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.
Activists oppose ban on ‘India’s Daughter’
New Delhi : Women activists on Thursday strongly opposed the blanket ban on a BBC documentary titled "India's Daughter" on the December 16, 2012...
हरियाणा के नूह में रोहिंग्या बस्ती में आग,32 झुग्गियां खाक
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एक और रोहिंग्या बस्ती में आग लग गई है। इस बार आग हरियाणा की नूह इलाक़े में लगी है। आग के कारणों...
Uber cab driver diverted route with intent of rape: Prosecution
New Delhi:Rape-accused Uber taxi driver Shiv Kumar Yadav, instead of taking his woman passenger to her destination, diverted the route with the intention to...
Delhi riots: Survivors of anti-Muslim violence living with trauma, constant fear of death
Many survivors of anti-Muslim violence in Delhi that took place in February 2020 are today living with trauma and a deep sense of...
Rahul targets Modi on manifesto delay, women’s security
Sirsa/New Delhi: Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi Sunday launched a multi-pronged attack on the BJP and its prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi, accusing them...
ट्रिपल तलाक़ : इस्लाम में क्या है?
तरन्नुम सिद्दीक़ी
इस्लाम और इस्लामिक देशों में ‘तलाक़’ कभी कोई मसला नहीं रहा. सच तो यह है कि हमारे देश में मुसलमानों की शिक्षा की...
Danish woman’s rape: Victim identifies all accused
New Delhi : A Danish woman, allegedly gangraped by six vagabonds last year, appeared before a court here on Wednesday and identified all...
Female pharma students end up as housewives, waste education: Goa CM
Panaji : Women pharmacology students in Goa either end up as housewives or do not work night-shifts after marriage, which results in wastage of...
#तीन_तलाक़_क़ानून : सवाल दर सवाल ही है, जवाब का पता नहीं
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लोकसभा ने तलाक़-ए-बिद्दत या एक मजलिस की तीन तलाक़ से जुड़ा बिल ध्वनिमत से पास कर दिया है. अब इस बिल को राज्यसभा से...
Positive body image can help young women shed weight
By IANS,
Washington : a bit of dialogue and support can be more effective than exercise in helping women not only keep off the weight, but also stay smoke-free, a new study has found.
"A lot of college women report smoking to keep their weight down. We think that by providing them with the tools to make them feel better about themselves, it alleviates some of those stressors," said Melissa Napolitano, clinical psychologist at Temple University, which carried out the study.
Misguided empowerment camouflaged as choices
By Zoya Khan for TwoCircles.net,
A lot has been said about the recent Vogue campaign which claims to empower women by having to make their own choices. Well I have something to say, and I will say it not because I have the choice to but because I have the option to. To exercise that option could be my choice. Most certainly it is not the case. Our choices are driven by the current market situation and are dependent on the dynamics and functioning of the markets. It is amidst this that the choices we make are heavily market-oriented.
Union health secretary, AIIMS, Delhi Police get NHRC notices
New Delhi : The NHRC has issued notice to the union health secretary, director of AIIMS and the commissioner of Delhi Police over reports...
Centre to launch leadership training program for Muslim women
By Najia O., TwoCircles.net,
Kochi: The Union Ministry of Minority Affairs is set to roll out a program for skill development and leadership training to Muslim women exhibiting entrepreneurial skills. Cleared by the Congress-led UPA government in its first term, the program is among the top priorities of newly-appointed Minister of State for Minority Affairs Mr Salman Khurshid.
A Portrait of the Indian as a Young Dalit Girl: Part 2 – Sister,...
(Editor’s note: This was first published on Yahoo.com as a single piece. We are reproducing the long form report in parts for TwoCircles.net readers.)
You...
NCDHR expresses alarm at NITI Aayog’s claims of not being able to monitor Schedule...
By Twocircles.net Staff Reporter
New Delhi: The National Campaign on Dalit Human Rights has expressed disappointment at a recent news item which...
At your special service, say hotels to women guests
By IANS,
Mumbai : Now women have an added reason to travel alone! Leading Indian hotels are offering exclusive wings, separate floors and specialised services to protect and pamper them - a new concept in the country.
The ITC hotel chain, for instance, has Eva Floors - floors dedicated to women where men are simply not allowed.
"Since security is the prime concern, we bar men from entering this floor. The lifts don't stop at the floor unless you swipe the lift board with your room key card," says Dhunji Kavarna, general manager at Mumbai's ITC Maratha.
Triple Talaq un-Islamic, inhuman and unconstitutional: Armed Forces Tribunal bench
By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net
Lucknow (UP): In a significant decision, the Lucknow Bench of Armed Forces Tribunal has ruled that the declaration of oral...
SDPI condemns CBI raids on premises of Teesta Setalvad
By TCN News,
Bhopal: The Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) has condemned the CBI raids on the premises of well-known social and human rights activist...
Losing political ground, can IUML rediscover itself?
