Tuesday, December 31, 2013

India: Women and children regularly raped and abused...

Various research and case studies have been conducted on the treatment of women and young girls in India and other south Asian communities, and have illustrated that females are considered subpecies by much of the male populace and are thus prey for sexual predators.

The case of a 23-year-old student who was gang raped on a bus in Delhi last year, brought international outrage and highlighted a serious problem in Indian society. With the spotlight of international scrutiny on the treatment of young girls and women in India, many assumed that it might have acted as a deterrent and bothered the conscience of would-be rapists and unscrupulous individuals in society.

However, such assumptions have proved false as numerous cases of rape and abuse against women and young girls have continued with frequent occurrence, more recently the case of a 21-year-old female who was gang raped by two unrelated gangs in separate incidents on Christmas Eve 2013.

A BBC News report explains that the young woman who was visiting friends in Pondicherry was abducted by three men and raped. After the ordeal she eventually found her friends who she had gone to visit, who tried to console her. However the victim and her friends were then all confronted by another group of men who singled her out and gang-raped her. Full story...

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