The Indian state has never directly answered the question as to whether Indian women lose their rights to bodily integrity and sexual autonomy upon marriage.

Martial rape in India cannot be criminalised merely upon the petitioner’s case alone, comprehensive suggestions by all the stakeholders in required.

Marital rape in India has continued unchecked for so long because, afraid of unsettling comfortable hierarchies, we choose to turn away from uncomfortable truths.

Former Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra has said that marital rape should not be made an offence in India. His shocking comment will hurt thousands of women in this country, who can do nothing but endure sexual and physical violence at hands of their husbands, because it is legal. Once you add the word […]

Ireland Abortion Referendum result sets up a fine example for other nations, to stand up for the change they want to see in their society. 66.4 per cent of voters opted to repeal the eighth amendment, which bestowed an equal right to life of the pregnant woman and her unborn child. Hence, women could not elect […]

Indian Law still holds the institution of marriage as so holy that there is no premise for acknowledging the existence of marital rape within it. According to a UN Women’s report, by 2011 at least 52 countries, around the world, had criminalised marital rape. Yet it remains an ongoing debate in our country as to […]

Recently the Delhi High Court asked for the Centre’s opinion on petitions which have been filed against marital rape being legal in India. However, criminalizing marital rape means giving back women autonomy over their body, something which has still not been achieved. The Delhi High Court recently asked for the the Central Government’s view on […]