Sexual Exploitation

Interestingly, it was in 2013 when the Supreme Court first broached the issue of sexual harassment at the workplace through the Vishaka Guidelines and formally mandated the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition, and Redressal) Act.

As celebrities took to social media to display their outrage after the Unnao and Kathua rape cases, Renuka Shahane's Facebook post is a heartfelt look at humanity.

“In my years of practice I saw that almost 80% of the patients who came to me for mental health concerns were victims of abuse – sometimes in childhood and at other times victims of domestic abuse.”

Although our judicial system has little to no understanding of sexual consent, there is some reason to believe things are taking a turn for the better.

In an open letter, hundreds of women in Hollywood announced their Time's Up campaign to fight sexual harassment in the industry.

As women’s bodies become objects of male domination, these tests have been used to justify violence enacted towards them.

A couple from Maharashtra found the baby on the Central Adoption Resource Authority’s website, and decided to adopt her.

Supreme Court's historic 1997 judgement and the 2013 law against sexual harassment at the work place haven't done enough to address deeper systemic problems.

Even though many countries around the world have taken such strong and progressive steps, India is one of the 36 countries where it is still not a criminal offence.

Do we need something more to strengthen our fight against sexual harassment?