-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,...
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Rape and Medical Evidence Gathering Systems: Need for Urgent Intervention-Amita Pitre and Lakshmi Lingam
-Economic and Political Weekly Extensive reforms are required so that sexually assaulted women do not feel they are the "accused" when they submit themselves for medical examination and trial. Urgent reforms such as setting up humane rape crisis centres where women can directly approach women counsellors to tell their story, lodge a complaint, and get examinations done at one place are required to improve the situation. Amita Pitre (amita@oxfamindia.org) is with Oxfam...
More »Aadhar Card May Be Linked With TRAIn Ticket Booking
-Outlook Railways is mulling linking of TRAIn tickets with Aadhar cards to tackle the menace of touts in bookings. "We are exploring the possibility of linking Aadhar system with issuing of TRAIn tickets and if this happens, the tout menace will be effectively curbed in ticketing system," Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal said here today. Passengers often do not get tickets in advance as bulk tickets are being cornered by touts. "I have recently...
More »Ramesh Takes Up Women's Safety With Dikshit
-Outlook Congress-ruled Delhi has earned "a most dubious reputation" from the point of view of women's safety, Union Minister Jairam Ramesh has said while giving suggestions to Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit to improve it. In a letter to Dikshit, the Rural Development Minister has suggested that the women helpline (181) should only have women telephone operators so that te caller can convey her problem without any hesitation. Student volunteers could also be considered...
More »India: examining the motivation for rape -Ruchira Gupta
-Open Democracy Were Ram Singh and his cohort simply claiming a notion of masculinity promoted every day by their role models in politics, business and the media? Ruchira Gupta writes of the steady creeping of a rape culture into the fabric of India, and what needs to be done to counter the idea that women are commodities Let us talk about Ram Singh, the chief rapist accused in the case of Damini,...
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