The expectation that a victim of abuse should speak up is wrong. Even after 3 decades it is difficult to take that step... so stop the question 'why?' the silence even after so many assaults.
This is what the Delhi Police did to Jamia Students in the library of Jamia 2 years ago. The UP police did the same to students in Prayagraj day before & the Bihar police did the same to protesting students day before. Yet, the BJP claims to be student & youth friendly!
Senior consultant at NGO @_JusticeAndHope Pranitha Timothy has lived a few lifetimes worth of stories to tell — and she's only just getting started. Read her inspiring testimony from a life of fighting domestic abuse and sexual trafficking.
https://t.co/SVr5NDhHoe
Women need freedom from:
- gender roles
- gender expectations
- patriarchal notions
- discriminatory laws
...and many other forms of intersecting inequalities.
SC gives #ParamBirSingh arrest protection in extortion case. How is it that a public servant absconding from the law on serious charges gets protection, but a journalist like Siddique Kappan who was only doing his job, is languishing in Jail for over a year without bail!
@BonJovi@jonbonjovi And I will love you always!!!! Thank you for the music but even more for giving back to community and showing what "Love your neighbors" mean. ❤👑
Every arrest of a so-called anti-national leads to decimation of the person's reputation on prime time TV, exposing them to potential bodily harm. Let's tell TV channels that we won't let them demonise #DishaRavi. DM us with links to hateful speech and we'll help complain.
For people forced to flee violence or persecution, staying at home to avoid #COVID19 is not an option.
Yet access to asylum & other rights that would protect vulnerable refugees has been significantly curtailed during the pandemic.
More from @Refugees. https://t.co/gaFa2TBoZs
“Migrants, refugees, internally displaced people should be fully included in the COVID-19 vaccination plans, irrespective of their legal status.”
-- @IOMchief on why #HealthForAll is now more important than ever: