DU students hold march against sexual violence, demand safer campuses
Students at Delhi University held a protest march to demand safer campuses and express outrage over recent sexual violence in the capital. The demonstration follows increased judicial scrutiny of administrative failures in preventing sexual assault.
Why it matters
The protest highlights growing social unrest and public demand for accountability regarding women's safety in urban India.
More than 500 women gathered at Delhi University’s South Campus on Thursday holding banners and placards highlighting sexual violence against women and minor girls in the Capital. The city has witnessed several such protests since reports about the alleged gang rape of a 17-year-old girl in Kalkaji surfaced last month.
Earlier this week, the Supreme Court took suo motu cognisance of several such recent sexual assault cases, including the September 21 incident in Kalkaji, observing that public spaces could not be allowed to become “zones of high risk” because of “lax patrolling and other preventable administrative deficiencies”, and sought a response from the Delhi government and police.
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