Report / Feride İnan

"The gang-rape of the 23-year-old physiotherapy student in a Delhi bus last December, who died from severe injuries as a result, received global media attention. In India the incident unleashed heated debates over national rape laws as well as their enforcement and prosecution of perpetrators. This report compares existing legislation on sexual violence including sexual assault, rape and sexual harassment, and domestic violence against women in India and Turkey. In the past decade both Turkey and India witnessed passage of legislation on gender equality and women’s rights, most notably, domestic violence and sexual assault.  The report argues that   legislation in both countries  addressed international protocols: yet the Turkish legislation remained more faithful to international trends while the Indian legislation sought to steer a middle course between international standards and societal imperatives..."