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UN asks India to protect sex workers rights, repeal 377, curb growing violence against women

UN Special Rapporteur highlights pervasive gender stereotyping in media and community and entrenched patriarchal attitudes in public officials, judicial...

A year after Delhi gang rape

By Team FI As as per figures by the Delhi Government, 1,330 cases of rape were recorded in the...

Protest mount in Delhi over child rape

By Team FI Protests and anger are mounting in Delhi over the brutal rape of 5- year- old girl...

Criminal law bill 2013: one step forward, two steps backward, say activists

Women’s groups call for changes in the new Criminal Law (Amendment) Bill 2013, passed by the Union Government of...

India mourns the death of Delhi gangrape victim

By Team FI India is mourning the death of the 23-year-old woman who was brutally gan-graped and assaulted with...

Guwahati Case: Laws on Sexual Violence Inadequate

An Open Letter to PM by women’s groups questions the efficacy of the laws on sexual assault, the inadequacies...

Siddharth Mallya Served Notice for Defamatory Tweets

Mallya has 48 hours to apologise or face legal action from Zohal Hamid, who was subjected to character assassination...

Delhiites March in Protest Against Rape

Individuals and activists from women’s groups, disability groups, and civil rights movements marched in Delhi NCR in a protest...

Paraplegic Woman Deserves Dignity Not Custody: Supreme Court

Survivor of sexual assault by Rajathan Police, Seema, whose subsequent suicide attempt resulted in 80 percent paraplegia has been granted...