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Facebook moves against harassment of women
Social media has long been criticized as an unhealthy mode of communication, mainly due to the reason that it violates privacy...
A look back on : Women’s Rights achievements of 2017
The year 2017 has come to an end. Another circle around the sun has been completed by us. Looking back, one may say, the justice...
What amounts to rape? India’s Apex Court decides on saving the future
Marriage is one of the important social institutions, and a means of establishing a family through which society perpetuates....
How a woman changed a legal system
The Triple Talaq validity verdict :
India has since time immemorial been famous as a country where patriarchy and male dominance prevailed. However, similar to many...
Statutory rape laws in Sri Lanka: the underpinning issues
To meet the better ends of justice
Rape is no trivial crime, in the eyes of the law or morals. Whereas penal law clearly defines each aspect of the crime of rape,...
Marital rape laws & Women’s Rights: ‘She’s my wife’ is not a defence!
Often being wrongly viewed and interpreted as a spontaneous outcome of passion, or worse as love, rape is yet another expression...
Striving for a better future
Let us not have another Sharmila;
Thameem Fatheema Sharmila was only 16 years when she was taken to Nallanthaluwa Kodi Palli Mosque in Munthal, Puttalam to give...
What Nirbhaya’s judgement tells us about law and women’s rights: The fearless daughter of India
The date was December 16, 2012. Jyothi Singh Pandey, a physiotherapy student living in New Delhi, India went to a movie with her...
Let not the blooming flowers wither and die - (an afterthought to International Day for the Girl Child) Time the world acted
 “...I speak not for myself but for those without voice... those who have fought for their rights... their right to live in...
Ignorance of the law leads to justify domestic violence : Women, be aware of your rights!
 It is evident that a woman’s right to live a dignified life, free from violence and abuse is constantly violated, mostly...
A look back on : Women’s Rights achievements of 2017
The year 2017 has come to an end. Another circle around the sun has...
2017-12-30 18:30:00 0
What amounts to rape? India’s Apex Court decides on saving the future
Marriage is one of the important social institutions, and a means of...
2017-12-16 18:30:00 0
How a woman changed a legal system
India has since time immemorial been famous as a country where...
2017-12-09 18:30:00 0
Statutory rape laws in Sri Lanka: the underpinning issues
Rape is no trivial crime, in the eyes of the law or morals. Whereas...
2017-09-09 18:30:00 0
Marital rape laws & Women’s Rights: ‘She’s my wife’ is not a defence!
Often being wrongly viewed and interpreted as a spontaneous outcome...
2017-08-19 18:30:00 0
Striving for a better future
Thameem Fatheema Sharmila was only 16 years when she was taken to...
2017-06-17 18:30:00 0
What Nirbhaya’s judgement tells us about law and women’s rights: The fearless daughter of India
The date was December 16, 2012. Jyothi Singh Pandey, a physiotherapy...
2017-05-27 18:30:00 0
Let not the blooming flowers wither and die - (an afterthought to International Day for the Girl Child) Time the world acted
 “...I speak not for myself but for those without voice... those...
2016-10-22 18:30:00 0
Ignorance of the law leads to justify domestic violence : Women, be aware of your rights!
 It is evident that a woman’s right to live a dignified life,...
2016-10-15 18:30:00 0

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