IUML National Meet gains significance as IUML rethinks their strategies to win Muslim hearts taking example out of their recently formed political counterparts
Vijayawada nurse died while attacking friend with acid
Vijayawada: In a dramatic twist to a case relating to the death of a woman in an alleged acid attack, police investigations have revealed...
Book review: Sufism: The Heart of Islam
By Kashif-ul-Huda, TwoCircles.net
Sufism is much misunderstood by both Muslims and non-Muslims alike. While Muslims think that Sufis are innovators in the religion and qabr-parast (grave worshipper) and therefore unacceptable, non-Muslims think that Sufism offers a peaceful alternative to violent face of Islam and therefore acceptable to them. The truth is somewhere between these two extremes and as Sadia Dehlvi aptly states in her book “Sufism: The Heart of Islam” it is “the spiritual undercurrent that flows through Islam.”
Dalit woman burnt alive in Madhya Pradesh
By IANS,
Bhopal : A Dalit woman, set on fire by two people in Madhya Pradesh's Shivpuri district, died at a hospital in Gwalior Thursday, police said.
The woman, Krantibai, was living with Raghuveer Gurjar in Padora village in the district after leaving her husband a few years ago.
"Raghuveer Wednesday demanded some money from her for liquor. When Krantibai refused, he and his brother doused her with kerosene and set her on fire," Shivpuri Superintendent of Police Rajendra Prasad said.
Vocational training: 30 percent quota for Bengal girls
Kolkata: The fees for girls will be halved at entrance tests for polytechnics or ITI vocational courses and 30 percent seats reserved for them...
बिहार में भी जज बने 22 मुसलमान, जिनमें शामिल है 7 लड़कियां
By आस मोहम्मद कैफ़, TwoCircles.net
पटना- उत्तर प्रदेश और राजस्थान में न्यायिक सेवा में मुस्लिम युवाओं के अच्छे प्रदर्शन के बाद अब बिहार न्यायिक सेवा...
First women’s battalion of ITBP passes out
By IANS,
Panchkula (Haryana) : It was a proud moment for 209 new constables Friday as they became the first batch of women to be inducted into the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) at an impressive passing out parade at the ITBP training centre at Bhanu near here.
Home Minister P. Chidambaram flew in to take the salute from the new troopers at the passing out parade.
India’s women’s bill inspiring for Africa: Ghana minister
By Manish Chand, IANS,
New Delhi : India's experiment with gender equality in parliament through the women's reservation bill has struck a chord in Africa, says Ghana's Trade and Industry Minister Hannah Tetteh.
"I hope this legislation goes through. It's inspiring for women everywhere, including in Africa," Tetteh, one of the seven women ministers in the West African country and a firm backer of stronger India-Africa ties, told IANS in an interview.
A lawyer by profession and an aide to Ghana President John Atta-Mills, Tetteh was here to attend a business conclave.
Let AAP government control Delhi Police, Kejriwal tells Modi
New Delhi: Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to hand over Delhi Police and the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) to...
Even Islam prescribes capital punishment for rapists: Maulana Balyavi on Meerut rape
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Patna: Janta Dal United Rajya Sabha MP Maulana Ghulam Rasool Balyavi has condemned the rape of a Hindu teacher of a Madrassa in Meerut allegedly by a local cleric. He said that even Islam prescribes capital punishment for rapists.
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...
Four arrested for woman professor’s murder
By IANS,
Lucknow : Uttar Pradesh police Thursday claimed to have solved the murder of a woman professor, in a Kanpur university campus, with the arrest of four people.
Mandavi Singh, an assistant professor at the Chandra Shekhar Azad Agriculture University, was shot dead on the campus Monday evening.
"Three of the arrested, Jitendra Rathore, Mohammad Mohsin and Sonu are petty criminals. Rathore shot Singh on her face when she resisted their attempt to snatch her gold chain," Superintendent of Police (Crime) O.P. Singh told IANS by phone.
Sushma seeks support for women’s reservation bill
New Delhi : The Bharatiya Janata Party Wednesday said the 16th Lok Sabha should be the one which passes the much-delayed women's reservation bill.
"A...
First female four-star U.S. Army general nominated
By SPA,
Washington : America's first female four-star general has been nominated, the Pentagon announced Monday.
U.S. President George W. Bush nominated Lt. Gen. Ann E. Dunwoody to serve as head of the Army's supply arm, CNN reported.
By law women are excluded from combat jobs, the typical path to four-star rank in the military.
Let’s stop taking the bait: How Muslims should respond to provocative Issues
By Dr. Asma Anjum Khan for Twocircles.net
Triple Talaq, Beef, now Azaan. The more we respond, the more we engage with them, the more they...
Mother’s poor health gets transferred to child, study shows
By IANS,
Boston : Poor health of a little girl leads to poor health of the children she has many years later, Indian-American researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) have found, using data from India.
The study revealed an association between the height of mothers and several indicators of her children's health, including risk of death, risk of being underweight, and anaemia.
