As india's supreme court continues to hear the case of a young kolkata doctor raped and murdered, experts tell cnn survivors are being failed by police, courts and the culture. Seven years after a brutal gang rape on a new delhi bus, sexual violence remains an epidemic in india. The rape and murder of a trainee doctor in kolkata last week has brought women onto the streets across india, furious at persistently high levels of sexual violence despite legal reforms and. A recent report by national crime records bureau (ncrb) reveals a grim picture of crimes against women in india In 2022, the country recorded 4,45,256 cases, which means 51 cases every hour. The case triggered a nationwide outcry over one of india's rampant problems
Reports of horrific sexual assaults on women have become familiar in india, where police recorded 31,516 rape cases in 2022, a 20% increase from 2021, according to the national crime records bureau. India has recorded the highest reported rate of sexual violence against women before age 18 among 204 countries analysed in a new lancet study. Sexual assault in india primarily affects women 20, 21 reports of how many women are affected by sexual violence in india vary widely The most reliable source, the nfhs, states that 8.5% of women report being victims of sexual violence at least once in their lifetime 22 worldwide, there is a wide gap between reported prevalence and actual prevalence
Rape and sexual assault have been under intense scrutiny in india since 2012, when a gangrape in capital delhi made global headlines india's supreme court has put on hold a recent high court court.
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