Uganda’s former army chief James Kazini has been killed at his girlfriend’s flat in the capital, Kampala. A BBC correspondent says Maj Gen Kazini died...

Our Great Culture, Heritage and Family Values India is a country which cherishes its culture and heritage. This rich legacy is based on high moral and social values....

An elderly woman tortured and driven out of the house that her husband had built for her has found justice after a four-year court battle against her...

Ranchi, Oct. 22: Two days after a doctor was found hanging at his Ashok Ashram residence in Doranda, his father accused his wife and in-laws of abetting suicide....

Being counsellors in an NGO like SIFF, we come across so many different types of men facing harassment in the hands of either their wives, in-laws, police, judiciary or...

“India even has a separate ministry for animals. Why should the men be left out then?” said S Venugopal, convener of Save India Family Foundation (SIFF), Andhra...

Since the time I began to think several years ago I have often heard several things in all kinds of fora. “Women are being oppressed”, “women are...

I always hoped that granting validity to the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act would bring fair amount of stability in the lives of women trapped in...

The recent nerve wracking incident of the mid-air scuffle and the molestation of an air hostess by pilots of Air India is making the headlines these days. The real...

Day in and Day out, we get to hear so many cases of the women-centric laws being misused. Be it the 498A or the PWDVA (Commonly known as the DV Act), everyone around...

In continuation with my previous two posts on Domestic Violence viz “Violence against Women – A perception or a reality” and “Violence against Men – The...

In continuation with my article, “Violence against Women – A perception or a Reality” this article covers the topic of Violence against Men extensively as we head...

To, The Honorable Minister for Law and Justice Dr M Veerappa Moily, Sub: – Paying maintenance to qualified and empowered women for short marriages must be stopped...

Victims of domestic violence have no relief in seven of US states and the District of Columbia because of unwillingness on the part of insurance companies to cover such...

“Violence Against Women (VAW)” referred to as VAW herein is a very commonly heard and most unchallenged social meme. Such high is its acceptance in society that we...

With the White House zeroing in on the insurance-industry practice of discriminating against clients based on pre-existing conditions, administration allies are calling...

Poor Rameshwari, just 10 year old and scarred for life. She was working as a domestic servant in the house of a TV actress Urvashi. Though brought from her home town...

As India kicks off its Independence Day celebrations this weekend, thousands of husbands claiming harassment and men’s rights activists will converge upon Shimla to...

When Blood is no more thicker than Water Years back when Ghazal mastreo Jagjit Singh crooned “Rishton mein daraar aayee...”, neither he nor the writer of...

Singer Chris Brown released a video yesterday asking his fans’ forgiveness regarding his beating and abuse of singer Rihanna. Brown pleaded guilty in June to felony...