Sarah Williamson Woman Dies After a Gang Rape That Galvanized India (December 29, 2012) It’s not exactly pleasant to be a symbol of rape. I’m not an expert, nor do I represent all victims of rape. All I can offer is that — unlike the young woman who died in December two weeks after being brutally gang raped, and so many others — my story … Continue reading I Was Wounded; My Honor Wasn’t – SOHAILA ABDULALI
The trial of a French Consulate employee, accused of raping his minor daughter, has begun in Bangalore. His wife Suja Jones speaks to Open on her battle for justice and why is it important to listen carefully to your child After Suja Jones filed a complaint against her French husband Pascal Mazurier for the rape and other forms of sexual abuse of their three-year-old daughter, … Continue reading Rape at Home – Aimee Ginsburg
Some years back at the Pushkar mela, my husband and I were dining at the restaurant of our hotel. There was one more guy, who looked like a hippie, with dread locks and printed saffron clothes & jhola bag sitting in front of us, eating his dinner. We were busy with our dinner & laptop and looking at our photos, enjoying the peace & quiet, … Continue reading The culture of crime – Sangeeta Bodhi Das
Delhi (Women’s Feature Service) We have to marvel at how the world has changed since r*** was a four letter word, and young Lotika Sarkar(1923-2013), the first woman lecturer in the Faculty of Law,University of Delhi, shocked the department by teaching rape to her students. This is what happens when you let women into hallowed institutions oflearning: They don’t understand that, even when they are … Continue reading India: The Mind And Heart Of Lotika Sarkar, Legal Radical, Friend, Feminist- Usha Ramanathan
Tithi Bhattacharya teaches in the History department of Purdue University. Like many other women around the world Tithi also observed the protests against rape and sexism that shook India recently. In her analysis in Socialistworker.org Tithi asserts that the Left should participate and intervene in such movements. In the light of the recent hangings and our growing acceptance of Capital Punishment it becomes imperative for … Continue reading In the streets against rape – Tithi Bhattacharya
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