Women hit back at India's rape culture
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Young women from the Red Brigade walk through the Midiyav slum in the
city of Lucknow. Their leader, Usha Vishwakarma,
25, is in white. Photograph: Gethin Chamberlain for the Observer
The male tormentor of the young women of the Madiyav slum did not spot
the danger until it was too late. One moment he
was taunting them with sexual suggestions and provocations; the next they
had hold of his arms and legs and had hoisted
him into the air.
Then the beating began. Some of the young women lightly used their fists,
others took off their shoes and hit him with those.
When it was over, they let him limp away to nurse his wounds, certain that
he had learned an important lesson: don't push your l
uck with the Red Brigade.
Named for their bright red outfits, the Red Brigade was formed in November
2011 as a self-defence group for young women
suffering sexual abuse in the northern Indian city of Lucknow, 300 miles
south-east of Delhi. Galvanised by the gang rape and
murder of a 23-year-old medical student in Delhi last December and the
nationwide protests that followed against a rising tide
of rapes, they are now gaining in confidence.
From a core membership of 15, ranging in age from 11 to 25, they now
have more than 100 members, intelligent and sassy and
with a simple message for the men who have made their lives a misery:
they will no longer tolerate being groped, gawped at and
worse. Their activities are a lesson in empowerment.
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