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IS forces captives to convert to Islam: Yazidi activist
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar. 6 (ANI): Lamia Haji Bashar, Yazidi woman activist, who escaped from the Islamic State in Iraq narrating her suffering said the extremists forced the captives to convert to Islam and called other religions unacceptable.
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Woman activist Brinda Adige dubs Kottayam incident as 'sad, unfortuna
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], Feb. 2 (ANI): Woman activist Brinda Adige has dubbed the Kottayam incident where a young man attempted to immolate himself after setting afire his estranged lover as 'sad and unfortunate'.
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'Innocent' Salman challenged to counter 'False' Black
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Jan.28 (ANI): Woman activist and lawyer Abha Singh on Saturday lashed out Salman Khan in connection with the Black buck poaching case,saying he should file a counter if he is truly innocent.
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People forcing Zaira Wasim to apologise are anti-women: Annie Raja
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi, [India], Jan. 16 (ANI): Condemning the alleged pressure built by unknown entities on Kashmiri actor Zaira Wasim, who played the younger version of wrestler Geeta Phogat in the Aamir Khan-starrer 'Dangal' forcing her to apologise, woman activist Annie Raja on Monday said
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'Like father like son' suits well for Abu Azmi's son?
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan. 5 (ANI): In what may irk woman activists across the nation, Samajwadi Party leader Abu Azmi's son Farhan has come to his father's defence with a derogatory slur comparing Bollywood actresses with those earning their livelihood by offering sexual favour.
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Trolls reflect patriarchal mindset of society: Women activist
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec. 26(ANI): Woman activist Zakia Soman on Monday said that the recent trolling on cricketer Mohammed Shami's wife wardrobe reflects a patriarchal mindset of society, adding that this kind of harassment should be brought under the ambit of law.
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Triple talaq, Nikah Halala 'un-Quranic', must be abolished: Woma
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi/ Mumbai/Bengaluru[India], Sept. 2 (ANI): Zakia Somen, co-founder of the Bharatiya Muslim Mahila Andolan (BMMA) and one of the petitioners in the Supreme Court seeking to ban triple talaq and Nikah Halala, on Friday said the process of divorcing women practiced in India should be ab
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Ex-NCW member Shafiq tells Centre to keep interest of surrogate mothers in
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi, Aug.25 (ANI):Former National Commission for Women (NCW) member and woman activist Shamina Shafiq on Thursday welcomed the Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill, 2016, and hoped that the proposed bill would keep the interest of surrogate mothers in mind before being passed as law.
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Activists slam AAP, demand probe into woman activist's suicide
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi, July 20 (ANI): Demanding a through probe into the suicide of an Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) woman activist, who had accused her party colleague of sexually harassing her, the women activists on Wednesday said this episode is shameful on part of the Arvind Kejriwal-led party which came a
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BJP questions Kejriwal's silence, to lodge complaint with NCW
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi, July 20 (ANI): Stating that the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) stands thoroughly exposed post the suicide of a woman activist, who had accused her party colleague of sexually harassing her, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) today said that they would lodge a formal complaint in this regard
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