While a horrific gang rape in New Delhi has drawn attention to a violent epidemic, rape is just one facet of a broad range of violence that leads to the deaths of almost two million women a year.
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"How are women around the world finding their own voice.... between ingrained traditions and pop culture stereotypes"
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Rape is horrible, but not because you lose your virtue or shame your family. Delete the scoop?
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Devastated dad tells The Sunday People he hopes revealing her name will give courage to other women who have survived such attacks Delete the scoop?
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After the death of a gang rape victim, protesters take to the streets in Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore and Kochi. Delete the scoop?
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For women in particular, the prospect of making it by yourself in any city, even one as open-minded as Mumbai, is bundled with a whole set of challenges. Delete the scoop?
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India's high malnutrition rate, low birth weight and maternal mortality rate continue to rival those of sub-Saharan Africa. There is growing evidence that the reason is, specifically, women's empty pockets. Women in India have a lower status and therefore less control over resources, both land and money, and consequently do not have the leverage to ensure that their children's needs are met. Delete the scoop?
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For generations, Indian women have been reared on religious epics, filled with patiently suffering, self-sacrificing women. But a new breed of writers--many of them women--are rewriting sacred scriptures. In | Womens eNews
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The women and men who have found their voices after the Delhi gang rape will not return to silence Delete the scoop?
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The volume of protests in the case of a gang-rape victim in Delhi show that change is possible. 
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January 4, 4:19 AM
"Change is possible, but the police must document reports of rape and sexual assault, and investigations and court cases have to be fast-tracked and not left to linger for years"
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I have just returned from India Gate in central Delhi where police and paramilitary forces fired tear gas and water cannon at peaceful demonstrators, spectators including families, and mobile telev...
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After six days of country-wide mass protests sparked by the gang rape of a young woman last Sunday night and subsequent government and police indifference..... Delete the scoop?
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By Anuj Chopra. It's already the world's second-most populous country. So why is India turning grandmothers into mothers? Delete the scoop?
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India's booming assisted fertility business encourages childless couples to overcome the 'curse' of their infertility. A film by Raffaele Brunetti. Delete the scoop?
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In India, the workplace continues to be a male-dominated space. What can be done to fix this? In pictures. Delete the scoop?
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