Rape is a pandemic phenomenon in India. The
victims were largely Indian girls, and even foreign tourists. The phenomenon ultimately
triggered a wave of anger in the streets. Of these events is the most prominent
incident of gang-rape of a woman on a bus, in New Delhi, India. The victim died
last December. This was followed by the case of rape of a Swiss tourist, in
India, who was abducted while she shared with her husband.
Government statistics show that rape occurs
every 22 minutes in India. So that encouraged the parliament to approve
legislation to aggravate punishment for perpetrators of rape and criminalizing
anything done to harass women. It is currently awaiting approval from the President
of India, Pranab Mukherjee, to begin implementation of the new legislation.
Women's rights activists of India, Rotchera
Gupta said that "courage girl who was raped on December 16 has affected
the community. So the dozens of men and women in India rose to demand an
immediate end to all forms of attacks on women. And Parliament had responded to
their demands." The girl in Delhi has become a symbol of the everyday suffering
of women in India, and is a symbol of catastrophic magnitude faced by rape
victims in India.
A student demonstration of one of the
participants said that "today's protest in the context of specific daily
life of Indian women. Because the father had contacted me through the phone
more than six times a day to ensure my safety, that I will get home safely.
" Although now a lot of rape cases are reported every day in the Indian
media, but it is not yet clear whether it is evidence of an increasing number
of the same crime in general. However, there is no doubt that it has increased
awareness, because in fact that is not a few Indian women who have had the
courage to express their experiences.
By Bella Nabilla
Source :
http://hizbut-tahrir.or.id/2013/03/26/setiap-22-menit-wanita-diperkosa-di-india/
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