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Campus sexual assault can cost victims their academics
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Sep 7 (ANI): Campus sexual violence not only causes a considerable number of physical and emotional issues for the victims, but also can adversely affect their academics, according to a recent study.
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Sexual violence against college women with disabilities examined
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 16 (ANI): Patterns of sexual violence and intimate partner violence aimed at female college students with a mental health-related or behavioural disability and the health effects of this abuse are presented in a new study.
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Cong. condemns Raj. minister Kalicharan Saraf's 'hollow sensitiv
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 11 (ANI): Perturbed by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and Rajasthan minister Kalicharan Saraf's stance on protection of women against acts of sexual violence, the Congress party on Thursday, while condemning the remark, said the minister's opinion showed
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UP: Woman allegedly gangraped, looted on highway near Jalaun
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Jalaun (Uttar Pradesh) [India], May 7 (ANI): In yet another shocking case of sexual violence, a woman was allegedly gangraped and looted by eight unknown men while her husband was brutally beaten up and tied up in a deserted location near a highway.
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Filmmaker flays Maneka's statement, says films teach what is right an
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Mumbai [India], Apr. 8 (ANI): Filmmaker Ashoke Pandit on Saturday condemned Minister for Women and Child Development Maneka Gandhi's statement that films have been promoting sexual violence against women.
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SC to hear plea seeking to check sex offence videos
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar. 22 (ANI): The Supreme Court will on Wednesday continue its hearing in regard to Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by an NGO, (Non-governmental Organisation), Prajwala, seeking the intervention of the apex court to direct the Centre to take appropriate steps or gu
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Issue of sexual violence: SC to hear plea seeking its intervention
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar. 20 (ANI): The Supreme Court will on Monday hear the Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by an NGO, (Non-governmental Organisation), Prajwala, seeking the intervention of the apex Court to direct the Centre to take appropriate steps or guidelines on the issue of sex
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