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Bharatiya Janata Party politician and former minister MJ Akbar has denied the sexual harassment charges laid against him by more than a dozen women. Photo: AFP/Prakash Singth
Posted inIndia, South Asia, World

Minister files suit against sexual harassment accuser

by Asia Times staff October 15, 2018February 18, 2020

India’s #MeToo movement has taken the country’s media houses by storm over the last 10 days, with a number of male editors and journalists being called out as sexual harassers. Now the movement has named its first significant political figure. M J Akbar, formerly a prominent journalist and presently the Minister of State for External […]

Activists from different social organizations hold a candlelight protest march against a Muzaffarpur shelter home rape case, in Patna, on August 5, 2018. Photo: The Times of India / K M Sharma
Posted inIndia, South Asia, World

Corrupt shelters for kids could shake people’s faith in charity

by Kanchan Srivastava August 9, 2018February 18, 2020
Male victims of child sexual abuse are under-served by Indian law, activists say. Photo: Pixabay
Posted inIndia, Middle East, South Asia

Silence around sexual abuse of young boys is not helping India

by Suryatapa Mukherjee July 19, 2018February 18, 2020
The government has launched an online complaint box to help tackle the problem of workplace sexual harassment. Photo: Hindustan Times
Posted inIndia, South Asia

Government launches online sex harassment complaint box

by Asia Times staff July 24, 2017February 18, 2020

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