A 19-year-old woman was allegedly gangraped in a moving car in Kochi after three men and a woman offered to drop her home from a club. She knew one of the accused, according to reports.

The leading political parties in India are so busy politicising rape, that they have forgotten the issue of women’s welfare altogether. It is as if the plight of Indian women is nothing more than numbers meant to be flung at each other during rallies. Every party wants to showcase the other in a bad light. […]

Recently, Indian newspapers and news channels got a rap from the Delhi High Court for disclosing the identity of the Kathua gang rape and murder case victim. The court was not happy that victim’s photograph and personal details had been made public by various media houses. However, when the Times of India contacted some survivors for an […]

You know things are bad when even the Amul Girl cries over the atrocities being committed against women in our country. A recent cartoon shows our beloved mischievous little girl in tears. Looking at the current state of affairs, it’s not hard to empathise with her sombre mood. #Amul Topical: Condemning atrocities on women… pic.twitter.com/igj84im1Q7 — Amul.coop […]

In a comprehensive state-wise compensation scheme for victims of rape or any other physically disabling crime,(like an acid attack or loss of functional body parts), provisions and procedures for compensation were revealed by secretaries of the governments of the 35 states and UTs of India. Under Sec.357A of the Criminal Procedure Code (CPC),a complaint can be filed […]

The Nirbhaya case put India’s rape problem on the global map but hasn’t quite brought much change to the situation on the ground – women continue to get rapes, many in urban settings and those in rural areas are rapes for reasons as bizarre as raising their voice before elders or some such silly thing. […]