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Supreme Court Notice To Centre Over PIL Seeking Shelters For Abused Women
The Supreme Court on Monday sought response from the Centre on a plea seeking adequate infrastructure across the country for providing effective legal aid to women abused in matrimonial homes and creating shelter homes for them.
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Ensure Timely Aid To Rape Survivors For Abortion: Rajasthan High Court
The Rajasthan High Court has directed the state government to frame guidelines to ensure that women who become pregnant due to rape are provided timely legal and medical assistance so they can exercise their reproductive choice in terms of the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act.
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Encrypted App Smashboard Aims to Boost Sex Crime Reporting in India
The Smashboard app uses blockchain to create an encrypted space where victims of sex crimes can store notes, photos, screenshots, documents, video and audio as a journal or time stamped evidence, said Noopur Tiwari, co-founder of the app
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Men's Heads Shaved, Women's Nails Cut For Not Following Rituals
The Jharkhand Police has detained six people for allegedly forcibly tonsuring the heads of nine men and trimming the nails of seven women in Seraikela-Kharsawan district after they refused to perform the rituals themselves following the death of a fellow villager, police said on Monday.
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Women's Panel To Open 'One Stop Centres' In Delhi's 11 Districts
The Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) will soon open one stop centres in 11 districts of the national capital to offer medical, legal and psychological aid to women who are victims of sexual harassment.
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Haryana government plans 'one stop crisis centres' for women
To provide medical care and legal aid under one roof to victims of domestic violence and sexual assault, the Haryana government has decided to set up one-stop crisis centres in state's civil hospitals.
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Supreme Court Notice To Centre Over PIL Seeking Shelters For Abused Women
The Supreme Court on Monday sought response from the Centre on a plea seeking adequate infrastructure across the country for providing effective legal aid to women abused in matrimonial homes and creating shelter homes for them.
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Ensure Timely Aid To Rape Survivors For Abortion: Rajasthan High Court
The Rajasthan High Court has directed the state government to frame guidelines to ensure that women who become pregnant due to rape are provided timely legal and medical assistance so they can exercise their reproductive choice in terms of the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act.
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Encrypted App Smashboard Aims to Boost Sex Crime Reporting in India
The Smashboard app uses blockchain to create an encrypted space where victims of sex crimes can store notes, photos, screenshots, documents, video and audio as a journal or time stamped evidence, said Noopur Tiwari, co-founder of the app
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Men's Heads Shaved, Women's Nails Cut For Not Following Rituals
The Jharkhand Police has detained six people for allegedly forcibly tonsuring the heads of nine men and trimming the nails of seven women in Seraikela-Kharsawan district after they refused to perform the rituals themselves following the death of a fellow villager, police said on Monday.
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Women's Panel To Open 'One Stop Centres' In Delhi's 11 Districts
The Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) will soon open one stop centres in 11 districts of the national capital to offer medical, legal and psychological aid to women who are victims of sexual harassment.
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Haryana government plans 'one stop crisis centres' for women
To provide medical care and legal aid under one roof to victims of domestic violence and sexual assault, the Haryana government has decided to set up one-stop crisis centres in state's civil hospitals.