“Adverse political situation, militarization impacting Kashmiri women’s health”
‘Impact of Conflict on Women in Kashmir’ report released
By Raqib Hameed Naik, TwoCircles.net,
Srinagar: “Rape, outrage of modesty and other forms of violence against women in the last 25 years have been used as a weapon of war in Kashmir,” and “61% of married women suffer from health disorders due to adverse political situation and militarization,” a report released here to mark February 23 as Women Resistance Day’ in Kashmir said on Monday.
Teresa Rehman awarded Sanskriti Award 2009 for Journalism
By TwoCircles.net staff writer
New Delhi: Teresa Rehman of Assam has been awarded Sanskriti Award for 2009 for her work in the field of journalism.
Sanskriti Award is presented to young talents in the age group of 25-35 years in the fields of Literature, Journalism, Art, Performing Arts and Social Achievement. This is the 30th year of this prestigious award. Award carries Rs. 50,000 in cash and a citation.
Giant step for emancipation of women: PM
By IANS,
New Delhi : Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Tuesday described the historic women's reservation bill as a "giant step for emancipation of women" and "a celebration of our womanhood".
Speaking in the Rajya Sabha just before the voting, he said: "It (bill) is a momentous occasion in the long journey of empowering women that began at the dawn of freedom."
He also thanked opposition leaders for their cooperation in the passage of the bill.
Book suspended officials as accused: Shopian probe report
By IANS,
Srinagar : The commission probing the rape and murder of two women in Shopian town in south Kashmir May 30 has recommended that the five officials suspended after the crime be booked as accused, Jammu and Kashmir Finance and Law Minister Abdul Rahim Rather said Friday.
59 women MPs in new parliament
By IANS,
New Delhi: A record 59 women were elected to the 15th Lok Sabha, with a majority - 23 - belonging to the Congress party alone, the Election Commission said Monday.
In all, 556 women had contested the 2009 general elections.
While the Congress topped the list, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) came second with 13 women being elected.
The All India Trinamool Congress, Samajwadi Party and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) follow with four women each getting elected to the Lok Sabha.
Women’s rights must be respected: President
New Delhi: President Pranab Mukherjee on Monday said India "must respect as sacred the rights of women to equal opportunities and dignified living", as...
US professor to help women in Kerala ‘Find Their Voices’
By Arun Kumar, IANS,
Washington : An American professor has been awarded a prestigious Fulbright scholarship for a project in Kerala focussing on helping women discover the power of their voices in all aspects of their lives.
Kathleen Mulligan, assistant professor of voice and speech in Department of Theatre Arts at Ithaca College, New York will work closely with the women's centre at the Rajagiri College of Social Sciences in Kochi as well as with adolescent girls in the community.
Four gang-rape convicts get 10-year jail in dacoity case
New Delhi: A Delhi court on Wednesday awarded 10-year jail terms to four people - earlier convicted for the brutal gang rape of December...
Writer Kamala Das is dead
By IANS,
Thiruvananthapuram : Poet and writer Kamala Das, well known for her works in both Malayalam and English, passed away in Pune early Sunday, family sources said. She was 75.
She was suffering from diabetes and was recently hospitalised with pneumonia. The end came in a private hospital.
Karva Chauth continues to captivate Indian women
By IANS,
New Delhi : A day when married Hindu women fast till sundown to pray for their husbands' long life and prosperity, Karva Chauth is a much awaited festival in North India. This year, too, there is palpable excitement in the air.
Woman caught smuggling heroin-stuffed buttons to Turkey
By RIA Novosti,
Dushanbe : Customs officials in Tajikistan detained a Filipino woman at Dushanbe airport Tuesday for attempting to smuggle more than three kilograms of heroin stuffed into fabric buttons to Turkey.
"During an individual baggage search of passengers, customs authorities detained Milagros Nolasko, 48, who was attempting to smuggle some 3,300 grams of heroin on a flight from Dushanbe to Istanbul," a customs agent told RIA Novosti.
Women organizations gather at Jantar Mantar to demand 33% reservation
By Saiyed Danish, TwoCircles.net,
New Delhi: In a massive show of urgency and solidarity, women came out on streets to demand the passage of...
Doctor booked for sex determination test in Haryana
Chandigarh : A private doctor in Haryana's Sonipat district was booked by police on Saturday after a team of health officials caught him...
(VM) After Saina, Sania’s turn to hit the top
By Veturi Srivatsa,
Just three days after Saina Nehwal was deposed as World No.1 badminton player in only a week, her Hyderabad citymate Sania Mirza ascended to the throne on Sunday as the tennis world’s top doubles player.
The country rightly savoured and celebrated Saina’s rise to the top of the summit but before the weekend, she had to make way for Chinese Li Xurei to return to the top. Sania offset the disappointment and her accomplishment is also not easy coming.
Minor girl’s death triggers protest in Bengal, locals allege rape
Kolkata : The death of a minor girl, who was allegedly raped, triggered protests as irate locals ransacked the house of the purported perpetrator...
