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Resignation in Protest: MP woman judge quits over elevation of senior she accused of harassment and discrimination
In a powerful act of protest, Judge Aditi Gajendra Sharma resigns after the elevation of a senior she accused of caste-based harassment, calling out the judiciary’s silence, systemic bias, and betrayal of its own ideals
Report card: BJP and crimes against women
The BJP’s track record on women issues has not been great in the past, especially on cases of violence against women. As Prajwal Revanna, MP from Karnataka in alliance with the BJP, seems to evade justice, Sabrang India takes a look at BJP’s past record with crimes against women.
NDA candidate Prajwal Revanna accused of sexually exploiting and videotaping thousands of women
Karnataka MP Prajwal Revanna, and his father, have been accused in a serious case of sexual assault for sexually exploiting women and videotaping these incidents almost 3000 times. Meanwhile, his father, H D Revanna has claimed that the videos are ‘4-5 years old.’
On Women’s Day DUJ Call for a Less Polarized, More Inclusive Media
The DUJ, in this call on International Women’s Day (IWD), has called for a more inclusive media and urged greater gender diversity and representation apart from demanding a law to protect journalists from arbitrary arrests, coercion and intimidation
Uttarakhand: Women’s groups reject UCC say provisions are unconstitutional, criminalises constitutional behavior, Muslims
Demanding that Uttarakhand’s UCC be “rejected in toto” in the form that it is, women’s groups from the state have demanded that it be sent to a Select Committee of the Assembly for deliberations; the Bill is a far cry from a gender just law that removes inequalities’ the Bill is in fact, a ‘cut-paste’ from Hindu personal law
Gateway to Censorship: caution and concern over the proposed Broadcasting Bill, 2023
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The National Alliance of Journalists (NAJ), the Delhi Union of Journalists (DUJ) and the Andhra Pradesh Working Journalists Federation (APWJF) join the Network of Women in Media India, (NWMI) and the Editors Guild of India and others, in expressing their grave reservations against the proposed Broadcasting Services (Regulation) Bill 2023.
Surat man, arrested for false accusations of “posing as Hindu to marry” acquitted by court
In August 2021, 19 year old Pooja Sahu had claimed that she stumbled upon the Aadhaar card of her husband and found that he was a Muslim. This was followed by frequent fights between the couple.
West Bengal: Muslim woman’s posthumous organ donation brings hope to numerous lives
The 58-year-old organ donor left an enduring impact on multiple families by becoming the region's pioneer in posthumous organ donation, transforming lives in the process
Karnataka: Hijab-wearing candidates permitted to appear for recruitment examinations conducted by state
State education minister M.C. Sudhakar stands by the decision of the state in the face of opposition by Hindutva groups, states that any restriction imposed on attire would amount to an infringement of the rights of individuals
Adivasi woman assaulted, stripped by men, BJP MLC’s wife book amongst 3 others
A harrowing incident of assault of an Adivasi woman took place on October 15 where reportedly three associates of the local BJP MLC's wife came and harassed the woman on grounds of the fact that she refused to vacate the land. BJP MLC Suresh Dhas has previously been implicated in a land grabbing accusations as well.
Standing Strong: CJP aids Dalit woman labelled as ‘Doubtful Citizen’
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Marginalised, struck with poverty, Assam woman from a Dalit community on the verge of despair as citizenship crisis looms over her
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