Purulia District in West Bengal, is one of the most impoverished districts of India. Shrii Shrii Anandamurti, the founder of… read more
We, the members of the Kolkata Chapter of the Indian GNU/Linux user group (http://www.ilug-cal.info ), Free Software Mancha of… read more
Asbestos is a known carcinogen. Asbestos was once widely used worldwide, but it is now banned or restricted in more… read more
As members of civil society and representatives of People Living with HIV (PLHIV), Men who have Sex with Men, Sex… read more
Dt: 30th March 2012 Smt. Sonia Gandhi, President - Indian National Congress 10, Janpath, New Delhi. Dear Madam, We are… read more
We are just submitting it to The President of India. But this petition is targeted to the Indian people. It's… read more
Varanasi is one of the few Indian cities without State supported humane dog management. Despite many requests, Varanasi Municipal Corporation… read more
Shri V.S. Sampath, Chief Election Commissioner of India Nirvachan Sadan, New Delhi Dear Sir, We the concerned citizens of India… read more
平等機會婦女聯席 終止對女性的一切暴力行為──就印度女性受性暴力事件聯署聲明 印度女性長期處於受壓迫的位置，針對女性的性暴力從未止息。十二月二十九日清晨，新德里巴士輪姦案的二十三歲女大學生因多個器官衰竭延醫不治。除此，印度接連番爆出多宗駭人的針對女性的嚴重暴力事件，包括少女受到輪姦後報警，竟受到負責調查的督察性侵犯、以及以「榮譽」之名殺害有婚外情的女性等等，印度民眾不理宵禁令上街舉行反性暴力示威，要求政府正視性暴力的問題。 根據印度官方數字，去年共有228650宗針對女性的暴力罪行，平均每二十二分鐘就有一名女性被強暴，然而有不少女性因怯於社會壓力而對暴力啞忍，更有女性在報警後受到更沉重的壓力和進一步的傷害。印度女性於社會上受到不同形式的暴力對待，除了數之不盡的性暴力事件外，她們會因嫁妝不足而受到夫家虐待、家庭地位低落屢受丈夫毆打、殉葬制度（sati）令不少寡婦被活活燒死，其嚴重及普遍程度致使每六小時就有一名印度婦女因家庭暴力而喪命。印度警方不但沒有正視這些暴力事件，反而縱然警方侵犯及傷害受害女性，更打壓關注事件及參與示威的群眾。而女性反而成為被怪責的對象，她們的行為及衣著被指責，女性的自主被限制。 聯合國《消除暴力對待婦女宣言》中指出，國家必須「施行審慎評鑑(due diligence)以防止、調查及按國家立法懲處暴力對待婦女的行為，無論是國家或私人干犯均需一視同仁」。意指國家必須確保人權法所列明的權利在現實生活中得到實踐，一旦權利受到侵犯，國家需要負起挽救及補償的責任。可惜，從諸種案例中均可見到，印度政府不旦沒有負起改變性別不平等的情況，更遲遲未肯制定有效的政策保護女性免受暴力侵犯，甚至意圖將防衛責任推諉女性，要求女性學習自衛術以減低性罪行的發生。 Hong Kong Women’s Coalition on Equal Opportunities End all kinds of Violence Against Women---Joint… read more
In light of recent incident in Pakistan .i.e. girl shot by Taliban for campaigning for girls' rights to go to… read more
