India’s government fails to act on violence against women and girls.

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42 female academics and activists on a teenage rape survivor’s struggle for justice.

People shout slogans as they carry an effigy depicting Kuldeep Singh Sengar during a protest in Kolkata, India, on 31 July 2019. Photograph: Rupak de Chowdhuri/Reuters
▼ As a teenage rape survivor demanding justice battles for her life ( Politician accused of rape  expelled from BJP, 1 August), we are shocked and outraged at the Indian government’s approach to violence against women and girls and its shielding of alleged perpetrators, particularly those who are leaders or close associates of the ruling BJP. Nothing has been learned from the brutal gang-rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl in Kashmir in 2017, following which  BJP ministers addressed protest  marches in support of the  rape-accused.
This time the alleged perpetrator is a BJP member of the legislative assembly from Uttar Pradesh, Kuldeep Singh Sengar, who has denied the charge.
Every stage in the survivor’s  struggle for justicehas been dogged by threats and violence. Sengar’s supporters allegedly brutally assaulted the girl’s father, who was held in police custody and subsequently died. A key witness to these events also died mysteriously. Though Sengar has been awaiting trial in prison, the violence continues.
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parivijesh100

India is a vast country of 130 billion people. Percentage of such crimes are minimal wrt to many developed & other countries.  India is changing and changing fast. We always respected women since ancient days & Goddess are worshipped by most of us. Many positive steps has been taken by Government as well as society by way if new laws & education.

themaskeditor

Compared to our population size the crimes are very small in number. But yes we do fail to protect women and provide them with justice in the right time.

We need to change our attitude towards women. It is changing but still will take time. We should teach our children to behave with women and treat them equally.

asr335704

Such crimes damage a country's image. Although the number of such crimes are less in comparison to India's large population, more steps should be taken to reduce the number of such crimes further and further. Government is already taking steps in right directions and hope things will change more and more positive in future.