The confusion about the DV Act is about to be settled. A Petition has already been filed in Delhi High Court.
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Dr. Mitu Khurana refused to abort her twin daughters when she was falsely tricked into a sex determination test by Dr.Kamal Khurana, her husband and also a doctor himself. Mitu’s story of struggle began here. Her staunch refusal to abort her children led her husband to eventually throw her out of their house. At other [...]
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This photograph is submitted by Ritumbra Manuvi. This is Ritumbra’s image of freedom and equality of women.
In the photo – The women who witnessed the miseries inflicted on their Tibetan men, find their way out in Dickey Larso Tibetan Settlement at Kushinagra District of Bangalore 5 hours away from Bangalore.
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Most of us skim over an occasional report in a newspaper or hear it mentioned once in a while on TV, but we don’t know what really goes on in dowry-related cases. Once in a blue moon, a dowry case is highlighted by the media but what with the skin-deep journalism we are accustommed to, [...]
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R&B singer Chris Brown, 19, released a public apology to Rihanna and all his fans on the 20th of July saying,”I can only ask and pray that you forgive me.”
In the video, Brown told his fans that he was ashamed of his behaviour towards Rihanna, 21.”What I did was unacceptable, 100 per cent. I can [...]
Primarily treated as a woman’s issue, domestic violence has now found a substantial number of male volunteers worldwide. Reports WomensLaw.org(http://womenslawreports.blogspot.com/2008/11/men-working-to-end-domestic-violence.html), ” A Call To Men(http://www.acalltomen.com/page.php?id=50) a wonderful organization dedicated to galvanizing a movement of men to end all forms of violence against women, sates that ending violence against women is primarily the responsibility of [...]
Read more →Even though I have grown up surrounded by women who define women empowerment, I and many other women have been subjected to domestic violence, whether physical or emotional.
Wikipedia defines Domestic Violence as :
Domestic violence (also known as domestic abuse, spousal abuse, or intimate partner violence) occurs when a family member, partner or ex-partner attempts to [...]
Read more →The Times of India, Pune Edition, recently reported the case about how magistrate court on June 18, 2009, issued a show-cause notice to a protection officer and nayab tehsildar in Pune in a domestic violence case filed by a woman national cricket player. Details of the case given below, courtesy The Times Of India.
"Judicial magistrate [...]
We have a law to protect women from Domestic Violence. In fact, we have one of the most progressive domestic violence laws ever made—Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005. However, not many people know about this law. The Lawyers Resource India blog run by The National Network of Lawyers for Rights and Justice [...]
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