Vrinda Grover first criticizes that women’s groups were not further included in the work on the report. However, she goes on with a long list of issues like harassment of women at their workplace, the inclusion of marital rape, the expansion of definition of sexual assault, which is more gender neutral, the keeping of the […]
The institution stresses to problem of under-reporting of sexual violence and therefore recommends the Union Government to conduct annual Indian Crime Surveys (ICS). Takshashila Institution
Here, helplines , help centers , shelters, trainings in self-defense and sexual education are demanded as a way to act preventing. Further overcrowded infrastructure and similar situations need to be avoided. Also, matters of marital and mass sexual violence must finally be acknowledged by law. Last, but not least, it is stated that extreme penalties […]
This legal resource group demands for a more encompassing definition of sexual assault and a specific discussion on the issue of same-sex sexual assault and aggravated sexual assault. Also they specifically explore the topics of acid attacks, vocabulary used in law, marital rape and age of consent. Further, they deliver recommendations on reparations and rehabilitation, […]
The student association addresses problems of the existing definition of penetrative sexual assault; the characterization of free consent and the issue of passive submission. Also they focus on definitions of particular terms in the context of sexual assault; the urgent need to rework the law relating to non-penetrative sexual offences; and sentencing and punishment, covering […]
This collective, representing women with disabilities , demand a stronger protection and rehabilitation of those with regard to the increasing numbers of sexual assault. From the perspective of Women with Disabilities
The CPI (Marxist) demands for the inclusion of identity-based sexual violence, child violence, gang-rape and custodial sexual violence as aggravated sexual assault. The maximum penalty should be life imprisonment. Further they demand for the implementation of fast track trials and better rehabilitation possibilities. Also the party asks for a separate clause for acid attacks. For […]