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Gisele Pelicot Rape Case Forces France To Relook Drug-Facilitated Assaults
Around late September, staff manning the phones at 39 19, France's main anonymous hotline for women who are victims of violence, began noticing a new type of case.
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Pelicot Rape Trial Shifts France's Practices Around Drug-Facilitated Assaults
Around late September, staff manning the phones at 39 19, France's main anonymous hotline for women who are victims of violence, began noticing a new type of case.
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US Brothers Charged In Luxury Real Estate Sex-Trafficking Scheme
Three brothers were charged by US authorities with sex trafficking on Wednesday, in a lurid case that alleges they used their high-profile connections in the luxury real estate world to assault women for years.
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"Women Not Even Safe...": Naveen Patnaik On Assault On Army Officer's Friend
A day after demanding a court-monitored SIT probe and a judicial inquiry into the alleged sexual assault of a woman in custody, Opposition BJD president Naveen Patnaik on Saturday said "women are not safe even inside police stations."
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US Man Charged For Secretly Drugging And Assaulting Women He Met Online
A 40-year-old New York resident is facing serious charges after allegedly drugging and sexually assaulting women he met through an online sugar daddy' website.
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Blog | 'Don't Do Drama': My Story Of Online Sexual Harassment Isn't Mine Alone
Women are made to watch over their shoulders even more in digital space. I have written multiple times about the intellectual moorings of this trend of making women invisible by either blocking women's entry to, or bullying them out of public spaces.
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Former Canada Fashion Mogul Nygard Sentenced To 11 Years In Sex Assault Cases
Former Canadian fashion mogul Peter Nygard was sentenced to 11 years in prison on Monday after being convicted of four counts of sexual assault in attacks on women in his Toronto office building that in some cases date back for decades.
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Mamata Banerjee Cites Unnao, Hathras In Statement On Kolkata Rape
Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee - under fire over the rape and murder of a doctor at Kolkata's RG Kar Hospital - raked up other horrific instances of assault on women in other states, referring to the incident in UP's Hathras in 2020.
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Man Allegedly Flashes Student Inside Tamil Nadu NIT Women Hostel, Arrested
A woman student has alleged that she was sexually harassed inside her hostel room at the National Institute of Technology (NIT) in Tamil Nadu's Tiruchirappalli last night. The shocking incident sparked widespread outrage and late-night protests.
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"Need To Teach Boys To Respect Women": High Court On Sex Assault Cases
The mindset of boys needs to be changed and they need to be taught to respect women, the Bombay High Court advised today while hearing a petition on the case of sexual assault on two four-year-olds inside their school in Maharashtra's Badlapur.
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Panic Buttons In Maharashtra Schools, Hostels In Wake Of Badlapur Case
In the wake of public outrage over the sexual assault of two Class IV girls in Maharashtra's Badlapur, the state government proposed the installation of panic buttons in schools and hostels to improve women's safety.
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Prime Suspect's Father Dies In Fake NCC Camp Sexual Abuse Case
The main accused in the fake National Cadet Corps (NCC) camp sexual assault case in Tamil Nadu and his father have both died, police said. The state opposition leader Edappadi K Palaniswami and BJP chief K Annamalai have raised questions of criminal
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Opinion | Kolkata, Delhi, Mumbai - Three Brutal Rape Cases, 50 Years Apart
The circumstances of the terrible ordeal that each endured are so painfully similar that it makes one ask, when would Indias women have been abused and violated enough for us to act and do something substantial about it?
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Sexual Assault Attempt On Coimbatore House Surgeon Sparks Protest
An alleged attempt to sexually assault a woman house surgeon at the Coimbatore Medical College Hospital sparked a spontaneous protest by around 150 house surgeons practising under the Compulsory Rotating Medical Internship.
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Women Can Also Be Tried For 'Penetrative Sexual Assault' On Child: High Court
A female can also face criminal proceedings under POCSO for committing the offence of "penetrative sexual assault" on a child, and the offence is not restricted to only male offenders, the Delhi High Court has held.
