximum number of complaints of sexual harassment in educational institutions, the government said on Wednesday.
Human Resource Development...
Muslim women in mosque committees of Kerala shatter the myths built by right-wing media
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
In 2015, Twocircles.net had reported about an emerging trend in Kerala, where women are given representation in mosque committees. At a...
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Woman accuses teen of rape, booked under POSCO
New Delhi: A 26-year-old woman has been booked under POSCO Act after a 17-year-old boy, whom she accused of raping her, claimed that she...
Self-help groups to arm women against economic slowdown: Tirath
By IANS,
New Delhi : India is strengthening its self-help groups to involve women in income generating work to arm them against the impact of economic meltdown, Women and Child Development Minister Krishna Tirath said.
Addressing the plenary session of the third East Asia Gender Equality Ministerial Meeting at Seoul Thursday, Tirath said India is committed to uplift women in every sphere of life.
She said the government is making all efforts to protect women from the impact of economic slowdown on their health, nutritional level and economic sustainability.
Women’s commission to probe Mangalore pub assault
By IANS,
New Delhi : Terming it as a "very unfortunate" incident, the National Commission of Women (NCW) Tuesday formed a committee to probe the assault on some young women by members of a self styled moral brigade in a pub in Mangalore last week.
"The commission is aghast at the kind of behaviour of the so called moral police with the young women in Mangalore. It was a very unfortunate incident, both illegal and not permissible. We have taken suo motu cognizance of the same and formed a committee," Girija Vyas, chairperson of NCW told IANS.
Kamla Beniwal takes oath as Tripura governor
By IANS,
Agartala : Kamla Beniwal, a former deputy chief minister of Rajasthan, took oath as the new governor of Tripura here Thursday.
The oath was administered by senior judge of Guwahati High Court Amitava Roy at Raj Bhawan.
"Dr. Beniwal is the first woman governor of any northeastern state," a senior Tripura government official said.
Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar, his cabinet colleagues, leaders of different political parties, and top civil, army and police officials were present in the brief oath taking ceremony.
Ramadan 1437: Honey Khan
By Asif Khan, TwoCircles.net
“It's been 13 years since I started fasting during Ramadan”, said Honey, “from the time I entered Islam.” Sitting in the...
Jayalalithaa: A shy actress who became Queen of Tamil Nadu
By Venkatachari Jagannathan
Chennai : She was a shy girl when she first stepped into the movie world. Decades later, by when she was...
Khuti gang-rape mastermind held in Jharkhand
By IANS:
Ranchi, July 22:The mastermind of the gang rape of five women in Khuti district of Jharkhand a month ago was arrested on Sunday...
SAARC to get first woman secretary general
By IANS,
Dhaka : The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) is set to get its first woman secretary general - a 36-year-old Maldivian lawyer.
National Commission for Women unveils its NRI cell
By IANS,
New Delhi : The National Commission for Women (NCW) Thursday inaugurated its NRI cell to tackle the rising number of cases of abandonment and divorce of women married to Indian men abroad, and received eight complaints on its first day.
NCW chairperson Girija Vyas and project partner UNIFEM (United Nations Development Fund for Women) South Asia head Anne H. Stenhammer along with Planning Commission member Syeda Hamid opened the office that operates from the second floor of the NCW office at Deen Dayal Upadhyay Marg.
Humiliated South African woman to be finally honoured
By IANS,
Pretoria : Sarah Bartmann, a South African Khoisan woman who was made to exhibit her unusual physical features like her large buttocks to Europeans in roadside shows in the 19th century, will be honoured by having some heritage sites named after her.
The South African government is to open some heritage sites after her name this month that could help the people to remember the icon of oppression and colonialism that systematically stripped Africans of their dignity, BuaNews reported.
IPS officer alleges harassment by senior
Gurgaon: Gurgaon's Joint Commissioner of Police (Traffic) Bharti Arora has accused her boss, Navdeep Singh Virk, of harassment and mental torture and wrongly interfering...