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OutAgainstAbuse | July 9th, 2010

Sexual Harrasment of Women in Delhi

BBC reported today that “Two in every three women in the Indian capital have faced some form of sexual harassment in the last year, a government-backed study has suggested”.  Source: www.bbc.co.uk

The study reported that teenage students and women working in the unorganised sector are the most vulnerable. Forms of harrasment that women face everyday include staring and leering and even groping. The survey highlighted that students between 15 and 19 years old were especially vulnerable to sexual harrasment.

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