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2006

Women worst sufferers in Jammu and Kashmir
December 1, 2006 – (Hindustan Times) Women in Kashmir are caught between two guns - terrorists and troops - Prof Seema Shekhawat, research assistant PoK Project said on Friday at Centre for Strategic Studies and Regional Studies, Jammu University.

Can women play peacemakers in Kashmir?
August 6, 2006 – (IANS) Can women don the role of peacemakers in the strife-torn Kashmir Valley? Can they succeed on the peace table where the men have let them down? Yes and no. While most speakers at a two-day convention on 'Women in Dialogue: Envisioning the road ahead in J&K' drew a picture of near utopia once women became more politically conscious in the state, there were some who were more than a little critical of their roles.

Kashmir protest over troops' alleged abuse of girl
May 27 (Reuters) - Hundreds of people demonstrated in Kashmir on Saturday against the alleged molesting of a teenage girl by Indian soldiers, witnesses said.

2005

Strike in Kashmir over arrests of women separatists
September 8, 2005 – (Reuters) Shops, schools and businesses were closed on Thursday in Kashmir's main city Srinagar in response to a strike call to protest against the arrest of women separatists.

Kashmir women fight 'obscenity'
August 31, 2005 – (BBC News) Eight veiled women gather outside a shop selling alcohol on the ground floor of a hotel in Srinagar, in Indian-administered Kashmir and start ransacking it.

Kashmir's women councillors raring to go
May 12, 2005 - (OnlyPunjab.com) Of diverse backgrounds and ages but articulate, assertive, educated - they are the new women councillors of Jammu and Kashmir who defied the gun to enter public life, determined to change things for the better.

WITHOUT TRACE
April 30, 2005 (Independent News) After years of conflict, Kashmir finally has hope. But that's no comfort to the wives of the disappeared. Justin Huggler meets the 'half-widows.'

2004

HOSTAGE DRAMA ENDS IN J&K; WOMEN RESCUED
September 3, 2004 - (The Hindustan Times) Security personnel on Friday evening rescued two women, who were held hostage by terrorists for two hours in a mosque at Sheendhara village in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir, official sources said.

114 KASHMIRIES KILLED BY INDIAN TROOPS DURING AUGUST IN INDIAN OCCUPIED KASHMIR
September 2, 2004 - (Paknews) In occupied Kashmir, the Indian troops in their continued acts of state terrorism, martyred 114 Kashmiris including five women and three children, in the outgoing month of August.

TEENAGER SHOT DEAD IN KASHMIR VILLAGE
September 2, 2004 - (IANS) A teenager was shot dead and his mother and younger sister were critically wounded by terrorists in a Jammu and Kashmir village.

MILITANTS BEHEAD WOMAN IN KASHMIR
August 28, 2004 - (IANS) Terrorists abducted and brutally killed a young woman by chopping off her head in Jammu and Kashmir, police here said Saturday.

KASHMIR WOMEN'S BILL VOTED OUT
August 27, 2004 - (BBC) Parliament in Indian-administered Kashmir has rejected a bill withdrawing the permanent resident status of women who marry a non-permanent resident.

WOMEN IN MILITANTS' LINE OF FIRE, OVER 1,000 KILLED
August 18, 2004 - (Hindustan Times) It has been a particularly bad year for women in Jammu and Kashmir. So far, 53 women — mainly relatives of surrendered militants, informers and security personnel — have been brutalized and killed till August this year. These are official records, but the exact figures are more shocking.

HIGHLIGHTING HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES IS REAL WEAPON Of KASHMIRIS: BRITISH MP
August 13, 2004 - (PNS) Kashmiris must have a united voice to highlight human rights abuses in Indian held Kashmir as it is their "real weapon" to internationalize the issue,said British MP Khalid Mehmood here late Wednesday.

TWO CIVILIANS BEHEADED IN KASHMIR
August 4, 2004 - (rediff.com) A group of militants on Wednesday beheaded a man and his son in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir, official sources said.

