Caste system: Why does the law fail to protect women from caste-based sexual violence? | DW News

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In India, rapists are more likely to attack women from the Dalit community than from any other caste group. A 10-year-old girl was raped two years ago by a man from an upper caste.

DW Correspondent Shalu Yadav reports on the family’s fight for justice from Kanpur in northern India. A warning that you might find their account distressing.

Vrinda Grover is a Supreme Court lawyer in India and a women’s rights activist.

00:00 Rapists most likely to attack Dalit women
04:34 Vrinda Grover, Lawyer and activist in Delhi
04:47 Why is it so difficult to get justice?
06:42 Why does the law fail to protect women from caste-based sexual violence?
07:20 What is to be done about the institutional bias?

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