No pressure from allies on women’s quota bill: Congress
By IANS,
New Delhi : Ruling out quota within quota in the bill providing 33 percent reservation for women in all legislatures, the Congress party Wednesday said there was "no pressure" on it from its allies and the government seeks to pass the bill in its present form in the Lok Sabha.
"We believe that all our allies will support us. We are absolutely confident that our allies will remain with us. We wish to pass the bill in the present form," said Congress spokesperson Jayanthi Natarajan here.
‘I am a Muslim, come kill me’: Protesters denounce BJP Minister’s Agra hate...
By TCN Staff Reporter
Delhi: Members of civil society, minority religious orgainsations, academicians and citizens organised a protest meeting at Jantar Mantar, Delhi against the...
अमन की और बढ़ा कानपुर मगर एकतरफा कार्रवाई पर उठे है सवाल !
आकिल हुसैन। Two circles.net
कानपुर हिंसा के बाद अब कानपुर अमन की तरफ बढ़ रहा है। धरपकड़ चल रही है। हालांकि पुलिस की कार्रवाई पर...
Haryana woman booked for killing teenaged daughter
By IANS,
Jind (Haryana): A woman has been booked on charges of killing her 19-year-old daughter in a village in Haryana's Jind district, police said Wednesday.
The father of the girl had lodged a complaint against his wife that she had hammered the girl to death in a fit of rage Monday night in Bibipur village.
Manisha was studying in BA first year and her mother suspected that she had an affair with some boy. In a fit of anger, she hit Manisha with a wooden hammer, leading to a serious head injury, police said.
Irani calls AMU VC’s comments on girls ‘agitating’
Aligarh : Human Resource Development Minister Smriti Irani Tuesday said that reports of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) vice chancellor barring girls from accessing the...
Karnataka BJP lawmaker sparks row with rape remark
Bengaluru: Karnataka's BJP lawmaker K.S. Eshwarappa on Saturday sparked a controversy with his remarks on rape incidents in the state. He later said his...
Former Bihar minister rules out contesting against Khurshid
By IANS,
Patna : Parveen Amanullah, Bihar's first woman Muslim minister who quit the ruling JD-U last week to join the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP),...
NGOs in Mumbai demand compensation for Pune victim’s family and a ban on Hindu...
By TwoCircle.net Staff Reporter,
Mumbai: A number of secular Non Government Organizations (NGOs) gathered together in Azad Maidan of Mumbai under the black banner to protest against disorderly killing of an innocent Muslim techie Mohsin Sadiq Shaikh in Hadapsar area of Pune by the activists of radical outfit Hindu Rashtra Sena. They demanded compensation of Rs. 15 lakhs for the family of killed techie along with a government job to one of the member of his family as Mohsin was the only bread winner for family, besides an immediate ban on Hindu Rashtra Sena (HRS).
95% verdicts of Shara’yee Panchayats go against women: Research Scholar
By RINA,
New Delhi : An analytic survey conducted by Ms. Qutub Jehan Kidwai of Mumbai-based institution ‘Islamic Studies’ reveals that in ninety-five per cent of cases decided at Shara’yee Panchayats go against Muslim women.
Her survey on ‘Islamic Rights of Women’ mainly targets religious institutions and intellectuals in Uttar Pradesh.
Emotional support for Jayalalithaa in Bangalore
Bangalore : About 500 men and women from Tamil Nadu crossed into Karnataka Sunday to extend emotional support to jailed Tamil Nadu Chief Minister...
Confident women lack social skills
By IANS,
Washington : Women who project themselves as confident and ambitious in job interviews are perceived as highly competent but lacking in social skills.
Women who present themselves as modest and cooperative, while well liked, are perceived as low on competence.
However, confident and ambitious male candidates are viewed as both competent and likable and therefore are more likely to be hired as a manager than either confident or modest women.
Four held in Delhi for gang-raping Assam woman
New Delhi: Four people, including two juveniles, have been arrested on charges of gang rape and sexual assault of a 30-year-old woman from Assam,...
Better working sought for law against domestic violence
By IANS,
New Delhi : The Protection of Women from Domestic Violence (PWDV) law suffers from poor implementation even three years after coming into force, voluntary organisations and social groups said Wednesday.
United Nations Development Fund for Women (Unifem), Lawyers Collective and Oxfam, among others, have come together in the capital to hold consultations and suggest steps for better implementation of the law aimed at ensuring gender justice and providing civil relief to women in cases of domestic violence.
‘Northeast-The Women’s campaign’ launched in Guwahati
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: ‘Northeast – The Women’s Campaign’, an initiative by Assam Youth For Change (AYFC) and supported by University of Science and Technology Meghalaya was launched in Guwahati in a bid to bridge the gap of gender inequality on Sunday. The year-long campaign was launched by Meghalaya Social Welfare Minister Deborah C. Marak in presence of Vice Chancellor of University of Science and Technology, Meghalaya Dr. PG Rao.
