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An American national who was allegedly drugged and gangraped at a hotel in Delhi in April, has returned to India to record her statement and identify the accused. (Representational image)

Delhi is world's worst megacity for sexual violence against women:...

Delhi has been paired with Brazil's Sao Paulo in the poll, which lists the cities where women fear the risk of sexual...

16 Oct 2017 11:11 AM IST

In India, every three minutes a woman experiences violence.

Judicial decisions against women's rights showcase the need for women...

Men are not being persecuted. And the fact that national institutions are supporting this narrative should be deeply...

9 Oct 2017 1:22 AM IST

Women who are afraid of violence within partnerships prefer to date less masculine men, researchers say. (P)

Domestic violence turns women off masculine men: Study

Women who are afraid of violence within partnerships prefer to date less masculine men, researchers say.

26 Nov 2017 8:00 PM IST

Atrocities against Rohingyas may be war crimes: UN envoy

She said that the widespread use of sexual violence was clearly a driver and push factor for more than 620,000...

24 Nov 2017 12:54 AM IST

Kausar Parveen sits with her son who was allegedly raped by a mullah or religious cleric, in Kehror Pakka, Pakistan on May 4. (Photo: AP)

Sexual abuse pervasive in Islamic schools in Pakistan

In a culture where clerics are powerful and sexual abuse is a taboo subject, it is seldom discussed or even acknowledged...

21 Nov 2017 6:31 PM IST

Harvey Weinstein.

Now is the time to go public against predators

Government data says that 99 per cent victims of sexual violence in India do not report the crime to the police.

19 Nov 2017 5:30 AM IST

Elsa Marie Dsilva, Founder and CEO, Safecity

Making the city safer

The launch will see two mobile applications, Safety Global Application and Saahas in the limelight.

19 Sept 2017 12:16 AM IST

Child sexual abuse is an under-reported offence in India and has reached epidemic proportions.

Failing our children

Sexual violence amongst children is notoriously difficult to measure.

18 Sept 2017 2:02 AM IST

Paulomi Tripathi, a junior most Indian diplomat at the Permanent Mission of India to the United Nations said, The Permanent Representative of Pakistan misled this Assembly by displaying this picture to spread falsehood about India. A fake picture to push a completely false narrative. (Photo: @AkbaruddinIndia)

India asks UN to impose sanctions against terrorists for sexual...

Remarks by Paulomi Tripathi, First Secretary in India's Permanent Mission, came after UN chief reported a huge increase...

26 Oct 2018 1:33 PM IST

Slaughter of cows and oxen is banned in Jharkhand. Possession and consumption of their meat is also prohibited. (Representational image)

This vegetarian awareness month, PETA India points to shocking sexual...

From routine rape of cows to manipulation of hens' reproductive systems, animals face sexual violence for meat, milk,...

17 Oct 2018 3:04 PM IST

Today, Murad and her friend Lamia Haji Bashar, joint recipients of the EUs 2016 Sakharov human rights prize, continue the fight for the 3,000 Yazidis who remain missing, presumed still in captivity. (Photo: AP)

Nadia Murad: From jihadist slave to Nobel laureate

Murad and Congolese doctor Denis Mukwege were jointly awarded prize for efforts to end the use of sexual violence as a...

5 Oct 2018 3:16 PM IST

Both men and women report feeling less safe in their neighbourhoods based on the presence of other violence. (Photo: Pixabay)

Sexual crimes in neighbourhood may harm women's mental health

Feelings about the frequency of rape or other forms of sexual assault in a neighbourhood are significantly tied to...

15 Jan 2018 6:40 PM IST