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The 2018 Muzaffarpur shelter home case, uncovered by a TISS audit, revealed the sexual abuse of 34 minors, exposing widespread systemic abuse within Bihar’s institutions.

Nine-year-old dog named Noorie is still fighting for survival after being brutally raped in Mumbai. Read on to know how this group of Mumbaikars saved her and brought the culprit to justice.

Your voice has power. Use it to stand up to gender violence. Just like Kirthi Jayakumar did, helping thousands of women across 197 nations.

"He said he had a gun and he threatened to shoot me if I screamed. He then came on to me, and I tried to stop him. He was squeezing my throat, and he slapped me. He continued to slap and punch me. He sexually assaulted me.”

Aiming to make work spaces safer for women, the bill makes it abundantly clear that "it shall be no defence that the sexual benefit was derived with the consent of the victim".

“Reportage of such cases should be done sensitively, keeping the best interest of the victims, both adult and children, in mind. Sensationalising such cases may garner Television Rating Points (TRPs) but does no credit to the credibility of the media.”

A woman of “easy virtue” also could not be raped by a person for that reason, the bench added.

Ultimately, only a court of law can determine whether an allegation is true or false. However, it is important to stress that no one should be given a time limit to report the crime

Saloni Chopra had first turned heads nationwide with MTV’s 2016 televised series, ‘Girls on Top’, which primarily dealt with issues that Indian women face in their country.

This proposed move, which is yet to get approval from the centre, recommends that any person who was sexually assaulted as a child, be allowed to report the incident until they turn 25 years of age.