A police officer in UP beat up a woman accused brought into the police station for interrogation puposes. He slapped her repeatedly on the face and snatched her veil, when she fell off he pulled her up by her hair. A lady police officer standing next to them, stood by, without moving a finger, without [...]
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The impact of the Bell Bajao campaign is surely larger than we thought.
The three TV spots created by Ogilvy & Mather featuring campaign ambassador popular actor Boman Irani has not only reached 132 million people through television, radio and press in India they have also had unprecedented impact across the Globe.
Inspired by our videos artists [...]
I don’t how true this news item is considering the levels to which media is ready to stoop in order to create sensation but if even half of this is true then I don’t know what to say. Where are we heading? Are we going forward or are we going backward by leaps and bounds.
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The other day I was lazing in the sun with my copy of Times of India and a big cup of tea. I was casually turning the pages and just reading the head lines of the main paper. By the time I reached page no. 20, I was yawning and wanted to close my eyes. [...]
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If someone dislocated your jaw in one of the many violent beatings they gave you, how would you like to try to live with them and win their love?
23 year old Neha committed suicide on January 1st. Her family alleged that her in laws “used to beat her up…” [Link] “Once she was beaten so [...]
On the occasion of Breakthrough’s 10th year of activism, the male voices from fashion fraternity have come together to raise awareness on domestic violence against women by creating special line of clothing and accessories.
3 leading designers, Aki Narula, Lecoanet Hemant and Narendra Kumar have created bespoke items like Bell Bajao T-shirts and Bags.
On January 13th, [...]
25 year old Russian woman on a business trip to Goa was allegedly raped by a Goa politician, John Fernandes. You know the rest of the drill – police, medical reports, witness, statement, retraction of statement, judicial inquiry, political blame game and no justice.
Matter reached parliament, there entered in the scene Shantaram Naik, Member of Parliament, with his [...]
The United Nations defines ‘violence against women‘ as
Any act of gender-based violence that results in, or is likely to result in, physical, sexual or mental harm or suffering to women, including threats of such acts, coercion or arbitrary deprivation of liberty, whether occurring in public or in private life.
In a recently concluded 3 day [...]
Peace is loud has joined the 16 days of activism by doing something very interesting. They are honoring 16 amazing women across the world who are committed to bring a change in this world by empowering women and by talking the language of peace.
Based out of New York, the organization’s mission is to “support female [...]
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