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The candid eyes of CCTV cameras may have recorded the gory incidents of sexual abuse in graphic detail.(Representational image)

Latin America most violent region for women: UN report

The rate of sexual violence against women outside of relationships is the highest in the world in the region.

23 Nov 2017 12:09 PM IST

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Domestic violence widely accepted in most developing countries: Study

A lot woman perceive this behaviour as legitimate disciplining, rather than an act of violence

2 Nov 2018 2:39 PM IST

Duterte who came into power after vouching to kill all of the countrys drug users and peddlers has been doing just that. (Photo: File)

Shoot them in their vagina: What Prez Duteres wants to do to female...

This is not the first time that Duterte has come under the limelight for being openly misogynistic and tried to brush it...

12 Feb 2018 7:24 PM IST

35 per cent females globally affected by violence: UN

35 per cent females globally affected by violence: UN

Activists from around the world campaign for treaty to end violence against women.

8 March 2019 1:43 PM IST

Native American dancers from the United States and Canada take part in the grand entry to the Gathering of Nations in Albuquerque, New Mexico. (Photo: AP)

Native Americans bring their missing, murdered women into focus

The two-day 'powwow' in New Mexico is one of the largest annual gatherings of indigenous people in the United States.

26 April 2019 1:59 PM IST

Rana Ayyub, a compatriot woman journalist to whom the Indian man send vulgar comments on social media (Photo: Facebook)

UN experts ask govt to protect journalist Rana Ayyub from online...

'We are highly concerned that life of Rana Ayyub is at serious risk following these graphic and disturbing threats,'...

27 May 2018 1:02 PM IST

People take to the streets regularly to protest against the increasing levels of gender-based violence in the country.

The terror of masculinity: Abuse of power to show manliness

Ideological masculinity feels threatened under the perpetuation of gender equality.

22 Aug 2018 2:17 AM IST

The misogyny that drives such violence treats women in much the same way as terrorists fighting their enemies in the name of an ethnic or religious cause.

The terror of masculinity: It's violent extremism and terrorism

Women are subjected to threats of rape and murder that are both designed to evoke fear and force them back back to the...

22 Aug 2018 2:15 AM IST

The Gandhi scion, during his visit to Germany and Britain, had said that terrorism was on the rise in India due to increasing unemployment, Ojha said in his complaint. (Photo: PTI)

Rahul Gandhi faces defamation case for 'tarnishing India's image'

If convicted by the court, the charges attract a minimum of two to three years of imprisonment with fine or both.

25 Aug 2018 4:52 PM IST

On Wednesday morning, villagers arrived the housing society Mahagun Moderne in Sector 78 of Noida. (Photo: Screengrab/Youtube)

Video: 200 villagers attack Noida apartment after maid held captive

It is not clear where the woman, who has rushed to hospital on Wednesday morning, was during the night.

12 July 2017 4:14 PM IST

Actor Manju Warrier at a meeting organised by the film fraternity to express solidarity with their colleague who was assaulted in Kochi. (Sunoj Ninan Mathew)

360 Degree: Hunting victim

Malayalam actor who was molested needs to be left alone. She's had a traumatic experience. Voyeurism passing off as...

26 Feb 2017 4:09 AM IST

A video clip of the abuse, involving one of the 16-year-old girls, was leaked on various social media platforms, including Facebook. (Representational photo: file)

Afghan man cuts off wife's ears for speaking to other men

The victim, who is undergoing a treatment, is seeking her husband's arrest.

2 Feb 2017 9:46 AM IST