Goa minister Milind Naik resigns hours after Congress accuses him of sexual exploitation

His exit could be detrimental to the Bharatiya Janata Party ahead of the Assembly polls in the state.

Scroll Staff

· Dec 16, 2021 · 12:04 pm

How to read Vladimir Nabokov’s ‘Lolita’ for understanding consent, satisfaction and exploitation

‘Sometimes sex work is degrading, sometimes it isn’t. Sometimes it is illegal, often it’s legally complex; but why is sex work not understood to be work?’

Tamara MacLeod, Aeon

· Sep 19, 2019 · 05:30 pm

Cambridge University got 173 sexual misconduct complaints in 9 months, thanks to its anoymous tool

Staff and students have come forward after the institute launched the reporting tool in May 2017.

Graham Virgo, The Conversation

· Feb 10, 2018 · 10:30 pm

The troubling similarities between Harvey Weinstein and his idol Charlie Chaplin

The biggest name in the era of silent movies was also a serial sexual predator whose fame as the Tramp kept him immune.

Richard Carr, The Conversation

· Nov 09, 2017 · 01:30 pm

UN receives 31 cases of alleged sexual abuse and exploitation against its officials in three months

Twelve cases involve military personnel from peacekeeping operations deployed in places like the Central African Republic and Mali.

Scroll Staff

· Nov 04, 2017 · 11:14 am

BBC turned blind eye to sexual abuse by two TV personalities: Report

An independent inquiry by a former High Court judge said Jimmy Savile and Stuart Hall sexually assaulted nearly 100 people, and the organisation missed five opportunities to stop their misconduct.

Scroll Staff

· Feb 25, 2016 · 09:22 pm

Minor girls and women chief targets in India's surging human-trafficking trade

Data released by the NCRB shows a frightening surge in the trafficking of minor girls in the last year.

Chaitanya Mallapur, IndiaSpend.com

· Aug 28, 2015 · 08:30 pm