Give the reason why women feel unsafe in India.
Answers
In December 2012, the brutal rape and murder of a 21-year-old college student on a bus in New Delhi shook the conscience of the entire nation. The incident led to public outcry, including widespread protests across India decrying crimes against women. The case also gained international attention; the gang rape of the young student led the BBC to produce a documentary called “India’s Daughters.”
The government, shaken by the intensity of protests both in India and abroad, was forced to amend the criminal law by providing for stringent punishments against the perpetrators of sexual offenses. Sadly, the change in law has had little effect on the ground, as sexual offenses against women are on the rise.
According to the National Crimes Records Bureau (NCRB) “assault on women with intent to outrage her modesty” (previously categorized as “molestation”) constitutes the second-most-reported crime against women. In over 337,992 crimes against women reported in 2014, over 82,000 related to this charge.