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Women hold protest in Taliban-controlled Kabul for decision-making roles i
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 3 (ANI): A group of Afghan women activists staged a protest in Kabul on Friday, seeking equal rights and to ensure decision-making roles for them in political life in the country that has been taken over by the Taliban.
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Pakistan: Women activists facing blasphemy allegations after 'Aurat March'
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 8 (ANI): The controversial Blasphemy law in Pakistan, which long have been used to subjugate the minorities in the countries, is now being employed to silence women fighting for their rights.
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Amid FATF meet, terrorists in Pakistan kills four Pashtun women activists
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
North Waziristan [Pakistan] February 22 (ANI): Amid the ongoing Financial Action Task Force (FATF) meet on the fate of Pakistan, a group of terrorists ambushed a vehicle carrying women activists from a non-governmental organisation in a former northwestern tribal region bordering Afghanistan
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Attack on JNU an attempt to silence youth on CAA, NRC, say Hyderabad activ
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], Jan 7 (ANI): Women activists in Hyderabad alleged that the attacks on students in the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) on January 5 were an attempt to silence the youth over their opposition to the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and National Register of Citiz
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Protest outside SC over clean chit to CJI in sexual harassment case, secti
Updated : 7 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 7 (ANI): A group of women activists and lawyers on Tuesday protested outside the Supreme Court against the procedure adopted to deal with the sexual harassment case against Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi.
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20 women detained after scuffle at Naveen Patnaik's residence
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Bhubaneshwar (Odisha) [India], Jan 3 (ANI): Around 20 women activists were detained after Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) women's wing while marching towards Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik's residence here indulged in a quarrel with security personnel.
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Sabarimala row: Trupti Desai detained after threatening to stop PM's convo
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], Oct 19 (ANI): Women activist Trupti Desai was detained by the Pune Police on Friday morning after she, along with other women activists, threatened to stop Prime Minister Narendra Modi's convoy.
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DCW lauds #MeToo, urges women activists to file complaints
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 14 (ANI): In the wake of the 'Me Too' movement, the Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) on Sunday urged girls and women activists to report the incidents of sexual crimes to the police and the DCW so that offenders can be put behind bars.
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Shiv Sena activists threaten to commit suicide if women enter Sabarimala
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Trivandrum (Kerala) [India], Oct 13 (ANI): With Sabarimala Temple slated to open its door next week for a monthly ritual, Shiv Sena's Kerala unit on Saturday warned that their women activists will commit suicide if any young woman tries to enter the shrine.
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Nirbhaya gang-rape: Women activists hail SC 'landmark' decision
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi/Bengaluru/Mumbai (Karnataka/Maharashtra) [India], July 09 (ANI): The National Commission of Women (NCW) and women activists on Monday welcomed the Supreme Court's "landmark decision" in Nirbhaya gang-rape case and said "justice can be delayed but not denied."
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Women activists hopeful of justice for Nirbhaya
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana)/New Delhi [India], July 9 (ANI): Hours ahead of the judgment on the review petitions filed by the accused in the 2012 Delhi gang rape, women activists on Monday hoped justice would be served to the victim and her family.
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NCW hail death penalty in child rapes
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr 21 (ANI): Women activists across the country have praised the ordinance approved by the Union cabinet to award death sentence to the rapists of children below the age of 12.
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