Monday 22 April 2013

Assault on girl children and women



Not a day passes without any rape news happening across the country and Delhi proving to be the rape capital of the country .The PM, the President and the leaders of the ruling party and the opposition parties  expressed shock and concern over the raping of five year old Delhi girl child .. But what is the use of their reaction when rape incidents happen unabated in spite of the recent , "anti-rape law" which has put in place a slew of new provisions and tougher punishments? The recent rape reports  proves the point  that the   solution to sexual assault on women can not be solved by laws alone. Laws  have been ineffective in the face of a patriarchal culture. A combination of several measures have to attempted urgently, if we are really ashamed of the  poll result of 370 gender specialists around the world that voted ,India ,as the worst place for women among  all the G20 countries . What is the use of death sentence, sacking of the police commissioner of Delhi or advising girls to be careful in several matters?  These incidents mostly happen within homes . It is the mind set of boys and men that has to undergo drastic change  . the responsibility for this lies on parents , teachers and film makers . It is true it will take a longer time. But better late than never . Till then the quick solution is sensitising the lower lever police personnel who are slow in filing FIR and speedy justice system . More over , the sexual assault crimes must be declared as non bailable offence.

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