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Criminal justice system & young girls/women with disabilities – My Take by Shampa Sengupta
Disability rights activist Shampa Sengupta takes an in depth look at why, despite adequate laws, the criminal justice system repeatedly fails girls and women... View Resource
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Tsunami Of Cruelty”: P&H HC Confirms Death Penalty To 7 Men Accused Of Gang Rape/Murder Of Mentally Ill Woman, Imposes 50 Lakh Fine
High Court Judgement from March 2019 View Resource
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Man in UP’s Moradabad kills mentally-ill woman with brick, rapes corpse then sleeps with it
Categorized as News Reports | Tagged under crimeMoradabad: The mentally-challenged and homeless woman, who was found dead in UP’s Moradabad three months ago, was indeed murdered and then raped by a... View Resource
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The Path to Equality for Women and Young Persons With Disabilities
Categorized as Books and Research | Tagged under rightsWomen and young people with disabilities face discrimination and barriers when trying to exercise their rights. The Path to Equality for Women and Young Persons... View Resource
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Protecting women with disabilities from violence
Violence against women with disabilities can range from neglect to physical abuse to denying them even the traditional roles of marriage and childbearing. The... View Resource
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Survey finds disabled women doubly disadvantaged
A pioneering study on women with disabilities, conducted in five eastern Indian states, finds that disabled women, besides lacking education and employment opportunities, are... View Resource
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Rape victim not taken for medical test 3 days after crime’
Categorized as News Reports | Tagged under crimeTamil Nadu Association for the Rights of All Types of Differently-Abled and Caregivers (TARATDAC) has complained that the Virudhunagar district police have not taken... View Resource
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Facing Abuse From Within The Disability Sector: My #MeToo Moment
Article was originally published on November 7, 2018 View Resource
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Disabled woman raped on temple premises, priest held
Categorized as News Reports | Tagged under crimeKOLKATA: A temple priest in Behala was arrested on Wednesday on charges of physically abusing a 28 year old mentally disabled woman - a... View Resource
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India: Sexual Violence against Women and Girls with Disabilities ISL
Women and girls with disabilities in India who survive sexual violence face high barriers to access the justice system, Human Rights Watch said in... View Resource