New Delhi: Delhi is the capital of India is old hat. The brutal gang-rape of a middle aged woman in a hospital toilet, a public garden and her subsequent murder back at the same hospital is only reinforcing the image of Delhi, as the sadist capital of sex crimes. Police say they have arrested three [...]
New Delhi: A young Australian woman was date-raped by an Indian male, in what is being referred to as a ‘Facebook rape case’ in this part of the world. The Indian police are on the lookout for one Sammy Sidhana, who had established contact with the 22-year old Australian woman on Facebook months ago, before [...]
NEW DELHI: In a case that exemplifies failings of the Indian criminal justice system, a teenaged boy, was on Sunday burnt alive in the Navada district of the North Indian state of Bihar. He was the main witness in a case in which his mother was gang-raped by five men of their village some six [...]
It seems we have forgotten, as a global community, how to listen. We continue to judge, tell the “other” how to pursue change in their local struggle for rights. When Mona Eltahawy published her angry diatribe on “Why do they hate us” referring to Arab men and the plight of women in the Middle East, [...]
CAIRO: Egypt’s liberal leaning Free Egyptians Party declared its support for the calls and demands by women’s rights organizations and NGOs in the country, which have called for woman’s rights. The party also said it stands against “the phenomenon of sexual harassment” and called for the passing of a law criminalizing the act. The party [...]
New Delhi: Tsk tsk Uttar Pradesh. The original badlands of India has once again lived up to its reputation. This time a top Indian policeman has been caught on camera endorsing ‘honor killing’. The crass comments of the elite Indian Police Service (IPS) officer have stirred the interest of a nation, which has been wracked [...]
DUBAI: The phone sits on the table at the cafe as Mariam sips her tea and pushes smoke from her water-pipe from her lips. She is waiting for positive news on a court case against an Emirati man charged with attempting to rape a Filipina maid in the country. “We too often have to hope [...]
New Delhi: Being called “sexy” is a “cool” thing for Indian women, according to a top official of India’s National Commission for Women (NCW) a quasi judicial authority here, which looks after safeguarding issues related to the fairer sex. NCW chairperson Mamta Sharma whose ‘sexy is good’ remark about had created a furor in India [...]
NEW DELHI: Women in India, who work night shifts particularly in the BPO sector, are increasingly feeling unsafe working in the sun-down hours. According to a report released by the Association of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (Assocham), about 73 % of the women surveyed have voiced this concern citing unsavory personal experiences. Professional [...]
NEW DELHI: Dowry deaths are not new in India, where exchange of large amounts of cash and jewelry, besides other things like cars and house-hold items is a well entrenched tradition almost universally throughout the country. But this case in the country’s national capital was shocking, where a woman was pushed down by her husband [...]
SANA’A: Local residents in Aden told Bikyamasr.com that al-Qaeda militants in the region were now targeting unveiled women: harassing them, and at least one instance, physically abusing them as they are trying to enforce the full face veil. Although the Qur’an only specifies that a woman should cover her hair, neck and ears, Ansar [...]
New Delhi: Fifty four percent women in India aged between 15 and 49 years believe that a husband is justified in beating them up if the food served to them at home is burnt or overdone, a UNICEF report states. “54 percent [...]
NEW DELHI: An eight-year old boy was sexually abused by a group of six youngsters, also minors, for over a week, even filming the rape and circulating it to their friends via a multimedia texts. The six youngsters among whom, five are below 18, have been taken into custody by the police. The incident comes [...]
NEW DELHI: The Government of India has pushing a bill that specifically deals with the issue of sexual abuse and other offenses against minor children making ‘contact with sexual intent’ a punishable crime. If violated, the offender could face a minimum three years in prison up to life term in prison. The bill now needs [...]
NEW DELHI: A fourteen year old girl is fighting for life after her rapist, doused her with kerosene and set her on fire on Wednesday, in one of India’s most notorious state’s Uttar Pradesh, which is associated with lawlessness. The UP police are now on the lookout for Sonu Tewari, who has been accused of [...]
NEW DELHI: The arrest of an Indian national deported from America on charges of holding a fake passport, has led the Delhi police to bust multi-state human trafficking racket and the arrest two people. According to the police, the human trafficking gang was busted after one Pavinder Singh hailing from the state of Haryana, close [...]
NEW DELHI: A gang selling women and children for as little as $ 1300 has been busted by the police in Madhya Pradesh, a state in central India. The police bust came at a time when a top quasi judicial women’s authority in the state told Bikyamasr.com that a state-wide audit on missing women and [...]
NEW DELHI: A peon in a government-run orphanage in Allahabad in the Northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh has been arrested for allegedly raping three minor girls, aged six to nine, over the last few months sending waves of horror through the country. The police have arrested the peon Vidyabhushan Ojha, 52, based on [...]
CAIRO: Single men in Saudi Arabia claim they are still being barred from entering malls despite a recent directive from Riyadh Gov. Prince Sattam to ease the restrictions which were meant to prevent possible harassment of women shoppers. According to reports in the local media on Thursday, Prince Sattam has approved a decision to lift [...]
DUBAI: Women in Saudi Arabia may get some assistance from the government concerning unwanted comments directed their way, media reports indicated on Sunday. According to al-Eqtisadiah, the ultra-conservative Gulf kingdom’s consultative Shura Council is to vote this month on a sexual harassment law for the country. If passed, the penalty for offenses toward women would [...]
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