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Widespread sexual harassment still persists in Delhi: study

March 29, 2016 by Nasheman

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Washington/New Delhi: Sexual harassment remains a pervasive problem in Delhi despite tougher laws being enacted after the gruesome Nirbhaya rape and murder case in 2012, according to a new study that found 40 per cent of female respondents were sexually harassed in the past year.

About 40 per cent of women surveyed in Delhi said they have been sexually harassed in a public place such as a bus or park in the past year, with most of the crimes occurring in the daytime, researchers said.

Further, 33 per cent of women have stopped going out in public and 17 per cent have quit their jobs rather than face harassment in public places.

“What this means is that women, despite Nirbhaya, are still afraid,” said Mahesh Nalla, from the Michigan State University in US.

Nirbhaya became the pseudonym given to the gang rape victim whose death in 2012 brought worldwide attention to violence against women.

“Women in India do not feel safe being in public spaces, which is clearly a human rights issue,” Nalla said.

While sexual harassment is a problem experienced by women worldwide, it may be more prevalent in emerging democracies such as India and other countries in South Asia where women are becoming more involved in the workforce, said Nalla.

“The problem is intensified by the existence of a cramped, inadequate public transportation system, massive youth migration to urban areas and the fact that India is a traditional patriarchal society where many still believe a woman’s place is in the home,” he said.

Nalla and Manish Madan, assistant professor at Stockton University, surveyed about 1,400 men and women in the capital city of New Delhi on a host of issues including perceptions and history of sexual harassment, use of public transportation, safety in public spaces and police effectiveness in dealing with these concerns.

Researchers found that 40 per cent of female respondents were sexually harassed in the past year and 58 per cent were sexually harassed at least once during their lifetime.

Respondents were asked to gauge the seriousness of sexual incidents ranging from whistling to asking a woman for sexual favours to patting her buttocks or squeezing her breasts.

While both men and women generally considered all incidents serious, men considered them considerably less serious, illustrating “a disjunction between how males and females think,” Nalla said.

Sexual harassment of women in public spaces in India and elsewhere in South Asia – known as “Eve teasing” – has long been a common occurrence, particularly by groups of young male perpetrators, he said.

The December 16, 2012 rape and murder of Nirbhaya by a group of men on a moving bus in Delhi brought about new laws for rape and criminalised voyeurism and stalking.

However, despite these efforts, sexual harassment continues on a broad scale, the study suggests.

The research was published in the journal International Criminal Justice Review.

(Agencies)

Filed Under: India, Women Tagged With: Sexual Violence, Women

Women to have 20% representation in Home dept jobs in Karnataka

February 23, 2016 by Nasheman

G Parameshwara Karnataka

Bengaluru: Home Minister G Parameshwara said on Monday that priority would be given to women while filling up vacant posts in the police department.

Speaking to reporters after an inspection of the all-women police station in Basavanagudi, he said, “I have received inputs that proper representation should be given to women in police stations. The government will reserve about 20 per cent of the seats for women when recruitments happen in future,” the Home Minister said.

“Only about six per cent of the staff in all ranks of the Home department are women, which is very less. The government aims to increase the representation up to 20 per cent. Hence, women will be given priority during the recruitments,” he said and added that the hurdles for the promotion of women staff would be removed soon.He said 10 new women’s police stations were opened recently and the government would soon open a women’s police station in every district, he added. Parameshwara was at the police station for about one and half hours. He held separate meetings to redress grievances of the staff. He obtained inputs about the women’s police station and duties of the staff of various ranks.

The Home Minister checked the attendance register, crime statistics, cells, drinking water supply, rifles among other things.Parameshwara held a separate meeting with DCP (South) B S Lokesh Kumar and obtained some details.

The all-women police station in Basavanagudi was commissioned in 2003 and about 45 police stations come under it. The station has a sanctioned staff strength of 24 and at present, 14 posts are vacant. As many as 24 cases were registered in 2015, of which 11 pertained to dowry harassment. The staff seek the assistance of male police if the situation demands.

The assistance of the male police was sought in arresting two persons from Bihar in a dowry harassment case in January.

(Agencies)

Filed Under: India Tagged With: G Parameshwara, Karnataka, Women

Wife’s letter threatening divorce an act of cruelty against husband: Delhi HC

February 22, 2016 by Nasheman

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New Delhi: Delhi High Court granted permission to a man to divorce his estranged wife, saying that a single letter can constitute an ‘act of cruelty’.

