Tag Archives: women

The Indian woman has long been portrayed as empowered and sexually liberated in a variety of literature – from the Kama Sutra to George McDonald Frasier’s ‘Flashman’ series – despite India’s current reputation as a not-so-female-friendly place. And now a survey by internet security giant McAfee has confirmed that Indian …

A female politician in India has caused outrage after saying that women too are to blame for rape. Asha Mirje, who is a member of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and the Maharashtra Women’s Commission, reportedly asked why the Delhi student who gang-raped in December 2012 had been out with …

Despite the public outrage in the wake of the gang rape of a student in New Delhi in December 2012 and a toughening of legistlation, India remains a dangerous place for women. And now champion Indian boxer Mary Kom is launching a campaign that she hopes will be part of …

The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) has issued a travel advisory cautioning British citizens on travel to India following the alleged gang-rape of a 51-year-old Danish tourist in New Delhi earlier this week. In an updated warning posted on its website, the FCO said that “women should use caution when …

Two Pakistani students were so desperate to stay in the United Kingdom that they married mentally handicapped women to gain British citizenship, the High Court in London has heard. The first man, who is in his 20’s, had arrived in the UK in 2009 to study but was taken into …

An Indian man and a Tanzanian woman have been revealed to be the couple behind the enslavement of three women at a house in South London, reports say. The three victims, a 69-year-old Malaysian, a 57-year-old Irishwoman and a 30-year-old Briton, were held in the house near Lambeth for 30 …

Google India plans to get 50 million women in India using the Internet within one year through a new initiative that aims to bridge the gender digital divide by providing women with easier access to technology, the company said. With more than 200 million Internet users in the country and …

The American ambassador to India says that frequent reports of violence against women in the country may be putting off more American students from travelling to the sub-continent. Speaking at a university near Ranchi in Jharkhand, Ambassador Nancy Powell said: “The concern for personal security and perceived increased danger to …

The Indian government has launched the country’s first ever “All Women’s Bank”, aimed at empowering the country’s female population, a vast majority of whom don’t have access to banking services. Finance Minister P Chidambaram inaugurated the Bhartiya Mahila Bank on the 94th birth anniversary of former Indian Prime Minister Indira …

Some of the most recognizable (female) personalities of the British Asian community in the UK have come together to collaborate with international charity Oxfam to create a new campaigning organization that aims to help women in South Asia. The Asian Circle, which boasts a membership that includes journalist Rahila Gupta …