Rising Violence Against Muslims in India Under Modi and BJP Rule

Societal Discrimination against Muslims in Europe: Racism and Political Opportunism

An International Approach to Challenging Violence Against Women in India

Do improved property rights decrease violence against women in India?∗

This paper uses the staggered implementation of a legal change in inheritance law in India to estimate the effect of women’s improved access to inheritance on violence against women. I find that the aggregate rate of violence against women ( including female suicides) fell. This fall is due to changes in police-reported violence as well as in female mortality. The law did not change male mortal...

Reforms urged to tackle violence against women in India.

Nearly every day at least one woman comes to Mumbai’s public hospitals seeking treatment for bruises, burns, or poisoning. In the past, such injuries were usually treated as accidents by doctors and victims who tacitly knew they were the result of domestic or sexual violence. “Everyone knows that a woman doesn’t accidentally drink half a bottle of pesticide’’, said Padma Deosthali, director of ...

Violence against women in India: Comprehensive care for survivors