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Canada Calling: Eye on domestic abuse in Punjabis, Brampton declares gender-based violence an epidemic; all eyes on Brijesh Mishra’s bail hearing
June 25, 2023 10:10 am
The recent tragic deaths of women in Brampton and Mississauga have compelled the city to take immediate action.
16 per cent older women in India suffer abuse, finds survey
June 15, 2023 11:04 am
About 67 per cent of older women still undertake caregiving roles in their families, while 36 per cent are unable to do so, the report said.
London Letters: Rahul gets a rousing response, new measures against domestic abuse lauded
March 05, 2023 12:19 pm
The diaspora community circles have welcomed the recent announcement of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to toughen measures against domestic abuse in the country with many lauding it as a step in the right direction as the new proposals “focus on stopping domestic abuse before it takes place.”
Ahmedabad woman kills husband to ‘stop him from beating their son’
June 16, 2022 1:04 am
The couple has three children--Hetvi (17), Ruchi (16) and Manjit (11)--and all three were present in the house at the time of the murder, police said.
Netizens laud TV show 'Anupamaa' for highlighting domestic abuse, consent and mental health
January 11, 2022 7:32 pm
It takes continuous effort to educate people on personal rights and agency, and storytellers, filmmakers and showrunners have a huge role to play when it comes to de-stigmatising such sensitive topics
When your abuser is a powerful politician
May 18, 2021 11:08 am
It was 2018, and at the time, Schneiderman was widely perceived as a feminist hero for going after Harvey Weinstein and advocating for domestic abuse victims. Who would believe that, at the end of the day, he would go home, get drunk and slap his girlfriend?
'How to control your woman' googled 165 million times amid pandemic, reveals study
April 30, 2021 2:25 pm
The study looked at Google searches in the US that was focused on six areas of interest--precarity and insecurity, despondency and helplessness, indicative male violence, and intentional male violence
Abuse begins at home
November 23, 2020 5:41 pm
Parental violence towards girls particularly has been underplayed for years. In this pandemic, these fault lines have come to the fore
Cop beats wife in MP: How pandemic has worsened domestic violence, abuse
September 29, 2020 7:04 pm
Ever since the pandemic began, the UN reported that while Lebanon and Malaysia saw the number of calls to helplines double -- compared with the same month last year -- in China, they have tripled
Duchess of Cornwall Camilla writes heartfelt letter to domestic abuse survivors
September 05, 2020 4:44 pm
Nearly two-thirds of victims of domestic abuse have been unable to seek help, for fear of repercussions from their partner, or because of the restrictions of Covid-19, wrote Camilla
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