Women's Safety In India A Growing Concern

click for more info Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has called on the Indian people to protect women from sexual assaults. Police are being criticized in a recent attack on a five year old girl, after allegedly offering the parents of the victim a sum of money to drop the case. You can read the whole story HERE. "This case shows the appalling...

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Women's Rights Groups Push Back In Egypt

In Egypt, women's rights groups are pushing back against some Islamists' attempts to blame women for an upsurge in sexual harassment. You can read the whole story HERE. In Egypt fundamentalist Islamist groups have a history of repressing women. Women there are striving for equal rights that are running up against a brick wall starting with sexual harassment where these fundamentalists blame...

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Pepper Spray In Classrooms?

That is the question being posed by residents in Muskegon, Michigan. It seems there was a fight that involved nearly 20 students and when police finally responded they used pepper spray to gain control of the situation. That prompted residents and faculty to ask the question why couldn't they do the same thing and save a bunch of time? You can read...

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Woman Armed With Stun Gun Disarmed By Taser

This is a story about a woman who was menacing people with a stun device. You can read the whole story HERE. “A woman armed with a stun gun accused of menacing people at a Grant Pass home was hit with a Taser by police and taken into custody. Troopers said when they made contact with Novack, she demanded they shoot her and...

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Sexual Assault On A College Campus

This is an article written recently entitled "Time to Talk Seriously About Sexual Violence on Campus" It is a very thoughtful article that brings up some scary statistics about life on a college campus for female students. They also mention that 90% of the time alcohol or drugs is involved in acquaintance rape, also known as date rape. As many as 25...

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Tasers To Get New Bells And Whistles

"Tasers are used extensively in more than 90 percent of the 18,000 police departments in the United States. The Taser has given police officers a non-lethal weapon that is more effective than pepper spray." This is a story about Taser, international and their efforts to give police officers another tool to fight crime. It is a "head-mounted camera called Axon Flex, that...

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Dog Attacks Two Women-How To Defend Against A Dog Attack

click for more info This is a story out of Tulsa, Oklahoma where two young women who were Jehovah's Witnesses were trying to share their faith with local homeowners. When they knocked on the door of this home a pit bull charged at them and performed a vicious attack. A local attorney indicated that homeowners are liable in cases like this. You...

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