Quick news hit about street harassment in India via The Times of India:
“Girls suffer sexual harassment at almost all public places in the state capital. A majority of men, irrespective of their age do it for fun. This startling fact came out during the course of a survey conducted recently. A survey carried out by a group of students of National Law Institute University (NLIU), Bhopal, also revealed no one present around helps a victim in case she needs help at the time of incident. Worse still, when a victim goes to register a complaint, the police lob awkward questions her way…
A group of NLIU students carried out a project on sexual harassment in the city while doing an internship at Madhya Pradesh Human Rights Commission (MPHRC) recently….
Around 80 girl students of prestigious government educational institutes of the city, including Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology ( MANIT), Gandhi Medical College ( GMC), Institute for Excellence in Higher Education (IEHE) and Nutan girls PG College were asked to fill up a questionnaire for the purpose.
Based on the same, it came to light that close to 50% girls suffered sexual harassment at least once in every ten visits to their school or college. Girls also said they feel insecure irrespective of clothes they wear or the time they move out.