The man in question has been living separately since last 28 years from his wife, with whom he married in 1980. In 1987, he left for US leaving behind his wife and 4-year-old daughter in India.

In 1990, the man receives a letter from his wife, that stated that they should head for a divorce as she has found an ‘old friend’ who is ready to marry her as well as accept her minor daughter.

The report, published in TOI, says, when the matter came up in court in 1990, the wife admitted that there was no truth in the letter and she had lied and was anxious to live with her husband, abroad or back home.

However, in a surprising twist, Justice Najmi Waziri of Delhi High Court termed the ‘threat letter by the wife’ an act of cruelty and pointed out the mental agony caused to the husband due to this. Justice Waziri uphold the decision of a trial court to dissolve the marriage on ground of cruelty.

“For a husband living away from his wife since 1987, to have received a letter from her intimating him about her unequivocal decision to dissolve the marriage and marry another man would have been a pain as grievous as any to endure. Such an element of rejection, coupled with brunt of emotional infidelity by the wife, can break the spirit of the husband to continue marital ties,” TOI quoted Justice Waziri as saying.

(Agencies)

Filed Under: India Tagged With: Divorce, Women

Women India Movement launched with a commitment to lead social change

January 11, 2016 by Nasheman

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Bengaluru: The Women India Movement-WIM held its launching ceremony at Indian Social Institute-ISI Bangalore has been attended by women representatives from different states.

The objective of the organization is to take action through grassroots activism to promote social, educational and political awareness among women, lead social change, eliminate discrimination, achieve equal representation and protect the rights and security of all women and girls in all aspects of social, political and economic life.

A national level committee of the organization has been elected for the term 2016-18 and this new leadership has been entrusted with the mission of empowering women by all means.

SDPI National President A Sayeed in his speech said, it is the need of the hour that women have come up with such a strong platform wherein they owe to lead social change in the country. It is time that women come forward, stand up for their rights and empower themselves in order bring about a revolutionary and fundamental change in the society.

While addressing the gathering, SDPI Founder President E Abubacker said, we do see a little India here as women from across the country are assembled here. This demonstrates their commitment on how serious are they about their empowerment. As we see that the fascist forces who got enthroned through the loopholes of our democracy are recklessly determined to exploit and enslave people by their agenda of hatred and communal terror. This enables us to step-up our democratic struggle to liberate our beloved country and I believe Women India Movement will play its vital role in achieving it, said Abubacker.

The newly elected President Yasmin Farooqui said, the movement is meant to mobilize and utilize women’s potential for the development of the society. Women should be involved in community development services and spread the need of political awareness for the attainment of our rights and dignity. We resolve to prepare sisters to face and tackle grievous issues and challenges in the society like harassment, domestic violence, sexual assaults and such other atrocious problems, said Yasmin Farooqui.

The Central Committee elected Office Bearers for the term 2016-18. Yasmin Farooqui from Jaipur has been elected as President, Sufiya Parveen from West Bengal as Vice President, Shahida Tasleem from M’lore as General Secretary, Sitara Begum from Kota Rajasthan, Adv Saira Banu from Tamil Nadu and Daisy Balasubramanyam from Kerala as Secretaries and Tarana Sharfuddin from Kanpur UP as Treasurer.

SDPI National Vice Presidents Samkutty Jacob, Prof. Naznin Begum and Adv. Sharfuddin Ahamad, National General Secretaries Elyas Muhammad Thumbe, Afsar Pasha, Mohammed Shafi, M.K. Faizy, National Coordinator of Women India Movement Abdul Majeed Faizy, All India Imams Council President Moulana Usman Baig and several other dignitaries were present on the occasion.

Filed Under: India Tagged With: SDPI, Women

Nepal gets first woman president

October 28, 2015 by Nasheman

Bidhya Devi Bhandari

Kathmandu: Bidhya Devi Bhandari, vice chairman of the ruling CPN-UML, was on Wednesday elected president of Nepal, making her the first woman to occupy the vaunted post.

Bhandari defeated Nepali Congress nominee Kul Bahadur Gurung in the presidential poll to elect the second president of the Himalayan nation, The election result was announced in parliament by Speaker Onsari Gharti Magar.

A former defence minister, Bhandari is a cancer survivor and widow of late communist leader Madan Bhandari, who died in 1991 in a yet unexplained road accident.

The incumbent, Ram Baran Yadav, who belonged to Nepali Congress, was elected president in 2008 after the first elections to the Constituent Assembly.

