Sanjoy HazarikaThe northeast used to pride itself on its gender equality. But the gory sexual violence against a teenager in Assam shows the region is no different from the rest of India The sordid sexual violence by a group of thugs against a young woman in Guwahati has stunned people not just in India but…
yeda Hameed Posted online: Wed Jul 18 2012, 00:18 hrs Election 2014 should be fought on the issue of violence against women. In the sleepy town of Nazirabad, 75 kilometres from Bhopal, four children were playing near a garbage dump with what looked like a rubber doll. A salon owner across the road noticed something…
Samudra Gupta Kashyap Posted online: Wed Jul 18 2012, 03:59 hrs Guwahati : On January 21, 2008, when Guwahati’s first satellite TV news channel was launched in a glittering function, those behind it vowed not only to make it a mirror of society but also to try and bring the people of the Northeast into…
Date: 15 July Original Story: http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-07-15/guwahati/32684323_1_molestation-assam-government-strict-vigil Kangkan Kalita, TNN Jul 15, 2012, 12.11PM IST GUWAHATI: Seeking urgent steps from the government to ensure safety of women in Assam, which is believed to be one of the safest places for women in the country, social organizations and women activists have demanded strict policing to stop atrocities on women…
Massive protest meet against molestation case. Staff reporter GUWAHATI, July 13 – A number of organisations including women organisations today organised a protest meet under the aegis of North East Network in protest against the molestation of a young girl in the city on July 10. Extending solidarity to the protest were Assam Mahila Samata…
Kangkan Kalita, TNN Jul 15, 2012, 12.11PM IST GUWAHATI: Seeking urgent steps from the government to ensure safety of women in Assam, which is believed to be one of the safest places for women in the country, social organizations and women activists have demanded strict policing to stop atrocities on women in the state. Condemning…
Supreme Court order on fake encounters in Pathribal, Kamrup The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the Army to decide whether its personnel involved in fake encounter killings in Pathribal in Jammu and Kashmir and Assam should be court-martialled or tried in regular criminal courts. If Army authorities were not keen on court-martial proceedings, the Central…
Rahul Jain: Photographs are the reason why thousands of books could ever be written. Enriching people with the knowledge of human civilisations, they have added to narratives and, at times, led to their construction. One of the biggest beneficiaries of this art of capturing life has been the emerging area of study of women’s history…
Pankaj Borthakur, Guwahati (Apr 1): It’s startling! A joint investigation by the Assam police and their Delhi counterpart has brought to light the involvement of as many as 36 Delhi-based placement agencies in trafficking Assam girls and children to Haryana, Punjab, Mumbai and several other metropolitan cities. After the submission of a list of 36…
Unhappy with the implementation of the National Rural Health Mission, the Naga Mother’s Assocaition (NMA) – an apex body of women affiliated with different tribes in the State – has called for a full fledged inquiry into the rural health scheme to root out the deficiencies, shortcomings and ensure a transparent and effective health delivery…