Gender and Sexuality

MP: Beautiful woman ‘distracts, rape may follow’ says Cong MLA, outrage follows

Intemperate and insensitive remarks by Congress MLA Phool Singh Baraiya on women, rape and women from Dalit and Adivasi communities have left the Congress shame-faced on the eve of LoP Rahul Gandhi’s visit to the state

Afghanistan: Bullet riddled bodies of women activists found in Mazar-e-Sharif

Frozan Safi (30), who had taught at a private university in Balkh the northern Afghan province, was one of the victims identified

Hate Watch: Twitter user threatens Virat Kohli’s infant with rape, deletes accounts after outrage

Many try to divert attention elsewhere, suggesting saying handle operated from Pakistan, fact checks prove otherwise

Dabur uses LGBTQI storyline to sell skin bleach, gets trolled for ‘insulting’ Karva Chauth

Company backs down, pulls out racist advertisement after MP minister’s ‘warning’, however the advertisement is problematic on other levels

Bombay court convicts man for sexual harassment in one of the shortest trials!

The case was registered on September 28 and the court delivered its verdict on October 5

Purge incorrect, derogatory references to LGBTQIA+ persons: National Medical Commission

NMC issues advisory to medical colleges and textbook authors; decision flows from a landmark June 2021 judgment by Madras HC

Bikaner hostel rape case: Rajasthan court awards life sentence to main accused, convicts two others

A 17-year-old Dalit girl was found dead in a water tank at her hostel in Rajasthan’s Bikaner district in 2016

Resist before Delhi Police makes sexual assault their SoP for protesters: AISA

Students' group condemns Delhi police for allegedly sexually assaulting women who had gathered outside Home Minister Amit Shah’s house to protest the killing of farmers in Lakhimpur Kheri

Can minor’s consent be considered in POCSO cases?

The Gujarat High Court sets aside conviction of rape under POCSO Act, as the minor girl and the convict were married and girl had borne 2 children

Bombay HC orders protection of identities in POSH proceedings

The court has said that cases of sexual harassment at workplace will not be reported in the media without prior approval; order to not be passed in open court

Understanding the ‘Haritha Moment’: The Gender-ed Turn in Kerala Muslim Politics

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