Women Abuse
- All
- News
- Videos
-
Huge Row After DMK Worker's Wife Says He 'Groomed' Women For Politicians
A young woman from Tamil Nadu has accused her husband - a 40-year-old man associated with the ruling DMK - of torture and sexual harassment, declaring "his job is to force 20-year-old girls to sleep with politicians".
-
DMK, AIADMK's 'Hang Your Head In Shame' Barbs Over Pollachi Sex Assault Case
On Tuesday, hours after a Tamil Nadu court sentenced nine men to life in prison - for raping and blackmailing eight Pollachi women multiple times between 2016 and 2018 - Chief Minister MK Stalin and the AIADMK's Edappadi K Palaniswami bickered.
-
French Actor Gerard Depardieu Found Guilty In Sexual Assault Case
A court in Paris on Tuesday found French actor Gerard Depardieu guilty of sexually assaulting two women on a film set in 2021 and handed him an 18-month suspended prison sentence.
-
NDTV Explains | 9 Men, 8 Rape Survivors. The Pollachi Sex Assault Case
Nine men found guilty of the sexual assault and blackmail of several women in Tamil Nadu's Pollachi were handed life terms, till death, by a court in Coimbatore Tuesday afternoon.
-
Victims of 'Predator' US Gynecologist Reach $750 Million Settlement
Columbia University and a New York hospital have reached a $750-million settlement with hundreds of women sexually assaulted by a former gynecologist, a lawyer for the victims said Tuesday.
-
Abuse Scandals, Disunity And Diplomacy The New Pope's Challenges
Pope Francis's successor will face a litany of challenges, from the place of women and the LGBTQ community in the Catholic Church, to diplomatic challenges.
-
US Lawyer Tortured Women With Cattle Prod, Shock Collar While Raping Them
A New York City lawyer has been accused of transforming his Midtown apartment into a torture chamber, where he allegedly raped, drugged, urinated on, and abused women using a cattle prod and electric shock collar.
-
Cannes Film Festival Promises 'Seriousness' In Tackling #MeToo Cases
The head of the Cannes Film Festival on Wednesday said that it would look into the findings of a parliamentary inquiry into abuses in the entertainment sector, insisting that women were being "heard".
-
#MeToo Movement A 'Reign Of Terror': French Actor In Sex Abuse Trial
French star actor Gerard Depardieu, on trial for sexual assault, told the Paris court on Tuesday that he was not in the habit of "groping" women, and called the #MeToo movement a "reign of terror."
-
2 Women Journalists Arrested For Post Against Revanth Reddy Get Bail
Two women journalists who were arrested earlier this month for allegedly circulating "abusive" content against Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy have secured bail today.
-
2 Women Journalists Arrested For Post About Revanth Reddy, BRS Protests
Two Telangana journalists - Pogadadanda Revathi, the Managing Director of Pulse News, and Thanvi Yadav, a reporter for the same channel - were detained for posting allegedly abusive content against Chief Minister Revanth Reddy.
-
Maharashtra Woman Abuses Neighbours, Thrashes Children After Fight Over Dog, Case Filed
A group of women had approached the accused, complaining that her dog was causing a nuisance at their locality in Thane.
-
'Men, Other Genders Also Need Protection From Sex Abuse': Delhi High Court Judge
Justice Prathiba M Singh of the Delhi High Court called for having strong provisions in the law not only to protect women, but also men.
-
How Sanya Malhotra's Mrs Tackles Invisible Abuse Like No Other Bollywood Film
Here's an in-depth look at how Mrs is breaking new ground in the portrayal of women's issues.
-
How A Secretive US Church Forced Women Into Giving Up Babies For Adoption
The church, known as The Truth or the Two by Twos, coerced hundreds of unmarried mothers into giving up their kids -- some without even seeing them -- for adoption between the 1950s and 1990s.
-
Huge Row After DMK Worker's Wife Says He 'Groomed' Women For Politicians
A young woman from Tamil Nadu has accused her husband - a 40-year-old man associated with the ruling DMK - of torture and sexual harassment, declaring "his job is to force 20-year-old girls to sleep with politicians".
-
DMK, AIADMK's 'Hang Your Head In Shame' Barbs Over Pollachi Sex Assault Case
On Tuesday, hours after a Tamil Nadu court sentenced nine men to life in prison - for raping and blackmailing eight Pollachi women multiple times between 2016 and 2018 - Chief Minister MK Stalin and the AIADMK's Edappadi K Palaniswami bickered.
-
French Actor Gerard Depardieu Found Guilty In Sexual Assault Case
A court in Paris on Tuesday found French actor Gerard Depardieu guilty of sexually assaulting two women on a film set in 2021 and handed him an 18-month suspended prison sentence.
-
NDTV Explains | 9 Men, 8 Rape Survivors. The Pollachi Sex Assault Case
Nine men found guilty of the sexual assault and blackmail of several women in Tamil Nadu's Pollachi were handed life terms, till death, by a court in Coimbatore Tuesday afternoon.
-
Victims of 'Predator' US Gynecologist Reach $750 Million Settlement
Columbia University and a New York hospital have reached a $750-million settlement with hundreds of women sexually assaulted by a former gynecologist, a lawyer for the victims said Tuesday.
-
Abuse Scandals, Disunity And Diplomacy The New Pope's Challenges
Pope Francis's successor will face a litany of challenges, from the place of women and the LGBTQ community in the Catholic Church, to diplomatic challenges.
-
US Lawyer Tortured Women With Cattle Prod, Shock Collar While Raping Them
A New York City lawyer has been accused of transforming his Midtown apartment into a torture chamber, where he allegedly raped, drugged, urinated on, and abused women using a cattle prod and electric shock collar.
-
Cannes Film Festival Promises 'Seriousness' In Tackling #MeToo Cases
The head of the Cannes Film Festival on Wednesday said that it would look into the findings of a parliamentary inquiry into abuses in the entertainment sector, insisting that women were being "heard".
-
#MeToo Movement A 'Reign Of Terror': French Actor In Sex Abuse Trial
French star actor Gerard Depardieu, on trial for sexual assault, told the Paris court on Tuesday that he was not in the habit of "groping" women, and called the #MeToo movement a "reign of terror."
-
2 Women Journalists Arrested For Post Against Revanth Reddy Get Bail
Two women journalists who were arrested earlier this month for allegedly circulating "abusive" content against Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy have secured bail today.
-
2 Women Journalists Arrested For Post About Revanth Reddy, BRS Protests
Two Telangana journalists - Pogadadanda Revathi, the Managing Director of Pulse News, and Thanvi Yadav, a reporter for the same channel - were detained for posting allegedly abusive content against Chief Minister Revanth Reddy.
-
Maharashtra Woman Abuses Neighbours, Thrashes Children After Fight Over Dog, Case Filed
A group of women had approached the accused, complaining that her dog was causing a nuisance at their locality in Thane.
-
'Men, Other Genders Also Need Protection From Sex Abuse': Delhi High Court Judge
Justice Prathiba M Singh of the Delhi High Court called for having strong provisions in the law not only to protect women, but also men.
-
How Sanya Malhotra's Mrs Tackles Invisible Abuse Like No Other Bollywood Film
Here's an in-depth look at how Mrs is breaking new ground in the portrayal of women's issues.
-
How A Secretive US Church Forced Women Into Giving Up Babies For Adoption
The church, known as The Truth or the Two by Twos, coerced hundreds of unmarried mothers into giving up their kids -- some without even seeing them -- for adoption between the 1950s and 1990s.
