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📢📢#NEWS: Kisan Shaheed Smarak: A memorial dedicated to those who died during the farmers' protest. #FIIDailyEdit (1/n)

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So far about 360 people have died while participating in the ongoing nationwide farmer’ struggle. As an homage to these people five memorials now stand near Singhu, Tikri, Ghazipur and Shahjahanpur borders. (2/n)
Every memorial contains the soil accumulated from various historical places from around the country. Artist Kulpreet Singh based in Patiala, reached out to organisers offering to help in the making of memorials at Singhu and Ghazipur border. (3/n)
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📢📢 #NEWS: TW - sexual assault on minor

Holding Girl's Hands, Opening Pant Zip Not Sexual Assault: Bombay High Court
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Justice Pushpa Ganediwala, the Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court, has observed that holding hands of a minor girl and opening the zip of pants does not fall under the ambit of 'sexual assault' within the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act. (2/4)
This is in response to a mothers' report against a 50-year-old man for sexually assaulting and molesting her 5-year-old daughter. (3/4)
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TW: Sexual Violence

📢📢 THREAD: 37% Rise in Rape Cases Against Women from Scheduled Castes In Last 4 Years #FIIDailyEdit

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According to @IndiaSpend's analysis of the Crime in #India 2019 report, cases of rape against #women from scheduled #castes increased by 37%, and of assault by 20%, in the past four years.

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The analysis also mentioned that #UttarPradesh recorded the highest increase in #crime against #women, at 66.7%, in the four years to 2019. Overall, crimes against people from the scheduled #castes increased by 18.8%.

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📢📢 THREAD: Women 70% Of Health Sector Workers, But Only 25% Hold Senior Roles #FIIDailyEdit

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A recent policy brief by UN Women points out how #women still remain woefully under-represented in decision-making institutions.

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According to the policy brief, women only make up a quarter (24.9%) of members of national #parliaments across the #globe. As of January 2020, only 21.3% of ministers globally were #women.

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📢📢 THREAD: #Mentalhealth services disrupted in 93% countries: WHO Survey #FIIDailyEdit

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The #Covid19 pandemic disrupted or halted #mentalhealth services in 93% of countries worldwide, says a new WHO survey. Acc. to a news report in the Scroll, the survey was conducted in 130 countries from June to August.

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As per the survey, over 60% countries reported #mentalhealth services being disrupted for vulnerable people, including #children, adolescents, older adults, and #women requiring antenatal and postnatal services.

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