NewsRack: 'Women-Harassment' news in 'E-Governance' topic for user anjana

Girl alleges rape by 'IAS' officer (Cached)	25.5.2013	TOI: Cities
Girl alleges rape by 'IAS' officer
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Four of 10 cancer cases due to tobacco abuse (Cached)	25.5.2013	TOI: Cities
Four of 10 cancer cases due to tobacco abuse
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NCPCR hauls up Haryana in school sex abuse case	25.5.2013	India News, Latest News in India, Live News India, India Breaking News - Times of India
NCPCR hauls up Haryana in school sex abuse case
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Oscar Pistorius: the end of the rainbow	25.5.2013	The Guardian -- World Latest
Oscar Pistorius was more than a national hero. His success came to symbolise South Africa's triumph over apartheid. Then he shot his girlfriend and left the nation's self-image in tatters A couple of years ago, two journalist friends of mine spent an afternoon with Oscar Pistorius . For much of the time, they recall, Oscar was quiet and self-contained. And then, apropos of nothing, he told a story. He was driving on the outskirts of a black township, he said, when a dog ran under his wheels. In his rear-view mirror, he watched as it dragged itself off the road by its front legs, its hind legs useless to it now. Its back was clearly broken. He stopped and got out of his car to find that the dog's owner had come out on to the street, shouting, cursing, gesticulating. What to do? Oscar grabbed his gun, shot the dog through the back of the head and drove off. On Valentine's Day 2013, when the world learned that Oscar Pistorius had shot Reeva Steenkamp dead through a closed bathroom door , this ...
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Woolwich attack: When killers strike, should we listen to what they say? \| Jonathan Freedland	25.5.2013	The Guardian -- World Latest
Just as Breivik's views on Islam did not deserve a hearing by the right, so the left should not use Woolwich to make its case on foreign policy The killers got their bloody hands on the front page first, but they struggled to keep the public's attention. On Friday, the focus moved to Lee Rigby , the man they killed, and the family he left behind. It was his face that stared from page one, the sobbing of his wife heard on the radio news. Even on the previous day, when the victim was still nameless, the killers were not the stars of the spectacle they had scripted and staged. How galling it would be for them to know that the person attracting the most intense interest was not the men with knives, but Ingrid Loyau-Kennett – who had voluntarily stepped off a bus to insert herself in a lethal situation that she could so easily have avoided, armed only with a Brownie leader's knowledge of first aid. She spoke calmly to the murderers, very possibly preventing further bloodshed – an act of such ...
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Obama condemns military sexual harassment in Navy Academy speech	25.5.2013	The Guardian -- World Latest
President tells Annapolis graduates that sexual assault 'has no place in the greatest military on earth' President Barack Obama on Friday urged US Naval Academy graduates to remember that their honor depends on what they do when nobody is looking, and said that sexual assault has "no place in the greatest military on earth". The commander in chief congratulated the 1,047 midshipmen graduating at the Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium, telling the 841 men and 206 women that they have proven themselves morally by meeting rigorous standards at the academy. But their commencement celebration came in the midst of reports of widespread sexual assault throughout the US military , and Obama ended his 20-minute address by recognizing "how the misconduct of some can have effects that ripple far and wide". "Those who commit sexual assault are not only committing a crime, they threaten the trust and discipline that makes our military strong," Obama said. "That's why we have to be determined to stop ...
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G4S contract to run sexual assault referral centres damned	24.5.2013	The Guardian -- Front Page
Campaigners criticise 'sell-off' of sensitive services to private company that bungled Olympics security contract G4S, the controversial private security company, is to run services providing medical examinations and counselling for victims of rape and sexual assault in the West Midlands. The company has been awarded a three-year contract to take over two sexual assault referral centres (Sarcs) in Birmingham and Walsall. The national network of 33 centres across England which have developed over the past decade also allow rape and sexual assault victims to report attacks without going to the police first. The decision to award the contract for such sensitive services to the company, despite widespread criticism over its failings in the Olympics security contract, was made by local NHS commissioners who have recently taken over responsibility for the network of Sarcs from the police. Union leaders and violence against women campaigners sharply criticised the "sell-off" of such sensitive ...
