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'Nari Shakti Forum' requests President Murmu's intervention to support min
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
The forum has highlighted the cases of targeted violence and destruction against people of minority communities. It said that there have been attacks against places of worship, and even incidents of sexual violence against women.
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At UNSC, India's top diplomat highlights country's leadership in combating
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
The top Indian diplomat, Kamboj, was addressing an open debate on "Preventing Conflict-Related Sexual Violence (CRSV) through Demilitarisation and Gender-Responsive Arms Control" at the UN Security Council on Wednesday.
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UN experts condemn forced marriages, religious conversions in Pakistan
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
"Christian and Hindu girls remain particularly vulnerable to forced religious conversion, abduction, trafficking, child, early and forced marriage, domestic servitude and sexual violence," the experts said in a statement issued in Geneva on Thursday.
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West Bengal: ED raids multiple locations related to expelled TMC leader Sh
Updated : 2 years ago IST
The agency conducted these raids days after Shahjahan was arrested. Shahjahan, accused of sexual violence and land grab in Sandeshkhali village, was arrested on February 29 morning by West Bengal Police from a house in Minakhan in North 24 Parganas district in the state where he was hiding.
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Rights group organises virtual discussion to highlight China's atrocities
Updated : 2 years ago IST
The Uyghur Human Rights Project (UHRP), organized a virtual discussion to highlight mass arbitrary detention, torture, enforced disappearances, mass surveillance, cultural and religious persecution, separation of families, forced labor, sexual violence, and violations of reproductive rights
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Beyond Terror: Hamas's campaign of sexual violence uncovered in disturbing
Updated : 2 years ago IST
Hamas committed "brutal sexual assaults, carried out systematically and deliberately" on October 7, a report released on Wednesday, the first such report to detail the day's sexual violence.
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Sandeshkhali women said apart from excesses, they have lost right to vote:
Updated : 2 years ago IST
"It is not only restricted to physical violence, rape or sexual violence, they have even lost their right to vote. They said that they had last voted in 2011 Assembly elections," Adhikari said speaking at a press conference on Tuesday.
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Dashmi' Revolutionizes Bollywood Narrative, Aisshwarya Anishka Leads Charg
Updated : 2 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 19: In a seismic shift within the Bollywood landscape, 'Dashmi' emerges as a transformative force, propelled by Aisshwarya Anishka's luminous performance, igniting fervent discussions on societal change. Released on February 16th, 2024, this cinematic tour de forc
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UN Special Representative on sexual violence in Israel to learn about octo
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
Ahead of the meeting, the First Lady and President Isaac Herzog held a private meeting with Under-Secretary Patten.
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'Stop killing us!': Thousands march to protest against femicide in Kenya
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
The crowd in Nairobi was hostile to attempts by the parliamentary representative for women, Esther Passaris, to address them. Accusing Passaris of remaining silent during the latest wave of killings, protesters shouted her down with chants of "Where were you?" and "Go home!"
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Knesset Caucus reveals shocking accounts of Hamas' brutal sexual violence
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
The Lobby for Victims of Sexual and Gender Violence, a caucus of Israeli Knesset members, opened Tuesday's meeting with a trigger warning, accompanied by continuous weeping among the participants.
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Jewish, Muslim women denounce world silence on Hamas' sexual attacks
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
A Jewish beauty queen from Israel and a Muslim doctor from Britain denounced Hamas' sexual violence and the silence of feminist groups at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland on Wednesday.
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