FILE PHOTO: Activists from the Indian National Trade Union Congress (INTUC) Seva Dal hold toy pistols and placards during a protest following the death of a 23-year-old rape victim, after she was set on fire by a gang of men that included her alleged rapists in Unnao, in Kolkata, India. Picture taken December 10, 2019. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri/File Photo
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - One woman reported a rape every 15 minutes on average in India in 2018, according to government data released on Thursday, underlining its dismal reputation as one of the worst places in the world to be female.
The highly publicised gang rape and murder of a woman in a bus in New Delhi in 2012 brought tens of thousands onto the streets across India and spurred demands for action from film stars and politicians, leading to harsher punishments and new fast-track courts. But the violence has continued unabated.
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