Court Gives Married Men Free Ticket to Rape Their Spouses
Just recently the court of Delhi has so wisely decided that forced sexual intercourse in marriage is not considered rape. What’s extremely hard to digest, is that the court of Delhi believes that just because a woman and man are married means the man can force the woman to have sex. Didn’t …
Maternal Mortality Rates Finally Dropping, But Is It Enough?
Problem Maternal death is defined by the medical dictionary, MediLexicon, as the, “death of a woman while pregnant or within 42 days after the termination of gestation, irrespective of the duration and site of pregnancy and the cause of death; two periods are recognized in the 42-day interval: period one includes day …
Doctor Rapes Sister in Delhi for Eight Years
Issue Rape in India is a prominent issue that to this day has not been handled properly. If it were, the number of rape incidents wouldn’t be increasing dramatically. After the gang rape of a student in Delhi who lost her life, the number of reported rape incidents has doubled. …
It's Not All Better for the Hijra Community in India
The modern society of India is an undesirable one for transgenders, specifically Hijras, and has been for centuries. However, recently the beginning to a whole new transformed society may have finally begun in India. India’s Hijra community has finally taken its spot under the law and is now recognized as …
Women in India Have Remained Silent For Too Long
What? Shhh… Can you hear that? Me neither. Women still aren’t speaking up in India to get their place in society. For centuries, women have been seen as inferior and therefore are given less importance in society. Whether it is trying to get justice after being sexually harassed or trying to …
India's Reputation as the #CancerCountry
Problem India has several negative nicknames, but perhaps the most depressing one is the “Cancer Country.” Studies have proven that even though the incidence of cancer in the India is only approximately a quarter of that in the US or Europe, “mortality rates among those diagnosed with the disease are …
5-Minute Video Tells the Story of Rape in India
This video does an outstanding job of putting into five minutes the problems of rape in India as well as great examples of solutions to get women the rights they deserve. Organizations, such as Avazz, make the biggest difference. All it takes is one leader to increase awareness on a topic …
Women in Uttar Pradesh Protest Male Inheritance of Land
Throughout history, women in India have been seen as inferior to men and therefore don’t have the same privileges and rights. Although India has progressed to some extent, there’s still undoubtedly a long way to go. Background India ranks 84th out of the 113 countries on The Economist’s Women’s Economic …
Honor Killing of Young Woman in Love
What Honor killing. The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines it as, “the traditional practice in some countries of killing a family member who is believed to have brought shame on the family.” The definition itself is nauseating, but hearing it actually happen in modern Indian society is even worse. Issue On March …
Viva Charity: Empowering Women to Fight Female Feticide
Female feticide and infanticide have become such a disturbingly common aspect of India to the appalling point where it causes one to seriously wonder what fuels this. Devesh Lal is a Network Consultant in India for the international christian children’s charity, Viva. Lal believes that women have no voice in India, so they don’t …
