24 years in captivity

The world was horrified when details of Elisabeth Fritzl’s horrific tragedy surfaced in 2008 in a village in Lower Austria. Her father regularly attacked, tormented, humiliated, and raped the young lady as she was imprisoned in the windowless basement under the boarding house where she was raised. Millions were shocked by the “abominable events” that…

WHETHER SEXUAL INTERCOURSE IN THE PRETEXT MARRIAGE AMOUNTS TO RAPE ?

Marriage is considered as a sacrament union between two individuals. In today’s modern time, the major problem related to rape comes forward in our society i.e , “physical relation in the context of false promise for marriage”. The consent obtained by a woman through false promise of marriage is not considered appropriate in the eyes of law.  The ‘misconception of fact’ within the…

Violence against Women

Any act of gender-based violence that leads to physical, sexual, or mental harm or suffering to women, including threats of coercion or arbitrary deprivation of liberty, whether occurring publicly or in private life is known as violence against women. Any sexual or other act directed against a person’s sexuality using force, by other person irrespective…