Violence On Women

Australia pulls out from Afghanistan ODI series, says Cricket Australia

Cricket Australia (CA) on Thursday announced it has withdrawn from the upcoming ODI series against Afghanistan, saying it is "unable to proceed" with the fixture amid Taliban's growing restrictions on women and girls. Australia were slated to take on Afghanistan in a three-match ODI series as part of the ICC Super League in UAE in March. However, after "extensive consultation with relevant stakeholders, including the Australian Government", the CA decided to abandon the fixture. "Cricket Australia has decided that it is unable to proceed at this time with the upcoming ICC Super League three-match Men's ODI series between Australia and Afghanistan scheduled for the UAE in March 2023," CA said in a statement. "This decision follows the recent announcement by the Taliban of further restrictions on women's and girls' education and employment opportunities and their ability to access parks and gyms. "CA is committed to supporting growing the game for women and men around the world, ...

Month-long national campaign against gender based discrimination launched

Union minister Giriraj Singh on Friday launched a month long national campaign against gender-based discrimination, and stressed that the government is committed to end gender related violence. At an event held to mark the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, the Rural Development and Panchayati Raj minister also remotely inaugurated 160 gender resource centres across 13 states. Stressing on ending violence against women, Singh called upon the women not to tolerate violence, and expressed his government's commitment towards ending gender based discrimination. Modi government is committed to women empowerment just as it is dedicated to development. Under the Modi government women have been included in the Army as well, Singh said. The Minister also suggested that women should be provided martial arts training for self protection. On the occasion, Minister of State for Food Processing Industries Niranjan Jyoti said the Sanatan' religion gave equal status

UN calls for prevention of violence against women, girls in Afghanistan

On the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women (EVAW), the United Nations in Afghanistan has called for concrete actions to end violence against women.

Violence against women increases due to Covid-19: UN Women report

Almost half of women reported that they or a woman they knew experienced a form of violence since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic

Women's Day: Civil rights groups call for equality, life sans violence

On International Women's Day, civil rights organisations called for gender equality, violence-free life and renewed pledge to invest in women's leadership building in the post-pandemic world.

Violence against girls, women in UP rose over 14% in 4 years: Study

Married girl respondents in UP aged between 15-19 in 2015-16 experienced 3 per cent internet based harassment, which increased to 4.8 per cent in 2018-19

Verdict in Unnao rape case, in which Sengar is accused, coming on Dec 16

The local court here has framed murder and other charges against the MLA, his brother Atul and nine others in the case.

Gurgaon registered highest number of rape, murder cases in past 5 years

For the same period, Faridabad saw 543 rape and 337 murder cases being registered, while these figures for Sonipat were 229 and 448, respectively

Disability makes justice even harder for victims of sexual abuse: Report

Women with physical disabilities may find it more difficult to escape violence