Her journey began last week and takes her from Kanyakumari in the south of the country, to Srinagar in the north. ”Project CrossBowThe issue of violence against women in India made international headlines following the gang rape, and subsequent death, of a 23-year-old female student on a moving bus in Delhi in 2012. In March 2013 harsher penalties for rapists were introduced which also made stalking, voyeurism and acid attacks listed offences. But on the ground in India, change can seem frustratingly slow for its female population. India’s National Crime Records Bureau recorded a total number of 327,394 gender specific “Crimes Against Women” in 2015.

Source: Forbes September 21, 2017 23:03 UTC