Under the country’s new republican federal Constitution, promulgated on September 20, it was mandatory to elect new president and vice-president, prime minister, and parliament speaker and deputy speaker.

(IANS)

Filed Under: India Tagged With: Bidhya Devi Bhandari, Nepal, Women

Karnataka hikes job quota for women to 33%

October 10, 2015 by Nasheman

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Bengaluru: The Karnataka government has hiked the reservation for women in government jobs to 33 per cent from the present 30 per cent.

Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s had committed in the current year’s budget to increase women’s job quotas by three percentage points. The legislature committee on women and child welfare headed by Congress MLA Malikayya Guttedar had recommended the hike.

Of the 5.56 lakh government employees in the State, 1.60 lakh are women.

The government order to this effect issued on September 11, was gazetted on September 14. The Karnataka Civil Services Rules, 1978 have been amended to increase the job quota for women. Prior to that, the government had invited suggestions and objections from the public and given 15 days time.

The government has not specified any date for implementing the order.

Guttedar said the government had not received any objections. Hence, all departments would be directed to implement the revised rules, he added.

Gujarat made a similar revision in women’s job quota in October 2014. There is no reservation for women in central government jobs.

Karnataka has reserved 50 per cent seats for women in elections to local bodies, including the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike. But there is no such reservation yet in the legislature and Parliament elections. Here, the reservation is based on caste.

(Agencies)

Filed Under: India Tagged With: Congress, Karnataka, Malikayya Guttedar, Women

Indian woman employee files 1 mn pound case against Wipro

October 7, 2015 by Nasheman

The woman employee who has sued Wipro was transferred to London from Wipro’s Bengaluru headquarters in 2010. (PTI File Photo)

The woman employee who has sued Wipro was transferred to London from Wipro’s Bengaluru headquarters in 2010. (PTI File Photo)

London: An Indian woman employee at the London office of IT major Wipro has filed a 1 million pounds compensation case of sexual discrimination, unequal pay and unfair dismissal against the firm.

She alleged she was subjected to a “deeply predatory, misogynistic culture” and forced into an affair with a married boss at the Bangalore-headquartered firm’s UK division.

The 39-year-old told an employment tribunal in London this week how her boss called her “a seductive dancer from Indian mythology”.

“Women who are confident, capable and express their viewpoints are often called ’emotional’, ‘psychotic’ or ‘menopausal’. Women who supported women are called ‘lesbians’,” she said.

She claimed she was manipulated into an affair with a married senior vice-president. On one business trip to Stockholm in 2013, the 54-year-old allegedly told her the silk blouse she was wearing was “too tight” for her body type.

The India-born woman said she embarked on the affair despite finding his conversation “inane” and that he suffered on occasion from a “certain body odour”, the ‘Daily Telegraph’ reported.

The former sales and market development manager, who handled outsourcing business deals for Wipro, said she was treated like “dirty goods” after ending the affair and lodging complaints about her treatment.

She also claimed she was paid far less than male staff, earning up to 75,000 pounds per annum rather than the typical 150,000 pounds paid to male equivalents.

However, Wipro refused to comment on the lawsuit. “Wipro does not comment on its ongoing lawsuits and Wipro is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity and provides all our employees with a work environment that is free from discrimination and harassment of any kind. Wipro is defending these allegations before the court,” a statement by Wipro Ltd said.

“Following an impartial inquiry, both were relieved from the services of the company after it was established beyond reasonable doubt that they had violated the stated policy,” the statement said.

“Wipro takes serious objection to the scurrilous allegations made against the company and will initiate legal action to defend itself against insidious and defamatory allegations,” it said.

“The company has built its business over the years by ensuring it adheres to the highest standards of integrity, fairness, and ethical corporate practices. Any transgression of these beliefs and policies are dealt with expeditiously and with the strictest action,” the statement said.

(Agencies)

Filed Under: India Tagged With: Sexual Abuse, Wipro, Women

Indian women hockey team qualifies for Olympics after 36 years

August 29, 2015 by Nasheman

Women's-Hockey

New Delhi: Indian women’s hockey team will return to the Olympics after a long gap of 36 years as it qualified today for next year’s Rio Games, courtesy England making it to the final of the ongoing Euro Hockey Championships in London.

England’s semifinal victory over Spain, coming after the Netherlands’ win over Germany in the other semifinal in the European Championships freed one quota place as both the finalists have already qualified for the Olympic Games.

