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The Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Divorce) Act 1986
The Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Divorce) Act was a legislation passed by parliament in India in 1986 with the purpose of protecting the rights of Muslim women who had divorced or have been divorced from, their husbands and provide for matters concerned with or incidental to the marriage. The reality of the case denied even utterly destitute Muslim divorcées the right to alimony from their former husbands. -
Rape of Bilkis Yakoob Rasool
On the third of march, 2002, Bilkis Yakoob Rasool was brutaly gang-raped, and to add to the atrocity, 14 members of her family, including her 3 and half year old daughter were murdered. Several female members of her family also raped and murdered. Bilkis was the only remaining survivor of the horrific incident. -
Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act 2005
‘The Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act 2005’ is an Act enacted to protect women from domestic violence. It was brought into force by the Indian government from October 26, 2006. The Act was passed by the Parliament in August 2005 and agreed on by the President on the 13th of September 2005. As of November 2007, it has been officially approved by four of twenty-eight state governments in India; namely Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh and Odisha. -
Indian Court Says Forced Marital Sex Is Not Rape
A Delhi court judge ruled that sexual intercourse between a husband and wife, “even if forcible, is not rape.” The decision, made public on Saturday, upheld a section of the Indian Penal Code, which does not recognize “sexual intercourse by a man with his own wife, the wife not being under fifteen years of age,” as rape. During the October, a Delhi woman filed a complaint against a man accusing him of drugging her, abducting her and raping her. -
The protection of children from sexual offences act, 2012
Child sexual abuse laws in India have been instated as part of the nation's child protection policies. Indian parliament passed the 'Protection of Children Against Sexual Offences Bill, 2011' regarding child sexual abuse on May 22, 2012 into Act. The rules were expressed by the government in accordance with the law have also been reported on 14th November 2012 and the law has become complete for application. 53% of children in India face some form of child sexual abuse. The need for stricter law -
New Delhi gang - rape
The 2012 Delhi gang rape case was a case involving a rape and fatal assault of a 23-year-old female physiotherapy intern in a neighbourhood in South Delhi. The victim was extremely beaten and gang raped in a private bus when she was travelling with a male friend. The six others on the bus, including the driver, had committed the atrocious act of raping the woman and beating her friend. The woman eventually died from the injuries sustained thirteen days later during treatment in Singapore. -
Protest against sexual offenders
On the 3rd of January, Protesters take to the streets to protest for increased police activity on the streets and police women in crowded areas. Fast track courts to specially deal with the incidents and time bound police investigations. Increased sanitation, and immediate medical relief for victims of rape and assualt cases. -
One Billion Rising
One Billion Rising is a global campaign to end violence against women, and to promote gender equality. founded in 2011 by Eve Ensler as part of the "V-Day movement", the "billion" refers to the UN statistic that 'one in three women will be raped or beaten in their lifetime, or about one billion.' On February 14, 2013, a one-day event was held, to gather one billion women around the world to join together in dance for a show of collective strength. -
Village protests against rape
Before the protest, two teenage, sisters were raped and killed by their attackers. The village protests against the lack of action by authorities against the incident and demanding the suspects be arrested. -
Two India girls gang-raped and hanged in Uttar Pradesh
Two Indian girls found hanging from a tree in a village in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh had been allegedly gang raped. One man has been held responsible over the murders and three policemen were dismissed from duty for failure to register cases when the victims were reported missing. The girls were found in Badaun district and thought to be 15 – 18 years of age and from the Dalit community.
