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New Delhi, August 26: Save Indian Society, a Delhi-based NGOs, and Protect Indian Family Foundation from Mumbai, today organised a protest at Jantar Mantar on Women’s Equality Day. The groups were protesting against discriminatory laws like Section 498A of the IPC and the Domestic Violence Act. Around 250 “victims of legal discrimination” took part […]

NEW DELHI: If the findings of a recent survey conducted in Maharashtra are anything to go by, Indian men are far smarter than women, at least when it comes to sex.
The survey, titled ‘Youth in India: Situation and Needs Study 2006/07′, shows that only 33% unmarried women know they can get pregnant with their first […]

Came across this article. The thought occured to me. They does judge give the child custody mostly to women? Because it is a thinking that mother is needed for the growing child. HOwever, a single mom, will be hard pressed for money, would be working to earn, and she would most probably be leaving the […]

In the first glimpse of man’s terrible darkness, a vital lesson is learnt.
MANY YEARS AGO I WAS publicly accused of serious sexual misconduct and lived in a crippling state of fear and shame for two tortuous weeks. Fear mixed with shame make a very powerful and poisonous spell that is very difficult to break.I was […]

Dear editor,
I am writing in response to the article “Hold her hand to get through”
that was printed in Indian Express on 31 December, 2006.
http://www.indianexpress.com/sunday/story/19726.html
This informative article with a valuable message about human
physiological and emotional health, originally appeared in The
Washington Post, on 27 December 2006:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/26/AR2006122600845.html
The article talks about an experiment studying stress levels in women
in response […]

The details (including video and audio) are at:
http://www.498a.org/pressConference.htm