Around 75% of rape cases have not seen convictions.
Women
speaking out about sexual violence on social media and elsewhere in
recent times marks a significant departure from the norm. Just how
much so, can be gauged from the government-backed National Family
Health Survey.
The
latest installment of the data that the International Institute for
Population Sciences helped collect, was released in December 2017. It
shows that that less than a fifth of women ever even told anyone
about instances of sexual violence .
There
is also no distinction in reporting between urban and rural areas
despite the former having better access to facilities like education.
The
median urban female completes seven years of schooling compared to
3.1 years for rural women. Less than 15 per cent of either category
sought help following sexual or physical violence .
Wealth
also doesn't seem to matter when it comes to such instances. The
percentage of those seeking help is the same for both the poorest and
the richest-less than two out of every ten cases .
The
reason for this is not too difficult to find. The National Crime
Records Bureau shows an abysmal rate of conviction for even instances
of the most serious of crimes against women. Around 75% of rape cases
have not seen convictions.
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