halftheskymovement: The two Indian girls who were gang-raped and murdered earlier this week lived in
halftheskymovement:The two Indian girls who were gang-raped and murdered earlier this week lived in Uttar Pradesh, which state Congress leader Rita Bahuguna Joshi has said is “one of the worst places to be a woman.” With 200 million inhabitants, Uttar Pradesh is India’s most populous state, and its poorest –– more than 60 million people live on less than $1.25 a day.According to the National Crime Records Bureau, an average of five women were raped every day in Uttar Pradesh in 2009.Learn more at the Washington Post. -- source link
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