-Associated Press London: In the first major global review of violence against women, a series of reports released Thursday found that about a third of women have been physically or sexually assaulted by a former or current partner. The head of the World Health Organization, Dr. Margaret Chan, called it "a global health problem of epidemic proportions," and other experts said screening for domestic violence should be added to all levels of...
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More women die of burns than men in India, says study -Aarti Dhar
-The Hindu The number of cases of burns among women is unusually higher in India with the proportion being undisputedly more in women married for less than 10 years, a latest study has shown. The pattern of burns in India is unusual in two senses. First, deaths from burning are more common among women than men, and second, burns are a well-known means of female suicide or homicide, the study suggests, describing...
More »More rapes in Delhi in 2012 than 4 metros put together -Dwaipayan Ghosh
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Delhi's shame continues. The National Crime Records Bureau's report for 2012, released on Wednesday, iterates through statistics what every woman in the city knows by experience - that it remains the most unsafe for women among 88 important cities of India. With 5,959 cases of crime against women registered last year, Delhi accounted for a staggering 14.88% of all women-related crimes reported from these 88 cities....
More »Crime against women increasing in Karnataka: House panel report -Anil Kumar M
-The Times of India BANGALORE: Even as crimes against women is raising country wide, more than 2,150 rape cases were registered in Karnataka alone in the past three years (2010, 2011, 2013). The legislature committee on women and child welfare, which tabled it report to the legislative assembly on Friday said 9,201 cases of sexual harassment and 936 dowry death cases were reported in last three years. The panel has called for...
More »Rolling stone who anchored the women’s movement -Urvashi Butalia
-The Hindu With her passing, Indian feminism has lost one of its earliest icons Three years ago, almost to the day, when we launched Vina Mazumdar's memoir, Memories of a Rolling Stone, the room at the Habitat Centre in Delhi was packed to overflowing. Resplendent in her beautiful silk, Vinadi, as she was known to everyone around her, smiled her way through the evening as bureaucrats, academics, politicians, educationists, feminists and others...
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