-TheWire.in Irrespective of the marital status of women, access to safe abortion services and quality post-abortion care, including counselling, need to be legally guaranteed. On February 28, 2017, the Supreme Court refused to allow a woman to abort her 26-week-old foetus that would be born with Down syndrome, a congenital disorder that postpones the onset of developmental and intellectual features. Admitting that the child may suffer from physical and mental abnormalities, the...
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Sexual violence against women in riots and other mass crimes is being 'normalised' -Syeda Hameed and Salina Wilson
-Hindustan Times We live in a social regime where women are seen as an embodiment of men’s izzat (honour). Attacking ‘their women’ then becomes the undoing of the whole community. Bilkis Bano. The name and the face have been haunting me since the judgment was announced on her case by the Bombay High Court on May 4. In March 2002, our group of six women arrived in Ahmedabad to document what had...
More »Triple talaq -- myths and misperceptions -Faizan Mustafa
-The Tribune The All India Muslim Personal Law Board has, in a recent meeting, decided on a code of conduct for divorce. In a major climbdown, it has conceded ground and resolved in favour of "one divorce." Therefore, instant triple divorce will no more be an option with a Muslim male. GOING by the discussions on television channels it seems all Muslim women are getting instant triple divorce. But then facts are...
More »Free speech versus dignity
-The Telegraph New Delhi: The Supreme Court today decided to refer to a five-judge Constitution bench the question whether the right to free speech and expression includes "the right to insult another person's right to dignity". A bench of Justices Dipak Misra, A.M. Khanwilkar and M. Shantanagoudar asked senior advocates Harish Salve and Fali Nariman, assisting the court as amicus curiae, and a counsel for former Uttar Pradesh minister Azam Khan to...
More »Delhi: One girl raped every 12 hours, one crime against kids every hour -Karn Pratap Singh
-Hindustan Times Delhi was shamed again when a four-year-old girl was raped and murdered on Thursday afternoon. But such incidents are not new in a city that is also notoriously known as the rape capital of India. Three months ago, a four-year-old girl was brutalized and murdered, allegedly by her father’s friend. The culprit was captured on CCTV camera luring the girl to a secluded place. In April last year, an eight-year-old girl...
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