domestic violence awareness
Press release by AIMWA Chennai on International Men’s Day
AIMWA members at Chennai have planned to observe the International Me’s Day by holding dharnas, distributing pamphlets and holding a press conference. There is a widespread understanding amongst the public on the distress of the men in general and married men in particular. The sustained campaign by the members of AIMWA and SIF through media [...]
International Men’s Day 2011 on 19th November
Men and women across the world will be celebrating International Men’s Day on Saturday, 19 November 2011. This year, India celebrates International Men’s Day for the fifth time along with 23 other countries around the globe. Bike and car rallies are being conducted in all major cities in India to reach out to the public [...]
Equality for men, myth or reality?
As part of the events planned to mark the “International Men’s Day“ to be observed on 19th November, 2011, the activists for Men’s Rights have published a handbook titled “Equality for men – Myth or Reality?” which vividly exposes various myths, fictitious stories, assumptions and lies against men of India that are deep rooted in [...]
National Geographic seeks male victim of domestic violence for documentary
Sarah Isaac is currently researching the topic of men as victims of domestic violence at National Geographic and is looking for a younger male victim/survivor who is happy to talk on camera. The reason behind this being that they want to highlight that this is a global and not domestic story. Violence against men seems [...]
Husbands protest against nagging wives at Bangalore
Men will take to the streets against women on Saturday. The men are ‘husbands’ who have become victims of ‘intimate terror by wives’, according to the Save Indian Family Foundation (SIFF) and Children’s Rights Initiative for Shared Parenting (CRISP), which is organising the dharna. The protest will see hundreds of men venting their agony in [...]
Woman arrested for assaulting husband with knife
The Protection Of Women From Domestic Violence Act, 2005 has decreed thus: Definitions.- In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,- (a) ” aggrieved person” means any woman who is, or has been, in a domestic relationship with the respondent and who alleges to have been subjected to any act of domestic violence by the [...]
Marital stress drives more men to suicide than women
Has the equation in the war of the sexes changed? Strange it may sound,but the National Crime Record Bureau (NCRB) figures released by a city-based men’s rights advocacy group shows that the number of married men ending their lives is far more than their female counterparts.And the group claims that the men to women suicide ratio of 65:35 indicates that it is the men can now don the tag of the oppressed
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Protect men from misuse of laws by women
If a girl has a personal enmity, she takes it out by falsely accusing men of eve-teasing. And there is no verification done by the police when it comes to women, they just accept what she says as the sacred truth.
Reality check on domestic violence
Certain women’s organisations have been stereotyping the issue of domestic violence. They have presented a picture that conveys the impression that only women are victims of domestic violence while we have with us global surveys and over 250 scholarly studies that show that women are at least as likely as men to engage in partner aggression and that partner violence is often mutual.
Liberate men from Responsibilities
In continuation with my article, “Allow Daughters to take Responsibility legally” and in response to 24 Million Chinese Men Will Remain “Bachelors” by 2020 gender roles are being revisited here. While feminists have always argued for concessions for women, often at the expense of men, citing skewed gender-ratio against girls and have been successful in [...]
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