Women’s Manifesto 2014 Indian Elections
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70% Women Feel Unsafe In Guwahati: Survey
Date: 16 November Original Story: http://epaper.indianexpress.com/185735/Indian-Express/16-November-2013#page/2/2
Where Women Fear To Tread – Survey By Rights Organisation North East Network Finds Guwahati Unsafe For Girls
Date: 15 November Original Story: http://www.telegraphindia.com/1131115/jsp/frontpage/story_17571410.jsp#.Uonke9LPW-F
Survey On Women’s Safety Held
Date: 15 November Original Story: http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/showpage.asp?id=nov1513,5,915,528,501,789
Women Vulnerable At Public Places In Guwahati: Survey
Date: 15 November Original Story: http://www.easternchronicle.net/index.php?archive=15.11.2013&city=2
A Victim Of Bigamous Marriage Is Entitled To Maintenance, Rules Supreme Court
Is a victim of bigamous marriage entitled to maintenance? The Supreme Court has answered the question in the affirmative by holding that if a man deceitfully marries a woman hiding the subsistence of earlier marriage, he is obliged to pay maintenance to her under Section 125 of Code of Criminal Procedure (Cr. PC). In the…
Functional Helpline For Women Need Of The Hour
Date: 26 October Original Story: http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/detailsnew.asp?id=oct2713/city06 Functional helpline for women need of the hour STAFF Reporter GUWAHATI, Oct 26 – Condemning the Azara incident, where bodies of two young women were recovered that triggered a mass-protest in the area, the North East Network (NEN) today questioned the role of State in ensuring the safety of women. Taking…
Govt Urged To Ensure Safety Of Fair Sex
Date: 20 September Original Story: http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/showpage.asp?id=sep2113,8,252,132,333,495 STAFF REPORTER GUWAHATI, Sept 20 – Condemning the recent incidences of sexual violence on women and girl child in Kokrajhar, Karbi Anglong, Guwahati, Morigaon and other places, the North East Network (NEN) asked the State Government to adopt exclusive gender sensitive policy measures to strengthen the safety of women and girls…
Security Council Strengthens Efforts To End Impunity For Conflict-Related Sexual Violence
24 June 2013 – The Security Council today sent a strong signal to perpetrators of sexual violence in conflict that their crimes will not be tolerated, adopting a new resolution to strengthen efforts to end impunity for a scourge that affects not only large numbers of women and girls but also men and boys. In…
More Than A Third Of All Women Affected By Physical Or Sexual Violence – UN Report
20 June 2013 – More than a third of women worldwide are affected by physical or sexual violence, many at the hands of an intimate partner, according to a new United Nations report that offers guidelines to help countries respond to this global epidemic. The report, Global and regional estimates of violence against women: Prevalence and…