6/12/2016

Topic Reading-Vol.1523-6/12/2016

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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