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Women activists take swing at institutional failure to stop child abuse
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Bengaluru/New Delhi, [India], Jan. 16 (ANI): Women activists across the nation on Monday lashed out at the Beed incident where a school teacher sexually abused girl students.
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Delhi: Women activists demand hanging of serial rapist
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan. 16 (ANI): Following the arrest of serial rapist Sunil Rastogi, accused of assaulting and raping minor girls, the women's rights activists on Monday demanded strict punishment and immediate hanging of the culprit.
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Molestation shame: Seething women activists slam lax politicians
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan. 6 (ANI): The recent string of molestation cases from across the nation coming to light has left the people of the country enraged, especially women activists who have strongly slammed political fraternity for their lax attitude towards women safety and have voiced eve
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K'taka HM finding excuses to cover failure: Women activists
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi/Kolkata [India], Jan. 3 (ANI): Condemning Karnataka Home Minister G. Parameshwara's remark on mass molestation in Bengaluru that "such incident do happen on New Year day and Christmas", women activist Ranjana Kumari on Tuesday said instead of assuring that never such
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Govt. lacks will to use available tools to prevent crime against women: Wo
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec. 16 (ANI): Recalling the horrific December 16, 2012 gang-rape of a 23-year-old woman, women activist Annie Raja on Friday said the government lacks the political will to use available tools to prevent crimes against women due to which till now justice has not been deli
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Women activists welcome Allahabad HC ruling on triple talaq
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Ahmadabad (Gujarat)/New Delhi [India], Dec. 8 (ANI): Welcoming the ruling of the Allahabad High Court on triple talaq, women activists on Thursday said it is a very unlawful act and must be abolished.
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Deaths post demonetisation: Women activists for setting up first-aid unit
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec. 4 (ANI): A day after a 56-year-old man died while standing in an ATM queue in Hooghly, Kolkata, women activist Neelam Katara on Sunday asked the government to establish a first-aid unit near ATMs to ensure that no untoward incident takes place in future.
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Women activists enter sanctum sanctorum of Haji Ali Dargah
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Nov. 29 (ANI): After a series of legal battles that lasted for five years, women activists on Tuesday entered the sanctum sanctorum of Haji Ali Dargah.
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Triple talaq: PM Modi's statement draws mixed reaction from women act
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi/ Ahmedabad [India], Oct. 24 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi's outreach to people on the triple talaq issue and urging the intellectuals who participate in the TV debate to not to make it a Hindu-Muslim issue has drawn mixed reactions from women activists.
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Kerala dress code row: activists slam "Talibani" Diktat
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct. 22 (ANI): After the Kerala Government Medical College (KGMC) issued a dress code for girls, prohibiting them from wearing jeans, leggings or 'noisy ornaments', women activists on Saturday condemned the move saying such diktats diplaying overpowering the patr
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Bankura acid attack: Women activists demand stern action
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept. 12 (ANI): Condemning the incident where three girls were attacked with acid in West Bengal's Bankura district, lawyer Abha Singh today described it as 'gross violation of the law' and demanded strong action against the culprit.
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Women activists demand action against Dayashankar for yet another slur on
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept. 5 (ANI): Coming down heavily on Dayashankar Singh for his derogatory slur against Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati, women activists on Monday demanded strict action against the expelled Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader.
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