The new leaders of India's 'rape capital' Delhi are to to recruit a female commando force to patrol the streets and boost safety for women.
Rakhi Birla, the capital's new Women and Child Welfare minister, said she is planning to recruit ex-military personnel and experts in martial arts, to train women volunteers to walk the capital's streets.
Insecurity and fear of rape has increased since the gang-rape and murder of a 23 year old student on a Delhi bus just over a year ago. The brutality of the attack provoked demonstrations throughout Delhi and India and forced the government to introduce new laws and tougher sentences for rape and sexual assaults.
But despite widespread outrage and the threat of faster trials, the capital has seen reported rapes double in the last year from 706 in 2012 to 1,330 in the first ten months of 2013. The number of sexual assaults increased from just over 700 in 2012 to 2,844 last year.
Ms Birla, who was appointed after her anti-corruption Aam Aadmi Party beat the ruling Congress into third place in the Delhi state government elections last month, believes an all-female commando force will make the capital's streets safer. Full story...
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Rakhi Birla, the capital's new Women and Child Welfare minister, said she is planning to recruit ex-military personnel and experts in martial arts, to train women volunteers to walk the capital's streets.
Insecurity and fear of rape has increased since the gang-rape and murder of a 23 year old student on a Delhi bus just over a year ago. The brutality of the attack provoked demonstrations throughout Delhi and India and forced the government to introduce new laws and tougher sentences for rape and sexual assaults.
But despite widespread outrage and the threat of faster trials, the capital has seen reported rapes double in the last year from 706 in 2012 to 1,330 in the first ten months of 2013. The number of sexual assaults increased from just over 700 in 2012 to 2,844 last year.
Ms Birla, who was appointed after her anti-corruption Aam Aadmi Party beat the ruling Congress into third place in the Delhi state government elections last month, believes an all-female commando force will make the capital's streets safer. Full story...
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