Sexual Violence

The Public Secrets of Malayalam Cinema

The Hema Committee report on the women in Malayalam cinema has made public what was whispered earlier. The government’s limp reaction has revealed the cosy relationship between politics and stardom.
▶09-Sep-2024
J Devika

Is Justice Transformative in Sexual Harassment Cases?

We need changes to strengthen the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace Act, 2013 to fully protect all vulnerable women. The law must also take social imbalances and power differences at work into…
▶17-May-2024
Megha Sharma, Sukhalata Sen

Protection of the Rapist and the Molester in Neoliberal India

Why does there continue to be a disconnect between sexual assault and punishment of the perpetrator in India? We must recognise the potent nexus of political power, caste superiority, and muscle…
▶20-Feb-2024
Ranjana Padhi

Criminalising Marital Rape in India

The judiciary's disinclination to criminalise marital rape flows from a vertical approach to constitutional rights, which fosters a public-private divide to the disadvantage of women. A…
▶31-Jul-2023
Swarati Sabhapandit

In Manipur's Horrifying Video, a Reflection of India's Indifference

Public reactions to the horrific video from Manipur cannot stop with empathy. Will that horrific image jolt our humanity and bestir an apathetic state?
▶26-Jul-2023
Ipsita Chakravarty

Enforcing the Ban on the ‘Two-Finger Test’

Virginity tests in judicial trials are premised on gendered and casteist ideas about women. The Supreme Court’s ban on such tests should be followed up with changes in medical education and social…
▶11-Jan-2023
Surbhi Shrivastava, M. Sivakami

Nari Shakti and the Elusive Quest for Justice: The Story of Bilkis Bano

A poor, semi-literate woman, who withstood death threats when she pursued justice after she was gang-raped, her daughter murdered, and her mother and a cousin too killed, now sees remission of the…
▶22-Aug-2022
Vinay Lal

Sexual Violence Against Dalits at the Current Conjuncture

'Both Dalit suffering and Dalit resistance unsettle us because both point to what we do not wish to acknowledge: that there are no bodies that do not suffer when hurt, and there are no bodies…
▶14-Sep-2021
V. Geetha