Recently in such ordeal a Nepali woman in her early 20s was GANG RAPED in the national capital New Delhi on April 18, 2013. Despite the atrocious act the case was subsided by another RAPE CASE of a 5 years old child. The GANG RAPE case was overshadowed and was less prioritized. I’m not being bias about any of the cases but both the cases were hideous act against women but why one be so sensitized and another so marginalized ?
The 57th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW57) that took place at United Nations Headquarters in New York from 4 to 15 March 2013 has concluded its Member States to prevent and eliminate violence against women and girls. The conference which was themed Elimination and prevention of all forms of violence against women and girls was conducted successfully with the commitment from all the member state to fight against the cause.
BBC reports, “A bill containing harsher punishments for rapists was passed by India’s parliament earlier in March.The new law is a combination of just thinking about gender and existing patriarchal attitudes in society, as well as those ingrained in the colonial Indian Penal Code of 1860. It also reflects the government’s desire to be seen as tough on crimes against women..”