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Diabetes in India rising, with women at a particular disadvantage	24.5.2013	The Guardian -- World Latest
Indian women with diabetes still play 'caretaker role' in the family and prioritise the health of others above their own The disease itself may not discriminate on the basis of gender, but when it comes to healthcare for patients with diabetes, women in India find themselves at a disadvantage compared with men. This is the conclusion of a study, Impact of Gender on Care of Type 2 Diabetes in Varkala, Kerala, which analysed gender roles, norms and values in a household and found women patients to be more vulnerable. This vulnerability influences all phases of diabetic care, according to the paper by Dr Mini P Mani at the Achutha Menon Centre for Health Science Studies ( AMCHSS ) in Thiruvananthapuram, the capital of the southern state of Kerala. Even when they suffer from diabetes, women cannot abandon the "caretaker role" in the family and have to continue to prioritise the health of other family members above their own, the study found. Inequitable access to resources prevents ...
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President Obama and the media: a game of flattery and deceit \| Ana Marie Cox	24.5.2013	Guardian: Comment is Free
The greatest threat to US freedom of the press isn't incarceration or even a White House investigation, it's indifference It's difficult to say who's happier about the recent spate of troubles in the Obama White House, specifically the revelations about administration investigations into the activities of news organizations and individual journalists. Is it the Republicans, whose glee has finally found a source that doesn't coincide with the misery of every day Americans? (That's the problem with pegging your campaigns to Obama's inability to get the economy going – you have to actively block his attempts to get the economy going). Or is it the press that's the truly delighted party here, as they have finally found a narrative that is as critical of the Obama administration as it is laudatory of their own role in the great pageant of democracy? President Obama and his team may overstep its bounds in attempts to squash individual stories, but it's the cozy culture of Washington favor-trading ...
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US laws criminalizing sex between 18 and 14-year-olds are ridiculous \| Nancy Goldstein	24.5.2013	Guardian: Comment is Free
People are rightly outraged that a Florida young woman is charged with breaking the law for dating a 14-year-old girl Here's an inconvenient truth about the Kaitlyn Hunt case — the one in Florida where an 18-year-old faces a "lewd and lascivious battery" felony charge for having had a consensual sexual relationship with her 14-year-old girlfriend. Note that it's also routine for 18-year-olds to be charged with "L&L" for having heterosexual sex with their 14-year-old partners in Florida and across the United States, usually at the bequest of the younger person's angry parents, as happened in the Hunt case. And have their lives ruined, as Kaitlyn's appears about to be, by pleading out to theoretically "lesser" felony charges. My first thought when I heard about the case was that it was too ridiculous to move forward in the courts, or that Kaitlyn's legal prospects couldn't possibly be as grim as her supporters made them out to be. After all, the sex was consensual. Everyone knows that high ...
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Ballia: Chasing elusive dreams (Cached)	24.5.2013	India Together
Lack of development and unmet aspirations in India's villages and small towns not only raise the pressures arising from rural-urban migration, but also trigger an overall sociological malaise that is so difficult to dispel. Puja Awasthi reports from Ballia in eastern Uttar Pradesh, a stark example.
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Woolwich attack: police wait to question two suspects	24.5.2013	The Guardian -- Front Page
Michael Adebolajo and second suspect remain too badly injured to be interviewed over death of Drummer Lee Rigby Detectives are still waiting to question two men arrested over the murder of Drummer Lee Rigby, the young soldier who was hacked to death in London on Wednesday. It emerged on Thursday that both of the men alleged to have killed Rigby had been known to the domestic security service MI5 and the police over an eight-year period, but had been assessed as peripheral figures and thus not subjected to a full-scale investigation. One of the two suspects was named as Michael Olumide Adebolajo, who was filmed brandishing knives and justifying the attack as a strike against the west while Rigby lay yards away bloodied and fatally wounded. Adebolajo, from a Nigerian churchgoing family and who converted to Islam, had complained of harassment by MI5 in the last three years after he came to the intelligence agency's attention. The identity of the second suspect was not confirmed, but ...
