In recent decades, the Government of Liberia (GOL) and international partners have prioritized combatting child sexual abuse, including illicit and harmful
It is of utmost importance to understand the fact that, national and state data and statistics, both indicate that women and their respective families continue to report such crimes under Section 375 of IPC (Rape: Proposed Section 63 of The Bharariya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023), Section 376 (Punishme...
In recent times, Rape incidents have increased manifold. According to statistics, two women are raped in the country every hour. If further statistics are to be believed, every 10 hours a girl of age 1-10 is being raped in India. It appears that the rapists are not scared of laws. Also...
Official data in India show that rape cases have jumped almost 875% over the past 40 years – from 2,487 in 1971 to 24,206 in 2011. But campaigners say this is the tip of the iceberg. Statistics concerning rape and sexual violence tends to be underreported because of stigma and cultura...
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The article contends that India's highly-publicized claims about the elevated status of women in its polity are exaggerated. It cites two incidents that prove this, the proposal to give quotas to women who have been raped and the sight of three Karnataka Ministers viewing pornographic videos in...