Teenaged girl gang-raped, killed in Odisha
Bhubaneswar: A teenaged girl has been gang-raped and murdered in Odisha's Ganjam district, police said Saturday.
The barbaric incident took place near Balisahi village, about...
IAF grants permanent commissions to 22 women officers
By IANS,
New Delhi : The Indian Air Force (IAF) has decided to grant permanent commissions to 22 women officers in line with a court directive to ensure gender equality but this will not apply to women officers who join in the future, an official said Wednesday.
"We have started the process of according permanent commission to 22 women officers in accordance with a Delhi High Court order and have decided against challenging it," IAF spokesperson Tarun Kumar Singha told IANS.
Ruksana’s journey and rural India’s search for healthcare
By Devanik Saha
With a wound that refuses to heal on her shoulder, nine-month-old Ruksana lives with her parents - and hundreds of others patients...
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...
‘Islam is spiritually against divorce’
By Faiyaz Ahmed Siddiquee
The “triple-talaq” is a form of divorce practiced among Hanafi Muslims, under which a man at any point of time may...
Russian communist group want statues of Lenin’s women
By RIA Novosti,
Moscow : A St. Petersburg-based communist group Friday said it would raise money to build public statues of communist leader Vladimir Lenin's wife and mistress.
"Statues of the two beautiful muses of the great revolutionary and founder of the Soviet state should be erected in St. Petersburg, on Lenin Square," the group said on its website.
The group, notorious for its bizarre initiatives, said a statue of Lenin's wife Nadezhda Krupskaya should be placed to the right of his statue, and one of his mistress, Inessa Armand, should be on his left.
Muslim women demand reforms in personal law: NGO
Mumbai : Over 500 Muslim women from across India on Thursday passed a resolution to demand comprehensive reforms in the Muslim Personal Law through...
Rukhsana fears for family’s safety refuses police job
By Sadat Khan, Agence India Press
Jammu: Rukhsana Kausar, the brave girl who killed a Lashkar-e-Toiba terrorist at her home in J&K’s Rajouri district, on Tuesday declined the job of Special Police Officer (SPO) in J&K police.
Rukhsana, along with her brother and uncle, was offered the job of SPO more than a month after she killed a top Pakistani militant of the LeT and injured another on September 27.
Kochi nursing job scam runs into Rs.200 crore: CBI
Kochi: The CBI has estimated that the Kochi nursing employment scam runs into nearly Rs.200 crore.
A Central Bureau of Investigation source told IANS that...
UN creates unified organisation for women
By DPA,
New York: The UN General Assembly Friday took a major step by pulling together fragmented groups to establish a new entity aimed at intensifying efforts to meet the needs of women and girls worldwide.
The UN Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women, known simply as UN Women, will merge four existing groups that have been working to improve the lives of women and girls.
Woman judge takes charge of Padmanabhaswamy temple
Thiruvananthapuram: K.P.Indira, the principal additional sessions judge here, Saturday took charge as the head of the administration of the Sri Padmanabhaswamy temple as directed...
Woman gives birth in exam hall
By IANS,
Patna : A woman in Bihar gave birth in the examination hall where she was appearing for her class 12 exams, an official...
Chhattisgarh cop held for setting woman on fire
By IANS,
Raipur : A member of the Chhattisgarh Armed Forces (CAF) has been arrested for setting a woman on fire after she refused to provide him liquor, police said Friday. The woman is battling for life.
The incident took place late Thursday in Surguja district, some 350 km from here. The woman is warded in a government hospital with 90 percent burn injuries.
The policeman, Ambuj Shukla, asked Sushila Paswan, a 38-year-old widow of Ramanujganj area, to get home-made liquor for him. He got upset when she refused.
Entertainment Industries’ So Called Open Approach, a Reason for Crime Against Women
By Abdul Hannan Siwani Nadvi,
Commenting on the Editorial "The Message from Speedy Trials" of The Hindu dated 22nd March 2014 in the context of Mumbai Sessions Court's judgment in the Shakti Mills gang-rape case in which 4 accused got life imprisonment, Mr. Siddharth, an ordinary Indian man, raises valuable points. He says that these kinds of incidents will continue to happen unless we realize that the basic cause is the commercialization of lust brought about by films and pornographic industry. "Who dares to oppose them?"
Fewer women at top due to glass ceiling: Women entrepreneurs
By IANS,
New Delhi : Although more and more women are joining the workforce in India, a glass ceiling is keeping them away from top positions, women entrepreneurs feel.
Rights panel to probe tribal woman’s harassment
By IANS,
New Delhi : The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has deputed a team to inquire into sexual harassment charges levelled by a tribal woman against a suspended senior police officer in Jharkhand.
The victim has also alleged threat to her life from the officer, a statement said.
The rights panel said that in her complaint, the tribal woman alleged sexual harassment by former Inspector General of Police (IGP), Ranchi, P.S. Natarajan.
A criminal case was registered against the IGP and the trial of the case is pending in a court.
