カテゴリー: Sexual violence
After a 21-year-old employee was raped and killed by her supervisor in 2021, campaigners ensured conditions at the factory were overhauled. But its order book never recoveredAsk the women working at Natchi Apparels in the historic city of Dindigul in T…
Indian artist Indu Antony was mesmerised when she first saw 78-year-old Cecilia and has put her at the heart of a project that interrogates women’s safety in public spaces and celebrates friendshipI first encountered Cecilia a decade ago, as she was cy…
Divorce is not an end but a beginning, says Rafia Afi, who gets women together to change ideas about toxic marriagesOn the bus making its way through Kerala to the misty hills of Vagamon, a group of 15 women, many wearing hijabs and dupattas, with col…
Five female activists talk about their lives since Sheikh Hasina was ousted – and how the country can secure lasting change for women’s rightsOn 5 August 2024, Sheikh Hasina resigned as prime minister of Bangladesh and fled the country, the culmination…
Segregation does not make going outside any safer or more comfortable for women – it only reinforces the idea that the public sphere belongs to menA couple of weeks ago, I was in an upmarket neighbourhood in Delhi for a photoshoot. The sun was already …
Ziauddin Yousafzai and Ranjit appear in a new film in which they discuss fatherhood, courage, gender justice and bringing up strong daughtersThe day Ranjit’s daughter was born, he distributed sweets to the entire village – not just because he was thril…
At just 13, Kiran faced down vilification and threats after an attack in her small Indian village. Now she is taking her message to the world stageWhen three men were sentenced to 25 years each for the gang-rape of a teenager in north-eastern India in …
At just 13, Kiran faced down vilification and threats after an attack in her small Indian village. Now she is taking her message to the world stageWhen three men were sentenced to 25 years each for the gang-rape of a teenager in north-eastern India in …
Despite protests and laws, sexual violence remains pervasive. India’s misogynist patriarchal culture is holding women backWith a rape occurring every 16 minutes, violence is one of the biggest deterrents to women working in India. On the eve of India’s…
The rape-murder of a trainee doctor in a Kolkata hospital has caused outrage across India. Here, her father recalls her urge to help others and their struggle to support her studiesThe father of the trainee doctor murdered during a rest break at a Kolk…
On Wednesday night, thousands of women took to the streets in the city of Kolkata, West Bengal, in protest against the rape and murder of a junior doctor inside a hospital. The 31-year-old, who has not been named, was attacked at night on Friday while…
Protests reflect anger at 31-year-old’s killing, as well as a failure to address the daily struggles faced by many womenAt the stroke of midnight, thousands of women holding flaming torches and blowing conch shells began to march through dark streets a…
Call for better safety measures as ‘civic volunteer’ arrested after attack on female trainee doctor in KolkataDoctors at government hospitals in several Indian states have gone on strike in a protest after the rape and murder of a trainee doctor in Kol…
Sobia Batool Shah is being protected in hospital after a mob of male relatives attacked her in a harrowing case that highlights Pakistan’s epidemic of gender-based violenceThe household was fast asleep when the six men broke in. They sought out Sobia B…