Tagged Under: Sexual Assault

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  Vartanama Aug '22

  On violence, trauma, justice and healing

  By Pawan Dhall

  What could it be like to burn in hell – for the collective conscience of an entire society?

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  Insight Jun '22

  Anti-trafficking Bill must be reconsidered (again)

  By Namrata, Shreyashi

  Namrata and Shreyashi on the problem areas in the latest version of the anti-trafficking Bill – with inputs from Archit Krishna and Kaushik Gupta

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  Insight Apr '22

  Logging out of toxic relationships

  By Jia Mata

  Jia Mata on social norms, toxicity in queer relationships, and what can be done to make things better

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  Insight, Policy Matters Dec '21

  Can increasing women’s marriageable age alone enhance their life options?

  By Sankalpita Mullick, Sudhasri Yadavalli

  Sankalpita Mullick and Sudhasri Yadavalli analyse the controversial Prohibition of Child Marriage (Amendment) Bill, 2021

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  Insight, Printed Word Jan '21

  Sex, commerce and queer rural India

  By Dr. Kaustav Bakshi

  Dr. Kaustav Bakshi reviews social researcher Niloy Basu’s new book ‘Launda Dancer: Anyo Hijrer Bhinna Bhuban’, an important addition to queer literature in Bengali

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  Poetry Nov '20

  Unreliable witness

  By Anureet Watta

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  Advice - Mind Body Family, Insight Sep '20

  Better mental health for safer dating?

  By QFLN - West Bengal

  Festive season’s round the corner, coronavirus lockdowns have eased up – have fun dating but don’t let your heart and wallet become easy game! Queer Friendly Lawyers Network – West...

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  Advice - Rights and Laws Sep '19

  Legal facts on transmitting, viewing and reporting online child pornography

  By Kaushik Gupta

  Kaushik Gupta explains the law on online child pornography

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  Insight Aug '19

  Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill, 2019: Time for a legal challenge?

  By Diksha Sanyal

  Diksha Sanyal examines the constitutionality of a Bill which the Centre is keen to enact

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  QA - Child Sexual Abuse Aug '18

  Why children don’t talk about their experience of sexual abuse

  By RAHI Foundation

  RAHI Foundation is back with more issues to discuss around incest and child sexual abuse

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  Vartanama Jun '18

  For your well-being!

  By Pawan Dhall

  Varta’s online locator for queer friendly health and legal aid service providers is formally launched!

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  QA - Child Sexual Abuse Jun '18

  Talking about incest and child sexual abuse

  By RAHI Foundation

  In a new bi-monthly column RAHI Foundation discusses a range of issues around child sexual abuse

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  Vartanama Apr '18

  When will the tide turn?

  By Pawan Dhall

  Both photographs in this article were clicked during an event organized on April 18, 2018 by Maitree, a pioneering women’s rights network in West Bengal

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  Happenings Dec '17

  In rage, and in hope, we fight

  By Ajita Banerjie

  Delhi witnesses a collective voice of dissent against the central government’s Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill, 2016. Ajita Banerjie reports

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  Cinemascope, Insight Nov '17

  Cinema, commerce and causes

  By Nitin Karani

  Campaigns to highlight different human rights issues are just past, ongoing or round the corner. Last year saw a spate of Bollywood films on many of these issues. How true...