Dear MEL
Topic Readers,
India
orders panic buttons for women installed on buses
A staggering
fact in India. 32,077 rape cases were reported in 2015. That’s nearly 90 cases
a day. Again, this number only shows the reported cases. It is easily assumed
that there would have been much, much more such cases in a society where a
family, group, or government is controlled by a man or a group of men.
Ever
since the 2012 gang-rape incident occurred in the capital, the nation has taken
some measures to protect women. Also, women have become more vocal about sexual
assaults and violence. This time, the nation’s parliament has passed a law that
requires panic buttons, cameras and vehicle tracking systems in all busses, but
not at once by phase. Will it reduce rape cases? Are busses the main place where
women are unsafe? If public transportation isn’t that safe, what about stations,
restaurants or streets?
Enjoy
reading and learning about the latest countermeasure that the world largest
democratic country has taken.
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