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Classic signs of domestic abuse

YOU ARE BEING ABUSED IF YOU SPOT ANY OF THESE SIGNS: If you have paid a lot of dowry like gold, land, money to marry an NRI man. If all your educational qualifications are in the possession of your husband or his family. If your passport and visa card is in the possession of your […]

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“Sexual intercourse with a minor wife below 18 is rape” says Supreme Court of India

A recent Supreme Court of India’s ruling that sex with a minor wife will be considered an act of rape has recently recorded it’s first complaint from a child bride in India.“Sexual intercourse by a married man with their minor wife below 18 years is rape,” the court had said in its judgment. Sex with […]

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#BabySteps – Saudi Arabia to allow women behind the wheel.

Saudi King Salman on Tuesday ordered that women be allowed to drive cars, ending a conservative tradition seen by rights activists as an emblem of the Islamic kingdom’s repression of women. The kingdom, the birthplace of Islam, has been widely criticized for being the only country in the world that bans women from driving, despite […]

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Home Office vows to crackdown on abuse of women on dependent visas.

“The day I was abandoned in India by my husband would be the start of the darkest period of my life. It has left permanent mental and emotional scars. But I was one of the luckier ones a I was able to rebuild my life. Most are not so lucky and that’s why I’m here.” […]

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Accused fraudster, and brother of disgraced British-Indian socialite Neishaa Gharat, found hanged.

An Indian man who was accused of defrauding a British Indian businessman out of millions of pounds in a real estate scam has been found hanged inside his luxury Mumbai apartment. Pavan Kulavoor, 38, was implicated in the £2.3 million scam alongside his sister Neishaa Gharat – a prominent British Indian fashion designer and socialite […]

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PRESS RELEASE: Indian Ladies in UK protested overnight to bring attention to exploited and abused first generation migrant Indian women in UK

Indian Ladies in UK protested overnight to bring attention to exploited and abused first generation migrant Indian women in UK One of Britain’s largest Indian community organizations planned an unusual protest in London’s iconic Piccadilly Circus aimed at highlighting the plight of first generation migrant Indian women in the UK who are abused and exploited […]

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