Women Safety Protest
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I went to the nearest police station to escape him, but it has left me scared forever,” the IT professional said. Changes at home are the first step to fixing this mindset, with help from a better education system,” he said. “I remember a time when my college friends and I would go on walks at night and no one made us feel unsafe. It was a difficult situation. Demands from the Pune protest echoed the same sentiment. “Faster action on culprits, safer streets with enhanced CCTV surveillance, policies that make sense and implementation of the law that is already in place are some things we expect from the city police and administration. That was enough to show us people were willing to come together. For three days, we went back and forth with police stations across four areas to secure permission. What drove us was anger and the refusal to feel helpless. “We need foolproof systems and policies for all kind of situations. The biggest problem is the environment boys witness at home. They see how their parents interact and how their fathers treat their mothers, which shapes their idea of women. Download the TOI App.
A string of sexual assaults against women, the most recent being the allege gang-rape of a 17-year-old girl in a south Delhi park, has sparked similar protests across the country. Because there is unity in numbers, “I took a day off from work to join the protest today. And if we don’t speak up now, the situation is only going to get worse,” she added. The protesters’ demands are basic — freedom to move around, better implementation of laws and to hold the men who commit these crimes accountable, instead of blaming the women for wearing certain kinds of clothes, or being at a particular place at a particular time.