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India does a U-turn and still fails to criminalize marital rape
An Indian bride waits before a mass community marriage in Bahirkhand © AP Photo/Bikas Das
A recent statement, Maneka Gandhi, India’s Women and Child Development Minister, says that marital rape cannot be applied to the Indian context. Her comments have raised many disturbing questions.
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24.03.2016 | 15:33
domestic violence, Education, empowering women, girls' rights, illiteracy, India, India’s Women and Child Development Minister, Maneka Gandhi, marital rape, poverty, Roma Rajpal Weiß, women's rights
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