By Dipali Banka Kolkata, Sept 21, 2020: A 17-year-old boy, Divesh Goyal, of Don Bosco Park Circus, Kolkata has been walking around with a placard in Girish Park and Vivekananda Road crossing in shorts that says “I wasn’t touched or followed shorts aren’t the problem” and uses the hashtag #WhatIfItsYourBrother.Continue Reading
Monalisa Das Bengaluru: For the past three months, members of Maraa, a Bengaluru-based media and arts collective, have been going around with a purse collecting stories of sexual harassment from students in the city. Called ‘Radio in a Purse’, the initiative gives youngsters a platform to their share experiences, testimonials,Continue Reading
They were asked to appear before the investigating officerContinue Reading
New Delhi: Amid allegations of molestation, Meghalaya Governor V Shanmuganathan resigned late on Thursday, Government sources said. His resignation comes after the Union Home Ministry on Thursday morning sought a response from Meghalaya Government on the allegations against Shanmuganathan. The Ministry also sought a clarifications from the Governor over reportsContinue Reading
We like to believe that as a society, we’ve made a good amount of progress but as soon as a woman steps out of the house, reality hits us smack in the face. We’re not that progressive after all. It’s unfortunate that women have to live in constant fear, evenContinue Reading
Indore: Last year, a 13 year old, 4th class girl went to the school in Kalyanpura area of Jhabua district with a bottle of poison to end her life as she was unable to bear the agony of alleged sexual harassment by a school teacher. This was not a singleContinue Reading
The study was published online in the journal International Criminal Justice ReviewContinue Reading
NGO ‘Breakthrough’ studied 900 young girls and boys in six statesContinue Reading
New Delhi: A complainant in sexual harassment case will be allowed three months paid leave and she or the charged government employee can be transferred to other department during the inquiry, according to a fresh set of strict instructions by the Centre in such cases. The disciplinary authority has beenContinue Reading
