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Hong Kong, to look into the Domestic violence

The U.N Committee in Hong Kong came very heavily upon the government who was very lenient with the ongoing domestic and sexual violence. The Social Welfare Department postulated that round about 10 such cases are reported each day. Though there is alarming rise in the crime each year but the ratio of the convicted offenders [...]

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Thailand: 37 women folk become prey of violence each day

The centre of Public Health Ministry has come up with the information that round about 37 women folk becomes prey of violence each day. They compiled the information from 82 hospitals from first of January to 17th of November according to which 13,550 female victims of violence came up for help. Paiboon Wattanasiritham, Social Development [...]

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Violence consuming women in Algeria

A recent government study asserts that women were making inroads professionally in this mainly Muslim North African country of 33 million however, Algeria has come under fire from rights groups who say poor treatment of women persists. Primarily, the Algerian government has failed to protect women against sexual molestation, assaults and pervasive legal and economic [...]

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Women and War: Gendered Politics

In the so called developed world, the position of women in public sphere remains static and insipid with any issue relating to them considered innocuous. Time and again women are looked upon as mandated individuals ordained only with duties pertaining to the defined territories of their houses and are predominantly seen as stupefied objects of [...]

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