Until the collective consciousness of the nation is pulled out from the clutches of misogyny, we honestly cannot expect the crimes against women to decline.

When religion comes into the picture one community gets pitted against another and the real issue gets side-lined.

The idea of men being sole perpetrators of such a heinous crime like rape comes from a patriarchal point of view that men are physically stronger than women, as sexual assault is considered the exercise of power by men over women.

The absurdity with which the courts recently have dealt with attempts to rape cases.

BKC police revealed that the woman, who was in her mid-30s, was a sex worker.

The women’s commission and the state government say they will extend all help to the girl’s family, besides liaising with the district administration to ensure free education of the girl’s sisters. However is this the answer to rapes of young women in India? What are we doing to stem the problem itself?

After searching for over a week, the 55-year-old inspector reportedly raped the 13-year-old girl over a period of two months.

A woman, around 25-year-old, was reportedly gangraped by husband and four of his friends in front of their five year-old son near Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. As per various reports, the woman was forced to consume liquor by the accused and later she was physically abused and sexually assaulted. “They pressed cigarette butts on my skin,” the […]

Police are now trying to recover the mobile phones of the law student and her friend Sanjay Singh, who is the key accused in the extortion case, and more video footage.

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Chinmayanand has been arrested by Uttar Pradesh police in Shahjahanpur rape case. He has been sent to 14 day judicial custody by a local court. According to Naveen Arora, Special Investigation Team Chief, “Swami Chinmayanand has admitted to almost every allegation levelled against him,including sexual conversations & body massage.Circumstantial evidences […]