The toll-free 24/7 National Helpline Centre for Violence Against Women & Children 109, was introduced in 2012 to receive complaints against various forms of women and children abuse and provide services accordingly.
As the sun sets every evening in the Mauritian capital of Port Louis, Monoara reaches her workplace, a tuna processing company, and disconnects from the world by switching off her phone’s internet.
As I left home for office this morning, an unwelcoming surprise was waiting for me
A few days ago, a post went viral on Facebook, saying “Today’s children may not comprehend why we were beaten in our childhoods”.
The ongoing heatwave has exacerbated the challenges faced by everyone in the country, but the situation has become particularly difficult for expecting mothers.
Pregnant women are more prone to heat-related illnesses like exhaustion and heatstroke
Around 114 women were raped in the first three months of 2024, said Ain O Salish Kendra yesterday. Three victims were killed and one died by suicide after rape, the human rights organisation added.
Despite the Dowry Prohibition Act-2018 being in force, the demands for dowries are still prevalent in many communities, leaving newlywed women and their families reeling under undue financial pressure.
The toll-free 24/7 National Helpline Centre for Violence Against Women & Children 109, was introduced in 2012 to receive complaints against various forms of women and children abuse and provide services accordingly.
As the sun sets every evening in the Mauritian capital of Port Louis, Monoara reaches her workplace, a tuna processing company, and disconnects from the world by switching off her phone’s internet.
As I left home for office this morning, an unwelcoming surprise was waiting for me
A few days ago, a post went viral on Facebook, saying “Today’s children may not comprehend why we were beaten in our childhoods”.
The ongoing heatwave has exacerbated the challenges faced by everyone in the country, but the situation has become particularly difficult for expecting mothers.
Pregnant women are more prone to heat-related illnesses like exhaustion and heatstroke
Around 114 women were raped in the first three months of 2024, said Ain O Salish Kendra yesterday. Three victims were killed and one died by suicide after rape, the human rights organisation added.
Despite the Dowry Prohibition Act-2018 being in force, the demands for dowries are still prevalent in many communities, leaving newlywed women and their families reeling under undue financial pressure.
At least 41.6 percent of young women in Bangladesh were married before they had turned 18, reveals the latest government survey.
After enduring six pregnancies so far in her 13-year-long marriage, 36-year-old Rokeya Begum, a resident of Korail slum, is now a mother of three children, the youngest being two years old.
