This Bill seeks to prevent and prohibit the atrocities and offences like teasing, stripping or parading naked, molestation, rape, outraging modesty, branding or killing as witches, forcing into prostitution offering as devadaasi etc. against the women and girl child and to provide for deterrent punishment and special Courts for the trial of such offences and […]
Within a human rights framework this bill discusses aspects of defining it, filing it and sentencing it. Protection of Women Against Sexual Harassment at Workplace Bill, 2010 – As introduced in Lok Sabha (1)
Speaker took a moment to condemn the rise of sexual crimes toward women and children and to pray for the child’s speedy recovery. Lok Sabha Session Transcript – Speaker’s comments on gang-rape of 5 year old
Sushilkumar Shinde, the Home Minister, made a statement with the details of the incident and arrest of the driver and accused Ram Singh and other three accused. He reported that all roads in Delhi were patrolled by PCR vans with higher frequency on roads identified as used by women commuting from work. Motorcycle patrols and […]
Sushma Swaraj, leader of the opposition, speaks on the December 16th gang rape during zero hour and calls for capital punishment for those convicted. She adds that it is a shame that the chief minister, who is a woman, also sends out the message that women should not leave the house alone instead of improving […]
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 […]
Ved Kumari touches upon the issue that in the gang-rape in Delhi 2012 a minor was involved. She makes clear that vengeance has no space in a liberal civil society. Quite on the contrary, prevention and better child care are the solution here. However, she asks for a better and mandatory inclusion of classes on […]
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 famous rape survivor Bilkis Bano and her mentors demand specifically for a stronger focus of sexual violence during the episodes of targeted identity-based violence on a single and mass level. They here ask for a recognition of this as aggravated sexual assault under law. Further they recommend a reform in Cr.P.C and the evidence […]
Baijayant ‘Jay’ Panda, a member of the Lok Sabha, proposes some improvements of the legal system with regard to the December 16th rape case. First, he proposes a significant increase of the number of judges and the establishment of fast track trials. Further, he demands for an increase of female police officers. Moreover, he wants […]