Women protest in New Delhi against police brutality
Women protest in New Delhi against police brutality
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Women protest in New Delhi against police brutality
Sabna V.K., Ramya A., Afeefa K., Sameena M.K., Nimmy N., Rajeena P., Salma V.P., and Sajeena C. began โColoursโ after completing a assistant dress maker course under Jan Shikshan Sansthan
India recorded 5,737 dowry-linked deaths in 2024, an average of around 16 women a day. Despite being outlawed more than six decades ago, the practice of dowry โ the transfer or money or valuables from a bride's family when she gets married โ remains deeply entrenched across Indian society. Our correspondents report.
The women displayed copies of the death certificates and other documents which, they claimed, had been used to show them as โdeadโ
Sanitary napkin vending machines and incinerators in 14 KSRTC depots/terminals
The assault allegedly took place on September 30 in Nexra Colony in Hardoi, when Ms. Upasana, who worked as a domestic helper at the house of Akanksha, was allegedly abused and assaulted by Akansha and other women in the family on suspicion of theft
Women across Delhiโs colleges describe changing routes, travelling in groups, avoiding certain roads after dark, or leaving college early. Their concerns extend beyond the campus perimeter to the roads, parks, metro stations, and neighbourhoods that make up their daily commute.
BBC correspondent Azadeh Moshiri reports from Delhi, where hundreds of women are protesting.