South Asia Citizens Web

On 16 May 2014 eaders of the two major parliamentary left parties were submitted the following appeal on behalf of approx 200 prominent artists, intellectuals from across India

On the one hand are Chevron’s narratives, which conjure up an appealing picture of community development, entrepreneurship and ‘empowerment’, relying upon idioms of sustainability and ‘helping people to help themselves’. On the other are the narratives of people living in the villages surrounding the installation.

The law needs to be clearly on the side of victims, not provide loopholes. We call on the government to make marital rape an offence under the law.

slected news reports from the South African Media (September 2014)