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Australia: Pakistani woman offering namaz in the middle of Adelaide road gets killed in an accident; court suspends driver’s prison sentence

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An Australian court suspended the prison sentence of driver Ashton Friend, who struck and killed 20-year-old Pakistani student Samia Malik
News Reports

Violence, child marriages, forced unions with rapists, brides exchanged for a bag of flour, tent and more: UN reports expose what women in Gaza...

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The UN reports released in September revealed the bitter truth of how women are treated in their own communities in Gaza.
News Reports

Karnataka: Woman arrested for ‘black magic’ for sprinkling water and white mustard seeds on a judge’s chair

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A 65-year-old woman was arrested in Karnataka for performing a "black magic" ritual inside a courtroom.
Government and Policy

Delhi govt to expand women-only bus service, add 50 new vehicles equipped with safety features

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The Delhi government plans to expand its women-only bus service by deploying 50 new electric buses across 20-25 busy routes.
Crime

“My father could hear me being raped while TMC goons were beating him in the other room”: victims narrate harrowing details of TMC atrocities

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The victim said that the TMC goons shouted the slogans of 'Joy Bangla', which is the TMC's slogan, while they raped her.
News Reports

PCOS will now be known as PMOS: How the landmark consensus could help 44 million affected women in India and 170 million around the...

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An expert stated, "The shift will demand that it is taken as seriously as the long-term, complex health condition it is."
News Reports

From ‘meet Ajmer maulvi for childbirth’ to sexual innuendos and religious insults: How Shahrukh, Raza, Asif, Tausif and Shafi harassed Hindu women at Nashik TCS...

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FIRs exclusively accessed by OpIndia reveal how Hindu women at TCS-run BPO unit in Nashik were subjected to sexual harassment, lewd remarks, and religious targeting, including one of the victims being told to visit an Ajmer Maulvi after a miscarriage.
News Reports

Adani Foundation announces major expansion of flagship women’s empowerment initiative Swabhimaan, women-led marketplace Swateja Mart launched

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Dr Priti Adani, Chairperson of the Adani Foundation, has announced a major national expansion of the foundation’s flagship women’s empowerment initiative, Swabhimaan, with the...
Editor's picks

‘Allah did not permit this’: Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami chief compares working women to prostitutes, later claims his Twitter account was hacked

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"We believe that when women are pushed out of the home in the name of modernity, they are exposed to exploitation, moral decay, and insecurity. It's nothing but another form of prostitution," Shafiqur Rahman brazened out.
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Punjab and Haryana HC upholds married woman’s right to get pregnancy terminated without consent of her husband

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The High Court noted that the petitioner had a turbulent relationship with her husband and had divorce proceedings going on.
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