India: Haryana’s Epidemic of Rape and Deep Patriarchy

India: Haryana’s Epidemic of Rape and Deep Patriarchy:

1. Women organisations hit out at Hooda government (Report in The Hindu) 2. The Haryana horrors (Rashme Sehgal) 3. Just a number (by Kalpana Sharma) 4. Don’t defend the indefensible (Namita Bhandare) 5. Nothing consensual about rape (Amit Baruah) 6. Fast Food Produces Heat Which Leads to Rapes: Khap 7. No excuses (Editorial, The Indian Express)

New Delhi, October 15, 2012 Women organisations hit out at Hooda government Special Correspondent CPI(M) Polit Bureau member Brinda Karat leading the AIDWA rally against increasing rape cases in Haryana on Oct. 15, 2012. Five protesters were injured in a lathi-charge by the police later. Photo: Rajeev Bhatt The Hindu CPI(M) Polit Bureau member Brinda Karat leading the AIDWA rally against increasing rape cases in Haryana on Oct. 15, 2012. Five protesters were injured in a lathi-charge by the police later. Photo: Rajeev Bhatt Hundreds of women, led by senior leaders of women’s organisations including CPI (M) Polit Bureau member Brinda Karat, staged a protest march at Rohtak in Haryana on Monday against the failure of the State government to halt the continuing violence and rape of Dalit women and minors and also the reckless statements made by senior political leaders on issues related to women. Taking serious exception to the unconstitutional solution by Khap panchayats to deal with rapes, the activists said silence of the government on Khap panchayats was a matter of serious concern.