Global fund for Women joins millions of people in India and the
world in the outcry against the gang rape and consequent death
of the college student in Delhi, India. Unfortunately, this
incident is but the end of a spectrum of violence that Indian
women face every day. On Wednesday a teenage gang rape victim
from Punjab committed suicide after police there refused to even
file a complaint. Adding further insult, police in the latter
case suggested the young woman either marry one of her rapists
or accept a financial settlement. Each and every day, Global
Fund grantees in India, like Bangalore based Vimochana are
battling the rising tide of crimes committed against women –
from “accidental deaths” of young women killed for more dowry,
to women who venture out of the home to sexual harassment and
rape. In Bangalore city, touted as India’s Silicon Valley,
Vimochana notes “there were 97 registered rape cases in 2011 in
Bangalore city which means 7 women victims each month.” Despite
ostensible gains for women’s r