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Bois Locker Room: DCW issues notice to Instagram, Delhi Police over shocking chats
India | May 04, 2020, 06:54 PM ISTThe Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) has taken suo-moto cognizance of a group called "Bois Locker Room" operational on Instagram which comprises several hundred members, it said.
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Gargi College molestation case: Students to meet DCW on Saturday
India | Feb 19, 2020, 06:38 PM ISTThe students of Gargi College will meet the Delhi Commission For Women on Saturday to get a status update in the commission's probe into the alleged molestation incident at the all-women college during a cultural festival, according to the panel.
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DCW Chief Swati Maliwal's indefinite hunger strike ends on 13th day
India | Dec 15, 2019, 01:17 PM ISTThirteen days after she started an indefinite hunger strike on December 3, DCW Chief Swati Maliwal on Sunday ends it following her deteriorating health condition.
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DCW chief Swati Maliwal admitted to LNJP hospital on 13th day of hunger strike
India | Dec 15, 2019, 08:12 AM ISTOn the 13th day of her indefinite hunger strike, Delhi Commission for Women chief Swati Maliwal who started her protest on December 3, taken to LNJP hospital in Delhi after she falls unconscious. She is demanding death penalty for convicts in rape cases within 6 months.
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DCW takes out protest march; claims Delhi Police used 'force' against protesters
India | Dec 13, 2019, 08:33 AM ISTThe Delhi Commission for Women on Thursday alleged that the police used "force" to disrupt its peaceful protest march to Parliament to demand capital punishment for rapists, injuring many of the protesters.
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Only 47 per cent shelter homes operating in Delhi have licenses: DCW
India | Oct 23, 2019, 12:11 PM ISTOnly 47 per cent of the homes are running with proper licenses and 25 per cent have applied for the renewal of the same and are yet to get it. Further, it was found that staff appointment was low in the shelter homes and various positions were vacant, the panel said.
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DCW submits report to Baijal, gives nod to stop prostitution
India | Oct 10, 2019, 11:04 PM ISTChanging licensing norms and a high-level inquiry to examine the role of police, MCD and politicians in alleged prostitution rackets running in spas were some of the recommendations by the DCW in its report submitted to Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal
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DCW seeks 7 days to provide accommodation to Unnao rape survivor
India | Oct 10, 2019, 07:57 PM ISTThe Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) Thursday sought seven days from a city court for providing accommodation to the family of the Unnao rape survivor, who was allegedly raped by expelled BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar in 2017.
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Will form team to arrange accommodation for Unnao rape survivor: DCW
India | Sep 28, 2019, 11:13 PM ISTDelhi Commission for Women chief Swati Maliwal said on Saturday that she will assign a team to arrange accommodation for the Unnao rape survivor and her family, following direction of a court.
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Delhi court orders DCW to provide residence to Unnao rape victim
India | Sep 28, 2019, 09:01 PM ISTThe court asked the chairperson of DCW to nominate a team of two counsellors to assess the family's residential requirements and assist them in in locating and providing suitable place in Delhi at a reasonable rate on rent or in any government accommodation for a period of at least 11 months, he said.
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DCW says police delayed filing of case against spa centres running prostitution
India | Sep 10, 2019, 07:01 AM ISTThe Delhi Commission for Women on Monday said police registered a case after a delay of five days in connection with alleged sex rackets operating from spa and massage parlours in Nawada and Mohan Garden areas of West Delhi.
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Transgender Bill encourages sexual assault of transgenders: Delhi Commission For Women
India | Jul 26, 2019, 09:51 PM ISTThe Delhi Commission For Women on Friday wrote a letter to the Lok Sabha Speaker and the Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment alleging that the Transgender Bill encourages sexual assault of transgenders.
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DCW asks Centre, Delhi govt to facilitate free sex reassignment surgeries
Good News | Jul 24, 2019, 10:26 PM ISTThe DCW on Wednesday urged the Centre and the Delhi government to facilitate free sex-reassignment surgeries for transgenders.
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DCW rescues Jharkhand woman held captive from Delhi's Pitampura
India | Jun 30, 2019, 07:11 AM ISTShe was shifted to a shelter and the DCW was initiating the proceedings to recover her salary, the panel said, adding that no arrest was made in the matter till now.
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DCW rescues 2-month-old child from traffickers
India | Jun 27, 2019, 07:55 AM ISTIt said it had got a complaint that a two-month-old child was forcefully taken by a placement agency from a couple in West Bengal's Silliguri and brought to Delhi.
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Four arrested as sex racket busted in Delhi's Aman Vihar
Apr 20, 2019, 08:07 AM ISTA DCW team reached the area on Thursday early morning and interacted with the residents who confirmed that a sex racket was being run from the house during daytime.
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Delhi shelter home girls abused, chilli powder put in private parts, says women's panel in report
India | Dec 29, 2018, 12:26 PM ISTThe teenage girls were also forced to wash utensils and clothes, clean rooms and toilets, and perform other kitchen chores, as the home did not have adequate staff.
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DCW launches separate email id to report cases of sexual harassment under #MeToo
India | Oct 14, 2018, 04:55 PM ISTThe DCW has set up a separate email id for reporting the complaints at metoodcw@gmail.com. One can also call 181 for any assistance regarding the same, the DCW said in a statement.
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DCW issues notice to Tihar Jail on pending execution of convicts of Nirbhaya case
India | Sep 10, 2018, 08:47 PM ISTIn May last year, the Supreme Court upheld the death sentence to four men convicted of the savage rape and murder of the 23-year-old paramedic student, terming it as an attack "most brutal, barbaric and diabolical".
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DCW seeks report from dist admin, police on 'starvation' deaths in Delhi
India | Jul 26, 2018, 05:26 PM ISTThe commission has issued notices to the station house officer, Manadavali and sub-divisional magistrate, Preet Vihar (East district). It has sought the report by Friday.