-The Hindustan Times Real Heroes, a CNN-IBN initiative in partnership with Hindustan Times, celebrates the extraordinary service of India's ordinary citizens every year. This year, the awards will felicitate 13 women who fought hard and conquered all obstacles to make a difference. Today we share four such stories. * Bhanwari Devi It's a name that's synonymous with the women's movement in India. And yet justice continues to elude Bhanwari Devi. Brutally raped in 1992 for reporting...
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Is the law really a tribute to Verma?-V Venkatesan
-The Hindu Assent to Bill to curb harassment of women In an interesting coincidence, President Pranab Mukherjee gave his assent to the sexual harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition, and Redressal) Bill, 2012, on the night of April 22, when Justice J.S. Verma, whose guidelines in the Vishaka case, the Bill aimed to replace, passed away. The Bill was first passed by the Lok Sabha with some amendments, as recommended by the...
More »JS Verma: Left behind little as inheritance, lot as legacy -Rajeev Dhavan
-The Times of India No obituary notice can do justice to Justice J S Verma. A judge for over 25 years, Chief Justice of India (CJI), Chairman National Human Right (NHRC), Verma Commission on Security Lapses, Verma Commission on rape laws. The list is endless. Many judges hanker for post-retirement jobs, Justice Verma did not. A CJI has to chair of NHRC. He did not ask for the job, but did...
More »sexual harassment at Supreme Court: Apex court to consider draft rules
-PTI The Supreme Court today agreed to constitute a committee headed by an eminent jurist to finalise the draft rules for dealing with sexual harassment complaints of women, including lady lawyers, working at the apex court. A bench, headed by Chief Justice Altamas Kabir, said the name of the chairman of the Committee, which will also go into various other issues raised in the report prepared on its order, would be decided...
More »Tribal women hit hardest by development: study
-The Hindu When displaced by development projects, many migrate to cities as servants, some are lured into prostitution Palakkad: A study conducted by Centre for Development Studies (CDS) on impact of development on tribal people has found that tribal women are the worst sufferers in this process of change. The study, titled ‘Withering Valli: Alienation, degradation and enslavement of tribal women in Attappady' and undertaken along with the Kerala Research Programme on Local...
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