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Tuesday, Jul 8, 2025
Thirty four of the 42 minor girls at the shelter home were sexually abused, their medical examination confirmed.
About seven in every 10 respondents said that encouraging the affected women to be independent can possibly help them speak up about the abuse.
Hussain says #MeToo is a starting point and the society will slowly go into introspection.
Actress Huma Qureshi thinks it is brave of women to come out and talk about their #MeToo stories, saying the movement will bring positive change in the country.
Puri added that despite progressive laws and legislative powers, the ingrained societal attitude of patriarchy would always pose a problem.
Panaji: India's #MeToo movement has been a raging point of discussion at most film-related red carpet events, press conferences, and festivals. But not at the ongoing 49th International Film Festival of India. IFFI was "not designed that way," a top Ministry of Information and Broadcasting
The event, which was organised under the theme 'Orange The World: #HearMeToo', focused on women and girls who continue to experience violence and abuse.
The closed Facebook group 'League of LOL' taunted women, cracked jokes about rape, and used pornographic memes to attack its victims.
While the hashtag-based popular online campaign against sexual exploitation aimed to expose perpetrators of the crime, 'NeverMe' aims to raise awareness so that one doesn't become a victim.
The actor, who had previously revealed she was dropped from projects because she refused to get intimate with co-stars off screen, said the movement has empowered women while scaring the perpetrators away.
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