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Gisele Pelicot Rape Case Forces France To Relook Drug-Facilitated Assaults
Around late September, staff manning the phones at 39 19, France's main anonymous hotline for women who are victims of violence, began noticing a new type of case.
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Pelicot Rape Trial Shifts France's Practices Around Drug-Facilitated Assaults
Around late September, staff manning the phones at 39 19, France's main anonymous hotline for women who are victims of violence, began noticing a new type of case.
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US Brothers Charged In Luxury Real Estate Sex-Trafficking Scheme
Three brothers were charged by US authorities with sex trafficking on Wednesday, in a lurid case that alleges they used their high-profile connections in the luxury real estate world to assault women for years.
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"Women Not Even Safe...": Naveen Patnaik On Assault On Army Officer's Friend
A day after demanding a court-monitored SIT probe and a judicial inquiry into the alleged sexual assault of a woman in custody, Opposition BJD president Naveen Patnaik on Saturday said "women are not safe even inside police stations."
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US Man Charged For Secretly Drugging And Assaulting Women He Met Online
A 40-year-old New York resident is facing serious charges after allegedly drugging and sexually assaulting women he met through an online sugar daddy' website.
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Blog | 'Don't Do Drama': My Story Of Online Sexual Harassment Isn't Mine Alone
Women are made to watch over their shoulders even more in digital space. I have written multiple times about the intellectual moorings of this trend of making women invisible by either blocking women's entry to, or bullying them out of public spaces.
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Former Canada Fashion Mogul Nygard Sentenced To 11 Years In Sex Assault Cases
Former Canadian fashion mogul Peter Nygard was sentenced to 11 years in prison on Monday after being convicted of four counts of sexual assault in attacks on women in his Toronto office building that in some cases date back for decades.
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Mamata Banerjee Cites Unnao, Hathras In Statement On Kolkata Rape
Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee - under fire over the rape and murder of a doctor at Kolkata's RG Kar Hospital - raked up other horrific instances of assault on women in other states, referring to the incident in UP's Hathras in 2020.
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Man Allegedly Flashes Student Inside Tamil Nadu NIT Women Hostel, Arrested
A woman student has alleged that she was sexually harassed inside her hostel room at the National Institute of Technology (NIT) in Tamil Nadu's Tiruchirappalli last night. The shocking incident sparked widespread outrage and late-night protests.
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"Need To Teach Boys To Respect Women": High Court On Sex Assault Cases
The mindset of boys needs to be changed and they need to be taught to respect women, the Bombay High Court advised today while hearing a petition on the case of sexual assault on two four-year-olds inside their school in Maharashtra's Badlapur.
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Panic Buttons In Maharashtra Schools, Hostels In Wake Of Badlapur Case
In the wake of public outrage over the sexual assault of two Class IV girls in Maharashtra's Badlapur, the state government proposed the installation of panic buttons in schools and hostels to improve women's safety.
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Prime Suspect's Father Dies In Fake NCC Camp Sexual Abuse Case
The main accused in the fake National Cadet Corps (NCC) camp sexual assault case in Tamil Nadu and his father have both died, police said. The state opposition leader Edappadi K Palaniswami and BJP chief K Annamalai have raised questions of criminal
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Opinion | Kolkata, Delhi, Mumbai - Three Brutal Rape Cases, 50 Years Apart
The circumstances of the terrible ordeal that each endured are so painfully similar that it makes one ask, when would Indias women have been abused and violated enough for us to act and do something substantial about it?
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Sexual Assault Attempt On Coimbatore House Surgeon Sparks Protest
An alleged attempt to sexually assault a woman house surgeon at the Coimbatore Medical College Hospital sparked a spontaneous protest by around 150 house surgeons practising under the Compulsory Rotating Medical Internship.
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Women Can Also Be Tried For 'Penetrative Sexual Assault' On Child: High Court
A female can also face criminal proceedings under POCSO for committing the offence of "penetrative sexual assault" on a child, and the offence is not restricted to only male offenders, the Delhi High Court has held.