180 WITH 24 IN CUSTODY MARTYRED DURING JULY IN KASHMIR
August 1, 2004 - (Kashmir Media Service) In occupied Kashmir, the Indian army continuing its state terrorism, martyred another 180 Kashmiris during the month of July 2004 including 173 men, 2 women and 4 children. Twenty four Kashmiris were martyred in custody.

FEAR OF UNIFORMED MEN
July 30, 2004 - (Greater Kashmir) Bihadijalan: The residents of this village claim that it is the last inhabited place in Kulgam area of South Kashmir. Nestled at the heels of Pir Panjal mountain ranges, this beautiful hamlet of nearly 225 families is without electricity, water, road, dispensary and many more basic amenities. The villagers demand none of these but the ‘deliverance from the mortal fear of the commandant and soldiers of Eagle Company of 9 RR’s Dhaneve camp.’

WOMAN BEHEADED, SIX KILLED
July 29, 2004 - (SA) Suspected Islamic rebels decapitated a woman in Indian Kashmir and left her head hanging in a tree, police said on Thursday, adding that six other people were killed in the restive state.

WOMEN PAY HEAVY PRICE AS KASHMIR MILITANTS TARGET THEM
July 27, 2004 - (IANS) The women of Jammu and Kashmir are paying with their honour and lives as terrorists target the families of those who they feel have betrayed them.

WAR WIDOWS FIGHT FOR THEIR RIGHTS
July 25, 2004 - (The Hindu) Sapper Mohammad Javed of Rashtriya Rifles died fighting militants during Operation Rakshak in the Kupwara sector of Kashmir in October 2001 and now his young widow, Afroz Bano, is fighting a lone battle for survival... . and for her rights.

FOUR MILITANTS, TWO SPOs KILLED
July 25, 2004 - (The Central Chronicle) Four militants and two Special Police Officers were killed and six others, two of them women, were injured in militancy-related violence across Jammu and Kashmir, a police spokesman said here today.

REBELS IN KASHMIR KILL FIVE IN EX-SOLDIER'S FAMILY
July 20, 2004 - (Reuters) Suspected Muslim insurgents killed a retired soldier and four members of his family, including his five-year-old son, in Indian Kashmir on Tuesday, police said.

TWELVE KASHMIRI VILLAGERS SHOT DEAD AHEAD OF TALKS
June 26, 2004 - (Reuters) Suspected militants shot dead at least 12 villagers, including four children, in their sleep in Indian Kashmir Saturday, a day ahead of talks between India and Pakistan over the disputed Himalayan region.

MUSLIM WOMEN WORST SUFFERERS OF J&K PERMANENT RESIDENT BILL
April 16-30. 2004 - (The Milli Gazette) Permanent Resident (Disqualification) Bill 2004 of Jammu and Kashmir has become the major controversy and election issue in the state. The issue has been submerged into quagmires of distorted facts, half-truths and ignorance. The commentators in the national media, who mixed it up with irrelevant and extraneous issues, have added to the confusion.

2003

KASHMIRIS LOOK TO A WOMAN FOR RESOLUTION OF STRIFE
January 24, 2003 – (WeNews) In the disputed territory of Jammu and Kashmir, politician Mehbooba Mufti is seen as a healing force for a traumatized populace. Women survivors, she says, can only rebuild their lives if their rights are re-established.

2002

WOMEN IN KASHMIR, CITIZENS AT LAST
December 9, 2002 - (Women's Feature Service) Until recently, women in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) were denied equality and justice because an archaic law held that a woman ceased to be a subject of the state if she married a non-J&K resident. This meant that she lost her right to own property, continue in a government job and vote in elections. A number of prominent women suffered because of this discriminatory law. Now, after a 25-year legal battle, the J&K High Court has ruled in favour of women. "Women's groups have for long been conscious of the fact that there is a deliberate campaign by the men in power to link a women's issue with sensitive ones like `special status of Jammu and Kashmir'."

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