as of 2020
sourced from the National Crime Records Bureau
Ministry of Home Affairs
“Crimes in India 2020”
Written by: Myesha Phukan
Edited by: Chloe Chen and Wendy Zheng
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crimes committed against women in india
219
murder + rape cases
7045
dowry death cases
62300
kidnapping + abduction cases
28046
rape cases
2640
rape cases committed against girls under 18
86745
assaults on women with intent to “outrage her modesty”
111549
cases of cruelty by the husband or his relatives
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as girls, we are taught to keep our heads down
but our eyes forward
to stay hidden
from the tendrils of evil
that try to wrap around us
we are taught to cover ourselves in swaths of fabrics
and if even a sliver of skin peeks out
we must clothe it in darkness again
but even with all of
the “precautionary measures”
taken—
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who’s next?
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