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Two recipients named for the 2018 Nobel Peace prize
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Stockholm, [Sweden] Oct 5 (ANI): The Nobel Peace Prize for 2018 has been awarded to rape survivor and Human rights activist Nadia Murad and Congolese gynaecologist Denis Mukwege jointly for their efforts to end the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war.
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Bihar govt increases compensation for acid-attack and rape survivors
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Patna (Bihar) [India], July 17 (ANI): The Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar government on Tuesday increased compensation for acid-attack and rape survivors from Rs 3 lakh to Rs 7 lakh.
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Odisha gangrape: Dharmendra Pradhan criticises CM Patnaik
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 23 (ANI): Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan criticised Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, who was conferred with the 'Ideal Chief Minister' award at Pune on Sunday, over the suicide of the alleged rape survivor from Odisha's Koraput.
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SC to hear 13-year-old rape victim's plea for abortion
Updated : 8 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sep 6 (ANI): The Supreme Court will today hear the plea of a 13-year-old rape survivor from Chandigarh, who is seeking permission to abort her 31-week-old foetus.
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SC to hear 13-year-old rape survivor's plea for abortion today
Updated : 8 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 1 (ANI): The Supreme Court will today hear the plea of a 13-year-old rape survivor from Chandigarh, who is seeking permission to abort her 30-week-old foetus.
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SC rejects abortion plea filed by 10-year-old rape survivor
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 28 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Friday turned down an abortion plea filed by a 10-year-old rape survivor, who is 32 weeks pregnant.
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SC issues notice to Centre seeking termination of 10-year-old rape survivo
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] July 24 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice to the Centre on a plea seeking permission to abort 26 week old foetus of a 10-year-old rape survivor.
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Women activists for action against cop asking rape survivor for sexual fav
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Mumbai/ New Delhi [India], June 22 (ANI): Condemning recent Rampur incident, where a cop asked for sexual favour from a rape survivor to nab her perpetrators, women activists on Thursday said that strict action needs to be taken against the police personnel for his act.
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Women rights proponents demand effective police response to rape survivors
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India],Mar.29 (ANI): Seeking to bridge gaps in police response to victims of rape and sexual assault, the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) convened a National Conference on 'First Response, Good Policing and Rape Survivors' in collaboration with the British Hi
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Jane Fonda opens up about being rape survivor
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar. 3 (ANI): While giving an instance of the toll the patriarchy has taken on females, actress and activist Jane Fonda recently revealed that she was abused as a child.
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Shamli gang-rape survivor battles for life at LLRM Medical College
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Shamli (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Oct. 16 (ANI): The Shamli gang-rape victim, who was shot at on her way to the court proceedings in Muzaffarnagar earlier on Friday, is battling for her life at the LLRM Medical College in Meerut.
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Bulandshahr gang-rape: BJP snubs UP CM for 'tutoring' remark
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi, Aug 5 (ANI): Disparaging Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav's accusation at the Opposition of "tutoring" the Bulandshahr gang-rape survivors to serve their political motives, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday said the state government is not concer
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