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| Abstract title: |
The right to protection from sexual assault: the Indian anti-rape campaign |
| Author: | Geetanjali Gangoli |
| Issue: | Vol. 6, Number 4 1996 |
The author discusses her involvement, as a member of the Indian Womens Movement (IWM), in campaigning for increased protection under Indian law for women, and children, from sexual assault of any kind. The law at present has large gaps in it, and is formulated with the joint aims of protecting virginal women and protecting men at risk from the false allegations of low caste, impoverished, sexually-aware women. The evolution of the current law is presented, with examples of injustices, suggested areas for future lobbying, and pleas to ensure that victims are not revictimised by lobbyists themselves.
This article also appears in the Development in Practice Reader Development and Rights.
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