Mamata a role model for women, says US diplomat
By IANS,
Kolkata : A US diplomat Tuesday lauded West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for her fighting spirit and called her a great role model for women.
Giriraj does it again: Remark on Sonia’s ‘white skin’ triggers outrage
New Delhi/Patna: Union Minister Giriraj Singh caused embarrassment to the government and triggered outrage on Wednesday with a racist remark about Congress president Sonia...
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...
Goa woman says assaulted, chilli powder rubbed in private parts
Panaji: A woman in Goa has filed a police complaint saying she was beaten up and her private parts stuffed with chilli powder over...
Sexual harassment led to Delhi school stampede: fact-finding report
By TwoCircles.net Staff Correspondent,
New Delhi: A fact-finding report released today has concluded that sexual harassment of girl students led to the stampede in the government senior secondary school in New Delhi’s Khajuri Khas area on September 10 resulting in the death of five girls and injury of scores of others.
Woman hangs self in front of five-year-old son
New Delhi: After an altercation with her husband, a 23-year-old woman hanged herself from a ceiling fan and asked her five-year-old son, the witness...
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.
A day after love marriage, woman killed
Patna, July : In a suspected case of honour killing, a woman was killed by her brother on Thursday in Bihar a day...
83.73 percent turnout in Bengal polling Monday: EC
Kolkata : Altogether 83.73 percent voters exercised their franchise on Monday in 31 constituencies for the second part of first phase of the West...
Speed up adoption process: Maneka
New Delhi: Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi has asked the authorities to speed up the child adoption cases pending in various institutions...
Haryana to honour woman who shot bus assault video
Chandigarh : The Haryana government Monday announced that it will honour the woman passenger who shot the daring incident of two girls taking on...
Jammu lawyers protest bill to strip women of property rights
By IANS,
Jammu: About 100 lawyers were arrested here Wednesday when they tried to lay a siege around the state assembly to oppose a bill moved last week in the upper house that seeks to deprive women of their permanent resident rights if they marry outside Jammu and Kashmir.
More than 150 lawyers of the Jammu Bar Association marched from the high court complex to the civil secretariat where they were intercepted by police.
Strict action against those who misbehave with women: Kerala CM
Thrissur (Kerala), (IANS): Strict action will be taken against those who misbehave with women, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said on Monday.
"The recent stand of...
Estranged working wife entitled to maintenance: Court
New Delhi : A Delhi court has said that even a working wife is entitled to maintenance from her estranged husband irrespective of...
Elderly woman, son found dead in Delhi home
New Delhi: A 60-year-old woman and her middle-aged son were found dead under mysterious circumstances in their home here Tuesday, police said.
Phoolwati and her...
Interview: Manzoor Alam on Indian Muslim leadership
By Yoginder Sikand, TwoCircles.net
Manzoor Alam is the Chairman of the New Delhi-based Institute of Objective Studies, a Muslim social science research centre, and also the General-Secretary of the All India Milli Council. In this interview with Yoginder Sikand, he speaks about the Muslim leadership in contemporary India.
Q: What do you think the priorities of the Indian Muslim leadership should be today?
‘Gender budgeting necessary for women’s development’
New Delhi : Issues like girl child's education, sanitation and maternal health have been given importance in the Budget 2014, but it lacks gender...
Over 1.25 lakh women trafficking cases in India last year
Kolkata, (IANS): There were 35,000 reported cases of child trafficking and 1,25,750 women trafficking cases in the country in 2016-17, with West Bengal topping in...
SC directs payment of monthly maintenance, arrears to harassed woman
New Delhi: After a prolonged high-cost litigation, a woman has at last succeeded getting justice from the Supreme Court, which taking a serious view...
Activist lawyer killed in Navi Mumbai
Thane: Activist lawyer Minakshi Jaiswal was brutally killed with her neck slit and two fingers cut off at her residence in Navi Mumbai, officials...
Family demands CBI probe into attacks on Meghalaya women’s activists
Shillong, Dec 4 (IANS) The family members of two prominent women's rights activists, who were injured in a mob attack in Meghalaya, on Tuesday...
Ban rave parties, says Goa woman legislator
By IANS,
Panaji : Rave parties should be completely banned in Goa and scantily-clad women should be dropped from government advertisements promoting tourism outside the state, Goa's only woman legislator Thursday said.
Speaking during a discussion in the assembly, Congress legislator Victoria Fernandes claimed that rave parties rampantly encouraged the use of drugs among tourists and local youngsters.
"Rave parties create a fearful atmosphere. Such night parties should be completely banned. They are having an evil impact on society," she said.
Parliamentary panel tables report on women’s reservation bill
By IANS,
New Delhi : Holding that reservation of 33 percent seats was a "necessary strategy" to enhance the participation of women in the decision making process, a parliamentary panel on a bill to enable this tabled its report in both houses Thursday amid vociferous protests by several parties.
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and Justice hoped that the measure would be passed into law "and put into action without further delay".
