In Delhi, such cases happen every two days, said Maliwal of the Delhi Commission for Women. In the northern Indian state of Himachal Pradesh, an Israeli woman, 25, was allegedly gang-raped by six men, Padam Chand, superintendent of Himachal Pradesh police, told CNN.Īccording to police, the woman said she was looking for a ride outside her guesthouse early Sunday when the driver of a car carrying the men offered her a lift to a nearby town. That evening, a 4-year-old girl was allegedly raped by her 28-year-old neighbor in western Delhi, Rajendar Singh, inspector of Delhi police, told CNN. When will Delhi b rape free?- Swati Maliwal July 25, 2016Įven in a country accustomed to stories of sexual violence, Sunday was particularly shocking. Marks over her body tell her brutal ordeal. For every 100,000 cases, only one gets highlighted.” However, in a country like India, these issues are not highlighted. You can single out India, saying that it is the only one having this problem, but it happens everywhere. “We need to acknowledge that statistics say every 22 minutes a woman or a child gets raped in this country, and we need not only to break our silence but to act on it,” she said. Unfortunately, such cases are by no means unusual, but the more sensational ones help increase visibility, according to Krishnan. “And to a woman or a child, the worst form of violence you can think of is sexual assault and sex crime.”Īttacks on 4-year-old girl, Israeli woman reported
“For centuries, the lower caste (has) been subject to oppression, and one form of suppressing their empowerment has been through violence,” Sunitha Krishnan, a rape survivor, activist and mental health specialist, told CNN.
In many of the cases, these crimes are committed by perpetrators from an upper caste. The allegations of the double gang-rape caused an international outcry, raised questions around why the accused were granted bail and highlighted the vulnerability of Dalit women in India.Īccording to India’s National Crime Records Bureau, more than four Dalit women are raped every day, with 2014 statistics saying crime against Dalits rose 19%. The girl’s death comes after brutal details emerged last week of another case of a Dalit student allegedly raped by the same group of men for a second time. The suspect was arrested again following her death, police said. She died Sunday after being admitted to the hospital in June when she fell ill. Sexually abused and seen as the lowest of the low: life as a Dalit woman.
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