The rape and murder of a medical trainee in a hospital in Kolkata, India has sparked a string of nation-wide protests on the eve of India’s 78th anniversary of Independence from British occupation.
- PhD Candidate, Gender, Sexuality and Women Studies, Western University
Canada’s new Indo-Pacific strategy must include providing assistance to Rohingya women who have suffered sexual violence.
The incident at St. Xavier’s University in Kolkata amounts to gendered harassment.
Societally, we need to recognize that sex workers have agency and deserve the same respect, dignity and aid as any other person selling their labour.
The Taliban’s recent conquest of Kabul signifies their seizure of power. This threatens the rights of girls, women and sexual minorities to freedom from harm and access to opportunities.
India is in the grips of a health and humanitarian catastrophe, in stark contrast to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s declaration of readiness to fight the pandemic.
Because of its extreme violence, the Hathras rape sent shock waves throughout India: it is a disturbing reminder of the normalization of rape culture there and should be seen as a call to action.
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