BJP women will get equal opportunity in 2014 polls: Smriti Irani
By IANS,
Panaji : Women will get "equal opportunity" to contest the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, BJP vice president and TV acterss Smriti Irani said Wednesday.
Women journalists protest slanderous stereotypes, seek watchdog
New Delhi : A national organisation of women journalists Monday highlighted the need to regulate the social media in the wake of prevalent "slanderous...
Molestation charges against a college teacher in Karimganj district of Assam: What is the...
By Mustafa A. Barbhuiya,
Curfew has been imposed for last two days in the Karimganj district of Assam after massive street protests from people...
First Indian woman skier to South Pole gets award
By IANS,
New Delhi : Reena Kaushal Dharmshaktu, who became the first Indian woman to ski to the South Pole last year, will be given a Rs.5-lakh award by the Delhi government, an official statement said Thursday.
"The city Government will honour Reena Kaushal Dharmashaktu with an award of Rs.5 lakh (Rs.500,000) in a function to be organised in near future for her feat of skiing from the coast of Antarctica to the geographic South Pole," the statement said.
"The award is in recognition of her adventurous effort," it added.
Sania loses Birmingham tennis semifinal
By IANS
Birmingham: India's Sania Mirza blew a set advantage against Slovakian Magdalena Rybarikova to go down 6-3, 0-6, 3-6 in the Aegon Classic tennis semifinal here Saturday.
Sania, who had beaten Rybarikova in their only meeting before, was appearing in only her second semifinal of the year. She had reached the Pattaya Open final in February.
The 22-year-old Hyderabadi, who played two matches Friday, recovered from a break down in the fourth game of the first set and then reeled off four games in a row for a 5-2 lead. She then comfortably served out the set in the ninth game.
Techie arrested for killing friend’s wife in Bengaluru
Bengaluru: A young techie was arrested on Monday for murdering his friend's wife, a homemaker, in Bengaluru's upscale eastern suburb, police said.
"The suspect, 32-year-old...
‘Misconduct’, ‘Indiscipline’: IIT-BHU Students Suspended While Demanding Justice for Gangrape Survivor
Sayeda, TwoCircles.net
Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh): Almost a year after a 22-year-old student of the Banaras Hindu University (BHU) was allegedly gangraped by three workers of the...
Anti-trafficking bill ignores consenting sex workers
By Somrita Ghosh for IANS:
New Delhi/Kolkata, July 25 (IANS) Geeta (name changed), a resident of Sangli village in Maharashtra, was 19 when she became...
NGOs want protection of men in sexual harassment bill
By IANS,
New Delhi: A group of NGOs working for men's rights Saturday demanded that the bill on prevention of sexual harassment of women at the workplace be made gender neutral to also protect men being harassed at the workplace.
The NGOs under the banner of Save Indian Family Foundation said the draft bill, which is likely to be introduced in the monsoon session of parliament starting July 26, should be discarded and a fresh gender neutral draft should be prepared.
The draft bill was prepared by the Women and Child Development (WCD) ministry.
Violence against women denounced in Argentina
Buenos Aires : With a call to end all forms of violence against women, nearly 40,000 participants brought Argentina's 29th National Women's Conference to...
Obama to designate monument to women’s equality movement
Washington : US President Barack Obama is designating a historic house in Washington as a monument honouring the movement for women's equality in the...
Three arrested for gang-raping woman in Delhi
By IANS,
New Delhi: Three men have been arrested for allegedly kidnapping, drugging and raping a woman here last week, police said Tuesday. Two more accused were still on the run.
Education protecting poor women from obesity
London : Education and increasing awareness are protecting poor women in developing nations, including India, from the fattening effects of rising wealth, a new...
Kolkata women welcome Triple Talaq judgment
By Mirza Mosaraf Hossain
Women organizations in Kolkata on Friday welcomed the Supreme Court decision on Triple Talaq terming it historic which will usher in new era...
Seminar on ‘Women’s rights and the legal systems’ at AMU
By TCN News,
Aligarh: A three-day seminar on ‘Women’s rights and the legal systems’ has been inaugurated today in Aligarh Muslim University (AMU).
Over 14,000 Gujarati women went missing in 2 years
Gandhinagar, (IANS): On the eve of International Women's day, the BJP government in Gujarat admitted that 14,004 women from the state were reported missing during...
Indian woman gives birth to first child at 70
By RIA Novosti,
New Delhi : A woman from the northern Indian state of Haryana has given birth for the first time at the age of 70, the Times of India newspaper said on Monday.
Rajo Devi and her 72-year-old husband, Bala Ram, had been married for 55 years, but she had been unable to conceive. The woman then underwent in-vitro fertilization treatment at a nearby fertility center and gave birth to a girl on November 28.
"Both the mother and child are in good health," the doctor, Anurag Bishnoi, said.
Woman techie cheats NRI of Rs.1.3 mn, booked for cyber crime
By IANS,
Kendrapada (Orissa) : At least eight persons, including a female software engineer, have been booked in Orissa for cheating a non resident Indian (NRI) of Rs.1.3 million by making false promises, the police said Thursday.
