-Economic and Political Weekly State and society both have to transform if we are to reduce violence against women. The past fortnight has seen unprecedented protests in Delhi over the gang Rape and brutalisation of a young medical student. It has taken most people by surprise to see the manner in which thousands of people have come out to protest the lack of safety for women in the public spaces of the...

-The Indian Express Bhopal: In a possible first in India, a Gwalior transport officer has cancelled the driving licence of a man convicted of raping a schoolgirl after abducting her in his vehicle in April 2012. The state transport department said from now on licences of people accused of Rape using a motor vehicle would be suspended as soon as a chargesheet is filed, and cancelled permanently upon conviction. Licences could be...

-Pratirodh.com If Year 2012 earned the sobriquet of “Year of Scams’ due to serial expose of “super social cop” Arvind Kejeriwal, and the year-end tragic death of girl in Delhi gang Rape case reminded us about the most ugly manifestation of ‘Republic of Patriarchy’ in India, Year 2013 promises to be a game changer for the fortunes of welfare state in India as well as political fortunes of UPA-2.   If Narendra Modi,...

-PTI Raipur: Union Minister Jairam Ramesh today said providing toilet to women in the country will instill a sense of confidence, self respect and security among them. It is shameful that 60 per cent of women in the country still defecate in open and there was a shortage of toilets in the country, he told reporters here. In the backdrop of recent incidents of violence against women, including the Delhi gang-Rape case, the...

-Outlook Taking a strong stand against the statements made by some politicians after the Delhi gang Rape incident, Union Minister Jairam Ramesh today said such people should be asked to "go home". The minister said he felt "diminished as a human being" after the December incident which has hurt India's image across the world. "None of us have come out of this looking good. Personally as a man, as an Indian, I felt...