India no country for women? Here s what the National Family Health Survey reveals
The survey carried out across 6.1 lakh sample households had significant pointers on how women are girls are treated in India. So, what does it reveal?
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Lawyers display a placard to condemn the gang-rape and murder of a Dalit woman in Uttar Pradesh. (Photo| AFP)
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CHENNAI: In the southern state of Kerala, during a counselling session at a Nirbhaya centre, a 17-year-old alleged that she was
raped by at least 38 men over a period of four years. Around the same time, a survivor of child sexual abuse, who had been living in a private children s home in Kochi, under the CWC s protection, for two years collapsed and died.
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High spirits: An IAF pilot, with her mother and grandmother, on graduation day at the Air Force Academy near Hyderabad (Photo: ANI)
The 2010s were a decade which shook India as women, in both urban and rural areas, hit the streets in unprecedented numbers as a mark of protest on various issues. It began in 2012 when, for the first time, thousands of young urban women stood outside India Gate in the heart of New Delhi to protest against the brutal gang-rape of a 23-year-old woman in the capital. Images of the protesting women being dragged away by the police and blasted with tear gas remain vivid in memory because these were neither politically motivated nor organised protests. They were ordinary women who had stepped out in solidarity against rape and the poor conviction rate in crimes against women in India.
Anita Peter hopes ‘To Win Your Battles, Stay Alive’ will help in breaking the stigma around mental health Anita Peter’s new book
To Win Your Battles, Stay Alive initiates a conversation on depression and mental health issues. The book by the Hyderabad-based dancer and actor was launched virtually by Sunitha Krishnan social activist and co- founder of Prajwala an NGO working to rescue and rehabilitate sex-trafficked victims.
The launch screening at the State Art Gallery in Madhapur also had the screening of one of the short films,
To Win Your Battles, Stay Alive, based on the book.
Having overcome phases of clinical depression, Anita calls mental health awareness, the need of the hour. Anita reveals it was a query by students ‘Did you ever fail in life?’ that prompted her to share her story of her struggle and choosing to stand up. “Mental health is not given enough importance and is denied and ignored due to several reasons,” she says. In her book, Anita shar