-The Times of India LONDON: UNESCO to ask Prime Minister Narendra Modi to introduce a spate of formal and non-formal programmes "to change the mind set of men" in India in order to reduce rapes in the country. In an exclusive interview with TOI, UNESCO's director general Bokova said "India needs to work with boys and use them as advocates of gender equality." "We need a strong political leadership in India for the...
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Flush With Success -Nisha Ponthathil
-Tehelka Shamefully, in India, a large percentage of the population still defecates in the open. However, a village in Tamil Nadu has scripted a rare success story by becoming an Open Defecation-Free Village. Nisha Ponthathil documents how the people of Amarambedu near Chennai triumphed over habit with a little help from the civil society Twenty-nine-year-old R Karthick, a resident of Amarambedu village, situated about 65 kilometres away from Tamil Nadu's capital Chennai,...
More »All-women police stations non-existent in most police stations -Deeptiman Tiwary
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: The Narendra Modi government last week approved 33% reservation for women in police forces of all union territories, including Delhi, citing difficulties faced by women complainants to approach the male-dominated police force. However, most union territories, including Delhi, do not even have a single women's police station even though the country has 518 of them. According to data collected by Bureau of Police Research and Development,...
More »In Delhi, 70% of accused in crimes on women go free -Richi Verma
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: For every four Delhiites charged with sexual offences, nearly three go scot free. Figures from Delhi Commission of Women's latest annual report (2013-14) shows the acquittal rate in the capital for crimes against women continues to be as high as 70% even as the number of cases steadily rises. According to the report, released on International Women's Day, not only are women in the capital still...
More »Indian women blame patriarchy, submissiveness for their fate: Survey
-IANS In a survey of 1,892 women from various Indian cities, over 60% of the respondents said that it is a combination of patriarchy, men and the submissiveness of women, that had led to their fate and "lack of voice" in the country. The results of the survey, 'Is it an unequal world?', conducted by two active online communities -- WE (Women Endangered) and I Am Who I Am, were released a...
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