"The police have registered criminal cases against software engineer Kaveri Patra, a resident of Mulabasanta village in Kendrapada district, and seven others including her father, husband and father-in-law on the charge of cheating and committing a cyber crime," officer in charge of the local Pattamundai police station K. C. Mallick told IANS.
Teen girl refuses to marry merry man!
By IANS,
Patna : Chances are that Mohammed Abdul Hakim is now sober. And still single. A day ago he was dumped at the altar by the teenage bride-to-be for being a drunkard.
Kulsum Khatoon, a resident of Naharniya village in Madhubani district, Sunday refused to marry Hakim after she was informed that he was habitually drunk.
"Kulsum stunned villagers when a Muslim priest began to solemnize their wedding and she publicly declared that she would not marry Hakim," a local police official said.
Crime Records also prove rise in atrocities against SC/ST in Kerala
By Shafeeq Hudawi, Twocircles.net
Kozhikode: If statistics from National Crime Records Bureau are taken into consideration, it becomes clear Kerala has been...
Suicides by pregnant women, new mothers under-reported
By IANS,
Sydney : Nearly twice as many women commit suicide during pregnancy or the time around childbirth than previously thought, according to University of New South Wales researchers.
The results highlighted the significance of perinatal (period shortly before and after birth) mental health, with suicide being the leading cause of indirect death, followed by cardiac disorders. Deaths from accidents and violence are also significant.
Danish school bans Muslim students from wearing niqab
Copenhagen : An adult education centre in a Copenhagen suburb has told Muslim students that they can no longer attend classes unless they remove...
Nine arrested for torturing Assam woman as ‘witch’
Guwahati : Nine people were arrested Wednesday in Assam's Sivasagar district for torturing a woman and branding her a 'witch', police said.
The incident took...
Woman to get Rs.10 lakh for seeking toilet
Mumbai : A woman who demanded a toilet instead of jewellery from her father at her wedding will get Rs.10 lakh as reward, it...
Railways introduces 33 per cent sub-quota for women in catering units
New Delhi : The Indian Railways on Thursday introduced a sub-quota of 33 per cent for women in allotment of each of the...
BJP failing on checking price rise, protecting women: Congress
New Delhi : The BJP has failed to check price rise or provide security to women despite tall promises made during elections, a Congres...
Government for harsher punishment for throwing acid on women
By IANS,
New Delhi : The government Monday informed the Supreme Court it was willing to amend penal laws to provide for harsher punishment for throwing acid on women - a crime the apex court has described as "worse than murder".
Additional Solicitor General Mohan Parasaran told the bench of Chief Justice K.G. Balakrishnan that unlike as in the normal penal laws, the government even wanted to put the onus on the person accused of throwing acid to prove his innocence.
Delhi’s rights charter to empower women’s body
New Delhi: A draft bill on a Charter of Women's Rights has been prepared to give additional powers to the Delhi Commission for Women...
Health of Women is Indeed Our Precious Wealth
By Shobha Shukla,
On this year's World Health Day, let us focus on addressing issues that can improve health status of women. A wide array of socio-economic, cultural and gender-based inequalities continue to aggravate risk for women.
Normalcy returning though fear remains among people in Assam’s BTAD
By TwoCircles.net staff reporter,
Guwahati: The fear of the bullet sounds which silenced their near and dear ones still persists in the hearts and minds even as Assam government takes measures to control the violent situation in Bodoland Territorial Areas District (BTAD).
Harassed by in-laws, woman jumps with kids before train
By IANS,
New Delhi: A 26-year-old woman died and her two children sustained serious injuries when she jumped with them in front of a train in capital Monday, allegedly following continuous harassment from husband and in-laws, police said.
Beenu took her two children Muskan, 3, and two-month-old Abhiyan to the rail tracks near Sawan Park area of north Delhi late Monday.
"She jumped in front of a train. She was cut into two pieces and her children suffered serious injuries and are undergoing treatment at the Sir Gangaram Hospital," a police officer said.
Man gets life sentence for raping minor in Tripura
Agartala: A tribal was sentenced to life imprisonment by a court in Tripura for raping a 13-year-old girl, police said here Friday.
"Dhananjoy Reang raped...
Mumtaz Kazi – Asia’s first woman diesel engine driver
TCN Special Series on Women of Inspiration
By Rehan Ansari, TwoCircles.net,
Women need to be trained in administration and planning: NCW chief
New Delhi : National Commission for Women (NCW) Chairperson Lalitha Kumaramangalam on Wednesday said that women's contribution to GDP was "very low", underlining the...
Delhi Government not serious about addressing female foeticide, claims Asian Center of Human Rights
By Siddhant Mohan, TwoCircles.netAsian Center for Human Rights (ACHR) in its report, 'Delhi: Disabling the Girl Child?' has stated that there is little seriousness...