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Trigger warning: mentions of r*pe, sexual assault
According to the National Crime Records Bureau, 32,260 women and girls were reportedly raped in #India in 2019. That is about 88 reported cases every day. Of these, 4,977 were below 18 years of age.
In 94.2% of the cases, the offender was known to the victim. What is even more alarming is that the rate of #crime registered per 100,000 women is increasing, having gone up from 58.8 in 2018 to 62.4 in 2019.
Since an estimated 99.1% of #sexualviolence cases are never reported, it is all the more important to address this issue at the root, which is disregard for women’s autonomy and #humanrights
#EducatingConsent is a necessary condition to bring about transformational change – in #Nairobi the programmes led by @NMNW_IMPower have led to 51% decrease in the incidence of rape among trainees.
