sexual assault

The 2018 Muzaffarpur shelter home case, uncovered by a TISS audit, revealed the sexual abuse of 34 minors, exposing widespread systemic abuse within Bihar’s institutions.

Nominated for the Oscars, Nisha Pahuja's documentary 'To Kill A Tiger' is about a father’s courageous pursuit of justice for his 13-year-old daughter. Here's the real life story of Jharkhand's Ranjit.

Manila Bachan was sexually abused as child and suffered the traumatic experience alone for many years. She was eventually diagnosed with clinical depression and bipolar disorder. Watch how she set out on her healing journey.

Mohammad Saif Khan from Malihabad in Uttar Pradesh founded Josh Academic Samiti, an NGO offering free self-defence training and boxing lessons to girls and boys of the village

Your voice has power. Use it to stand up to gender violence. Just like Kirthi Jayakumar did, helping thousands of women across 197 nations.

The month-long sting operation brought to light some spine-chilling tales.

“It’s a huge responsibility and there are a lot of expectations that people have from this Act. But as a woman and a police officer, I am looking forward to the challenge.”

“We have enough laws. What is required is proper implementation, fast track trials and better conviction rates. Instead of telling girls not to go here or there and restricting their movement, we must also as a society do a better job of raising our boys and teaching them how to respect women," says the Rachakonda Police Commissioner.

“Life isn’t easy for us even today, receiving regular taunts from society. Even today, my parents are ashamed when people come and tell them ‘your boy has now become a girl’ and ‘log kya kahenge’ (what will people say)," says Naaz Joshi, who recently won Miss World Diversity for the third time in a row!

"He said he had a gun and he threatened to shoot me if I screamed. He then came on to me, and I tried to stop him. He was squeezing my throat, and he slapped me. He continued to slap and punch me. He sexually assaulted me.”