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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Arpan Rai

Indian state proposes banning men from cutting women’s hair to prevent groping

An Indian state is considering proposals to improve women’s safety that would include banning men from cutting female customers’ hair, tailoring their clothes or training them in gyms.

The list of recommendations, put forward by a panel on women’s safety in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, appears to favour increased segregation of the sexes as the main solution to prevent sexual assault and harassment of women by men.

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