The study was conducted in six States and is based on interviews of over 51,000 individuals Findings also underscore the limited awareness on most sexual and reproductive matters Leading sources of information on sexual matters were friends and the MEDIA Less than one in three women know that a condom can be used just once, and just one in six know that a condom cannot disappear into a woman’s body. These are...
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Where is the law to protect our children from sexual abuse? by Ananthapriya Subramanian
We urgently need legislation that specifically addresses child abuse. The Indian Penal Code does not spell out the definition of child abuse as a specific offence Even the Juvenile Justice Act does not specifically address the issue of child sexual abuse The government's decision to introduce a set of guidelines for service providers in the tourism sector in a move to prevent a repeat of incidents like the rape of a Russian...
More »Advertising, Bollywood, Corporate power by P Sainath
Issues today have to be dressed up in ways certified by the corporate MEDIA. They have to be justified not by their importance to the public but by their acceptability to the MEDIA, their owners and sponsors. That the terrible tragedy in Pune demands serious, sober coverage is a truism. One of the side-effects of the ghastly blast has been unintended, though. The orgy of self-congratulation that marked the MEDIA...
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"Parading an accused before the MEDIA and releasing his 'confessional' statement violated the right of the accused," said the Delhi High Court on Monday. Ordering the Delhi police to stop this practice, a Bench headed by Chief Justice Ajit Prakash Shah has asked the police if they could issue guidelines banning it. "The police should not deliberately make the accused pose before the MEDIA. But there is no harm in cameramen...
More »Campaign in many Avatars
Vedanta Resources is under fire from heaven and earth, and even Hollywood has been asked to join in. Tribal rights campaigner Survival International has appealed to Avatar director James Cameron, through an advertisement in US entertainment magazine Variety, to help it stop the company from mining for bauxite in an Orissa forest. The ad drew parallels between the Na’vi tribe in Avatar, who try to stop humans from mining under their sacred...
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