Monday, 20 January 2014
Yet another deplorable crime in Delhi
That a woman can get gang-raped in the heart of the national capital in the afternoon of a week day shows just how terrible is the situation when it comes to women's safety in India. It also shows how little has changed on the ground despite the huge protests that rocked Delhi a little more than a year ago after the Nirbhaya incident. Clearly much more needs to be done, and with a sense of urgency and purpose. Amending laws may be good, but just changing the law will not prevent a recurrence of such incidents. The state's job is to ensure more effective policing for prevention, better investigation to ensure the guilty are nabbed and prosecution to make sure they pay for their crimes. Civil society, on its part, must do all it can to change the mindset that regards women as nothing more than sex objects.
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