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News ScanJail and fine for clients of sex workers Clients visiting Indian brothels are likely to face a jail term of three months and a fine of Rs 20,000 if Cabinet accepts the recommendation of a group of ministers More... Jawali becomes Maharashtra's first liquor-free talukaAn anti-liquor resolution was passed by 58 women in the gram sabha in Nandgane village, in Maharashtra, making Jawali the first liquor-free taluka in the state More... Alarming decline in female sex ratio in northwestern states, says new reportAs against the normal female-male sex ratio of 950:1,000, some states in northwest India have a female-male sex ratio of less than 800, says a new ActionAid report More... Banking service for Mumbai’s sex workersA non-profit organisation has, for the first time, started a banking service exclusively for sex workers in Kamathipura, Mumbai’s red-light district More... In AP, poor women farmers turn filmmakersIn a unique venture, women farmers in Medak district, in the state of Andhra Pradesh, have made 12 films that document their experience of regaining autonomy over food production, seeds, natural resources and markets More... 18,359 rape cases reported in 2007, in India: NCRBThe National Crime Records Bureau’s latest figures put India in the top half of countries registering a high crime rate More... Amended law to help rape victims awaiting clearanceCabinet has approved amendments to the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) to include provisions that will help victims of rape. But lawyers and activists say it’s not enough More... Karnal villagers support gruesome ‘honour killings’Twenty-three-year-old Sunita of Karnal, Haryana, who was killed by members of her own family and village, was the victim of an ‘honour killing’ that was sanctioned by her community More... Need to include dais in NRHMIn a bid to promote safer deliveries in hospitals and arrest India’s high maternal mortality rate, has the National Rural Health Mission deliberately sidelined the country’s 1 million traditional midwives? More... Panchayat women no longer need sarpanch patisA recent all-India A C Neilsen ORG MARG survey evaluating the impact of 10.5 lakh women in panchayati raj reveals that a large number of women decided to contest elections after having joined self-help groups that gave them the confidence and exposure to take on more challenging assignments More... |
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