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Title

No nation for women / Priyanka Dubey.

Author

Dubey, Priyanka, (Journalist)

Publication

New Delhi : Simon & Schuster India, 2018.

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Details

Description

xii, 242 pages; 22 cm

Summary

"Numbers convey, in part, why India is referred to as one of the world's rape capitals -- one woman is raped every 15 minutes; and, in 50 years, there has been a staggering rise of 873 per cent in sexual crimes against girls. And beyond the numbers and statistics, there are stories, often unreported -- of women in Damoh, Madhya Pradesh, who are routinely raped if they spurn the advances of men; of girls from de-notified tribes in central India who have no recourse to justice if sexually violated; of victimized lower-caste girls in small-town Baduan, Uttar Pradesh; of frequent dislocation faced by survivor families in West Bengal; of political wrath turning into rape in Tripura. Priyanka Dubey travels through large swathes of India, over a period of six years, to uncover the accounts of disenfranchised women who are caught in the grip of patriarchy and violence. She asks if, after the globally reported December 2012 gang-rape of 'Nirbhaya' in New Delhi, India's gender narrative has shifted -- and, if it hasn't, what needs to be done to make this a nation worthy of its women"--Back cover.

Subject

• 2000-2099
• Rape > India
• Women > Abuse of > India
• Public safety > India
• Women > Crimes against > India
• Rape
• Battered Women
• Child Abuse, Sexual
• Public Policy
• Femmes > Violence envers > Inde
• Sécurité publique > Inde
• Femmes > Crimes contre > Inde
• Viol
• Femmes victimes de violence
• Public safety
• Social conditions
• Women
• Women > Abuse of
• Women > Crimes against
• India > Social conditions > 21st century
• India
• Inde > Conditions sociales > 21e siècle

Genre/Form

• Informational works
• Documents d'information.

Note

• Reportage on rape from India, the world's largest democracy.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 236-238).

Additional Formats (note)

• Also available as an e-book.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

"Corrective" rapes of Bundelkhand -- Tripura : the political nature of rape/sexual crimes -- Story of sexual crimes against de-notified tribes of India -- Rapes in small towns and rural India -- In the dark : in custody rapes -- The anatomy of a rape in Haryana : the Bhagana gang-rape case -- On sale : trafficking girls : story of four tribal girls divided by geography but united by fate -- Hanging from a mango tree : the rape and murder of the Badaun sisters -- Sexual abuse and rape of children : "what are we doing to our children?" -- Rape as a tool for establishing caste supremacy -- Rape and sexism inside the Indian police force -- Rape in West Bengal : the land of regimental politics -- The question of rehabilitation of rape survivors in India : policy and ground realities.

ISBN

• 9789386797087
• 9386797089
• 9789386797094
• 9386797097
• 9789386797117 (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

2018325147

OCLC

• 1081030564
• SCSB-14519176

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library