India took the quota place on the basis of its fifth-place finish in the women’s Hockey World League Semifinals in Antwerp, Belgium last month.

International Hockey Federation (FIH) confirmed that Indian women’s team has qualified for the Rio Games.

“India qualified after England defeated Spain in the semi-finals of the Unibet EuroHockey Championships in London, which ensured that the only teams — The Netherlands and England (as Great Britain) — who can now win the event have already qualified for Rio through the Hockey World League Semi-Finals,” the FIH said in a statement.

“The winner of the EuroHockey Championships will qualify for the 2016 Olympics as European continental champions, opening up a further qualification spot which India secure as the team who ranked highest at the Hockey World League Semi-Finals not already qualified,” it said.

Indian women’s team now join nine other teams, who have already qualified for 2016 Rio Games — Korea as Asian Games champions, Argentina as Pan Am Games champions and Great Britain, China, Germany, Netherlands, Australia, New Zealand and the USA through the Hockey World League Semi-Finals.

Indian women’s hockey team last featured in an Olympics in the 1980 Moscow Games, where they finished at a respectable fourth position.

Hockey India applauded the historic achievement of the women’s hockey team.

“It is a proud moment for Hockey India and the whole country. We have been waiting for this for the last 36 years and this achievement is the sweetest and the most memorable among all our previous feats in recent times,” HI President Narinder Batra said in a release.

“I congratulate all the players and coaching staff who made this dream real and this achievement also shows their commitment toward their responsibilities. Hockey India thanks all the coaches who trained these players at their respective academies, parents, sponsors and the entire hockey fraternity, who continuously motivated the players and without their support, we could not have achieved this success. I am sure the girls will make us proud at the Olympics,” he said.

Hockey India Secretary General Mohd Mushtaque Ahmad said: “The Olympics qualification is indeed a great achievement for the Indian Women Team and the Indian hockey fraternity. The players and the Coaching Staff have done a commendable job and they are still training hard for the 2016 Olympic Games. Hockey India is doing its part and fulfilling all the requirements of the team.

“I congratulate the whole team and the people who have been working hard behind the scene to achieve this success. However, the job is still half done and the team now has to set a new aim of clinching the first Olympic medal,” he said.

India are the 10th team to qualify for Rio Olympics. The last two participating teams will be confirmed in the 2015 Africa Cup for Nations in Egypt and 2015 Oceania Cup in New Zealand in November.

The Indian women’s team will commence its outing from August 7 in the Rio Olympics.

(Agencies)

Filed Under: Sports Tagged With: Hockey, Women

Brothers behead girl over affair with cousin

August 19, 2015 by Nasheman

Phool Jahan

Shahjahanpur: A 17-year-old girl was allegedly beheaded by her brothers in Jalalabad area as they were opposed to her marriage with their cousin, police said today.

Phool Jahan was having an affair with her cousin Achchan and both the families were ready for the marriage, but the girl’s brothers Gul Hasan and Mohammad alias Nanhu were against it, Senior Superintendent of Police Bablu Kumar said.

He said that on August 17 afternoon, Gul and Nanhu saw Phool Jahan visiting Achchan’s house in Kalan village.

Agitated over this, Gul and Nanhu beheaded Phool Jahan and moved around the village carrying her head, the SSP said.

Nanhu was arrested last night from Paraur and the knife used in the incident has been recovered, the SSP said, adding Nanhu has confessed the crime.

Kumar said the second accused would be arrested soon.

(Agencies)

Filed Under: India Tagged With: Women

Over 32,000 cases of women’s rights violation in 2014-15

August 1, 2015 by Nasheman

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New Delhi: More than 32,000 cases of violation of rights of women have been reported by the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights in 2014-15 and the figure for this year so far is 9,786, parliament was informed on Friday.

A statement tabled in reply to question by Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi said 16,584, 22,422, 32,118 and 9,786 cases of violation of rights of women in 2012-13, 2013-14, 2014-15 and 2015-16 (till date) respectively have been reported.

The reasons included domestic violence, molestation, dowry harassment, property dispute and rape.

As per the statement, more than 3,300 cases of violation of child rights were recorded in the year 2014-15.

In the last four consecutive years, the number was 2,404, 3,281, 3,340 and 2,270 cases respectively. The reasons included displacement, violence and trafficking which are listed as violations under the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009 and under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012.

(IANS)

Filed Under: India Tagged With: Rights, Women

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