Julie L. Kessler
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The state of rape in India

My article entitled “Addressing India’s epidemic of violence towards women“ appeared in today’s edition of The Los Angeles Daily Journal. This article details the recent increase in rapes, gang-rapes and other violent crimes against women, both Indians and tourists, which has come to the world’s attention during the past year. It has resulted in a tarnishing of India’s reputation as a tourist destination and ignited widespread alarm. The first wave of legal change, including the death penalty for rape, seems to have come about mostly because of economic concerns and the resulting significant drop in foreign tourism dollars to India. Whatever the impetus for change, change must happen. This change must include actual, uniform enforcement of laws protecting women, in tandem with education to combat India’s pervasive, cradle to grave gender discrimination, along with a massive literacy campaign to bring India in line with the literacy rates of Sri Lanka, Burma and China.  If not, then all of the otherwise impressive progress India has made since its independence from Britain in 1947 will be ultimately destroyed.

 

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Date Posted:  Feb. 5 2014