every hour, at least two women are sexually assaulted and every six hours, a young married woman is beaten to death, burnt or driven to suicide[1]

India ranks 140th out of 156 countries in global gender gap index 2021 

there has been significant increase in rape and abduction, violence and killings related to dowry[2]… >900% increase since 1971[3]

28.4% pregnant women suffer from domestic violence[4]

40% of the survivors have poor mental health[5]

these numbers will not be the highlight of the 75th independence day 

sign this petition if you or someone you know is a part of this statistic

75000 kgs of drugs are being burnt in celebration…

let these numbers also shine on our 75th independence day 

 
[1]https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4216486/#:~:text=Violence%20occurs%20in%20about%2035,data%20from%20Uttar%20Pradesh3
[2] https://evaw-global-database.unwomen.org/-/media/files/un%20women/vaw/country%20report/asia/india/india%20srvaw.pdf?vs=4342
[3] https://evaw-global-database.unwomen.org/-/media/files/un%20women/vaw/country%20report/asia/india/india%20cedaw%20co.pdf?vs=4328
[4] Khosla AH, Dua D, Devi L, Sud SS. Domestic violence in pregnancy in north Indian women. Indian J Med Sci. 2005;59:195–9
[5] Kumar S, Jeyaseelan L, Suresh S, Ahuja RC. Domestic violence and its mental health correlates in Indian women. Br J Psychiatry. 2005;187:62–7