Protesters take matters into their own hands after a female teacher is portrayed in a TV programme to have forced girls from poor families into prosititution and porn films. The teacher has been arrested and suspended from teaching.
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Tags: sex and sexuality · violence against women/harrassment
Two female Indian Air officers have filed a petition in the Delhi High Court, demanding a uniform policy for men and women to do away with discrimination that limits women’s duty to 15 years and exempts them from pension.Â
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Sex education is not being systematically incorporated into curricula and even being retrenched, despite indications that parents want this for their kids. Even Karnataka, who has a reputation for being progressive in these issues, is cutting back on sex ed. This state is experimenting with an innovative non-governmental initiative, though, called the ‘Life is Precious’ [...]
Tags: reproduction and repro rights · sex and sexuality
The government is in the process of amending about 40 laws to make them more effective, among which are: the Commission of Sati (Prevention) Act, 1987, the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, the Maternity Benefit Act, 1961, the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1971, the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, and a sexual harassment at the [...]
Tags: dowry · marriage/divorce · politics · violence against women/harrassment
China is considering tougher laws against sex-selective abortion; meanwhile, the Sunday Times of India had a full page spread on the now popular trend in Haryana to import wives from poorer states like Kerala, West Bengal and Assam (see here also for an interview with a sociologist who is studying the phenomenon). These are states [...]
Tags: dowry · marriage/divorce · sex selective abortion