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सेक्स करके लड़कियों को 'पाक' करता था कश्मीरी मौलवी (Cached)	24.5.2013	नवभारत टैम्स
सेक्स करके लड़कियों को 'पाक' करता था कश्मीरी मौलवी
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Minor's rape complaint blew lid off sex abuse by fake mystic in Kashmir (Cached)	24.5.2013	Indian Express: Latest
Gulzar Bhat, who claims to be a mystic, has been running girls-only residential school for 10 yrs.
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Senator: West Point case shows military has 'sexual harassment problem'	24.5.2013	The Guardian -- World Latest
Kirsten Gillibrand of New York criticises official response after charges sergeant photographed and filmed women Charges that an Army sergeant secretly photographed and videotaped women at West Point are part of a military-wide pattern of sexual misconduct, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand of New York said on Thursday. The military has been rocked by a series of arrests and incidents of sexual misconduct . But the news from the venerable US Military Academy could be particularly embarrassing. The Army said on Wednesday that a sergeant at West Point had been charged with secretly photographing and videotaping at least a dozen women at the academy, including in a bathroom. Sgt. 1st Class Michael McClendon, a combat engineer, was assigned to the academy from 2009 until recently. He was a member of the support staff at West Point, working with cadets. He has been transferred to Fort Drum, New York. The Associated Press could not find a working number for McClendon, and it could not be immediately ...
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Woolwich attack: MI5 knew of men suspected of killing Lee Rigby	24.5.2013	The Guardian -- Front Page
• Security service assessed suspects but did not investigate • Victim Lee Rigby had served in the army for seven years • Police raid homes in London and Lincolnshire • Extremist cleric says he tutored suspect The two suspects in the butchering to death of a British soldier had been known to the domestic security service MI5 and the police over an eight-year period, but had been assessed as peripheral figures and thus not subjected to a full-scale investigation, it has emerged . One of the two attackers was named as Michael Olumide Adebolajo, the man seen in dramatic video brandishing knives and justifying the attack as a strike against the west while his victim lay yards away bloodied and fatally wounded. Adebolajo, from a Nigerian churchgoing family who later converted to Islam, had complained of harassment by MI5 in the last three years after he came to the intelligence agency's attention. The admission came as the Ministry of Defence named the victim of the attack in Woolwich ...
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Hidden camera GP jailed for abuse	23.5.2013	BBC: Front Page
A family doctor who used a secret camera inside his wristwatch to record himself abusing female patients at his surgery is jailed for 12 years.
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Dec 16 gang-rape: Inquiry on against policemen, court told (Cached)	23.5.2013	New Kerala: India News
New Delhi, May 23 : The Delhi High Court was Thursday informed by the central government that it has initiated departmental inquiry against seven policemen, including the staff of the PCR van, deployed in the area where Dec 16 gang-rape took place.
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Chinese artist Ai Weiwei rages against state abuses in 'Dumbass' song (Cached)	23.5.2013	New Kerala: World News
London, May 23 : Chinese artist and dissident Ai Weiwei has released an expletive-ridden heavy metal music video criticising abuses of state power in China.
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Benefits cap will have catastrophic effect on families, court will hear	23.5.2013	The Guardian -- Front Page
Vulnerable families challenging £500-a-week cap say it may force victims of domestic violence to return to their abusers Families will suffer catastrophic effects and victims of domestic violence may be forced to return to their abusers, it will be argued in the first test cases challenging the government's imposition of a £500-a-week cap on benefits. A judge has already given permission for a full judicial review of claims that involve four vulnerable families relying on welfare payments. One household is facing imminent eviction, according to documents filed at the high court. One of the families lives in Haringey, one of the four London boroughs selected by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) as pilot areas for introducing the controversial benefits cap. The families have not been identified. Two of the claims involve victims of domestic abuse; their claims are supported by the refuge charity Women's Aid. The DWP restrictions are supposed to provide an incentive for those ...
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