Showing posts with label Domestic Violence. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Domestic Violence. Show all posts
Tuesday, February 18, 2025

Higher risk: Editorial on how economically empowered women face more domestic violence in India

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  In contrast to the rest of the world, working women in India face a greater degree of intimate partner violence owing to factors like thei...
Monday, January 02, 2023

Home fires: Editorial on the types of domestic violence

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  Only with education, exposure, maturity and confidence can the Indian woman take full advantage of the law and the insights it contains Do...
Wednesday, December 21, 2022

Regress report: Editorial on ever-increasing rape cases in India

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  Almost ten years on after the Delhi rape case, 4,28,278 cases of crimes against women were registered in 2021, almost double when compared...
Thursday, June 23, 2022

Why attitudes towards domestic violence differ across cultures

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  The trial of Johnny Depp and Amber Heard has captivated public interest with most onlookers echoing the jury's sympathy for the former...
Friday, May 13, 2022

The importance of consent: On marital rape

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  The institution of marriage cannot be allowed to sanction force and violence A  split verdict in the Delhi High Court  on the question of ...
Tuesday, October 27, 2020

Domestic Violence Act: The Supreme Court took a progressive turn, writes Gautam Bhatia

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  The court refrains from treating the entitlements under the DV Act as paternalistic gifts to protect the “weaker” party, but expressly fra...
Monday, July 22, 2019

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Domestic violence has not got the attention it needs We have very few domestic abuse counsellors in India and the police who are the fir...