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On crime against women, bad questions, poor answers -Rukmini S

-The Indian Express The data in India is flawed, marked by both under- and over-reporting. The question is not whether India’s women are safe, but whether they are free Very rarely does data become a political hot-button issue in India, dominating the shouty nightly news debates and the daily Twitter sniping. Earlier this month, it was about data on the status of women, following an international survey that found India to be...

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New Save the Children report reveals insecurity of teenage girls from the outside world, but are our homes safe enough?

  Released in May this year, a study by Save the Children has found that if you are an adolescent girl living in the country, then you are most likely to be afraid about being harassed outside your homes viz. in public places. Entitled WINGS 2018 - World of India's Girls: A study on the perception of girls’ safety in public spaces, the study shows that nearly one-third of teenage girls surveyed...

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When perception is reality -Sameera Khan

-The Hindu On India being labelled the most unsafe country in the world for women Is India merely dangerous for women or is it the most dangerous place for women? Is measuring that on the basis of people’s perception of danger and fear any less significant than on the basis of recorded statistics? In light of India’s labelling as the ‘world’s most dangerous country for women’ in a recent global poll conducted by...

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Stalked, Molested and Groped, Daily Travel is No Less Than Torture for Delhi Women -Zoya Mateen

-News18.com Thomson Reuters Foundation survey ranked India as the world’s most dangerous country for women, followed by Afghanistan and Syria, due to the high risk of sexual violence. The rankings were given on the basis of six key areas – healthcare, discrimination, cultural traditions, sexual violence, non-sexual violence and human trafficking. New Delhi: Akshita, a student of Delhi University, lives in the western fringes of Uttam Nagar in New Delhi. Long...

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Nepal girls trafficked into India up by 500% in last 5 years: SSB report -Neeraj Chauhan

-The Times of India NEW DELHI: A study conducted by border guarding force Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) on "human trafficking on Indo-Nepal border" claims the number of victims brought illegally into the country has gone up by 500% since 2013 with girls trafficked from villages and Terai region of Nepal sold to brothel owners in Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and other cities for up to Rs 50,000. In 2013, 108 girls/children were rescued...

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