Swati Maliwal, Chairperson, Delhi Commission for Women. file | Photo credit: The Hindu
Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) chief Swati Maliwal wrote to the Lok Sabha Speaker and the Rajya Sabha Chairman on December 16 to adjourn both Houses of Parliament for the day to discuss the issue of women’s safety on the 10th anniversary of the Nirbhaya gangrape. requested. Event.
Crimes against women have reached “epidemic proportions”, he said, adding that six rapes are reported every day in the national capital.
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“An eight-month-old girl and a 90-year-old woman were also raped in Delhi!” she tweeted. Mr. Maliwal also shed light on the recent Acid attack on a 17-year-old girl in West Delhi,
“The problem of increasing crimes against women and girls has reached the proportions of an epidemic and governments have failed to take steps to combat it. Even those established to provide relief and rehabilitation for women and girls The Nirbhaya Fund has also been curtailed to a great extent.” Told.
“Increasing crimes against women and girls is a matter of great concern and immediate action needs to be taken against it. Therefore, I request you to please close the business today and ensure that crimes against women and girls In case of increasing crimes, it should be discussed properly. House,” he said in a letter to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla and Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar.
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The physiotherapy intern, known as ‘Nirbhaya’ (fearless), was sexually assaulted on a moving bus in South Delhi on December 16, 2012. He died a fortnight later. Six people, including a minor, have been made accused.
While the juvenile was released in 2015 after spending three years in a reform home, the four convicts were hanged on March 20, 2020. Ram Singh, the sixth accused, allegedly killed himself in Tihar Jail days after the trial began in the case.