NDTV: Six-month-old girl abandoned in train in West Bengal
The same week that India was named the most dangerous country for girl children, NDTV runs this heart-breaking story: Kolkata: Just a few days after Baby Falak’s story made headlines across the country, another infant girl has been found abandoned – this time in a train in West Bengal. Estimated to be six months old, the [...]
Times of India: India deadliest place in world for girl child
By Rukmini Shrinivasan NEW DELHI: It’s official – India is the most dangerous place in the world to be a baby girl. Newly released data shows that an Indian girl child aged 1-5 years is 75% more likely to die than an Indian boy, making this the worst gender differential in child mortality for any country in the world.Infant (0-1 [...]
The Ticker 1.31.12
Here’s a weekly digest of important news stories from around the world: Maha No. 1 in domestic violence cases: Study 1.31.12, The Times of India Funding crunch hurts war against domestic violence 1.31.12, The Jerusalem Post Canadian values in spotlight after “honor killings” 1.31.12, The Times of India Serial domestic abusers should not be hidden 1.30.12, [...]
India’s Youth Walks On The Risky Side
A new study reveals around 7% of young women and 27% of young men in India, who are having or have had premarital sex, use condoms. Only a mere 3% of women and 13% of men said to have always used protection in premarital relationships. The other results are equally alarming. Not more than 40% [...]
The Costs of Intimate Partner Violence in the U.S.
Based on the data collected by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in 2003, almost 5.3 million intimate partner victimizations occur among women in the United States ages 18 and older every year. And the costs of intimate partner rape, physical assault, and stalking exceed an estimated $5.8 billion, including $4.1 billion in [...]
The Ticker 1.23.12
Here’s a weekly digest of important news stories from around the world: Guatemalans climb volcano in protest against violence 1.22.12, BBC Woman’s Rights Around The World: What Have We Achieved? 1.18.12, The Huffington Post Domestic violence gets a voice 1.19.12, Times of India High Hopes 2012 Will Be a Good Year for Women 1.10.12, The New [...]
Homemaker’s Value Must Be Recognised
There is no way to evaluate the services rendered by a homemaker (housewife) but the value must be recognised, the Supreme Court said on Monday. A bench of justice GS Singhvi and justice SJ Mukhopadhyaya chided the National Consumer Commission for reducing the compensation awarded to a woman’s husband for medical negligence on the grounds [...]
Wall Street Journal’s India Journal: Rethinking Safety in Delhi
By Veronica Weis Something has gone fundamentally awry in the fabric of a city when reoccurring headlines of “rape,” “dowry killing” and other gender-based violence are treated as banalities, acknowledged with cursory glances. It’s no surprise, then, that when you broach the topic of public safety with a woman in Delhi, she will likely launch [...]
The Ticker 1.2.12
Here’s a weekly digest of important news stories from around the world: New Year’s Eve most dangerous night of the year for domestic violence 12.29.11, The Washington Times Almost 1 in 5 Women in U.S. Have Been Sexually Assaulted 12.20.11, Businessweek Domestic Violence: Rulings Could Stem Epidemic On American Indian Reservations 12.21.11, Huffington Post Should [...]
