Women from India's north-eastern states face racial slurs, abuse and harassment...

Reena, a Delhi University student from the northeast, was on a cyclerickshaw when four bikers brushed past, feeling up her thighs and snatching away Rs 15,000 that she was carrying. And after all the fight she put up she was literally dragged by the bikers for some distance she reached the police station only to see the constables smirk at her. They simply asked her to give a written complaint and leave.

This was one of the many similar incidents shared during a group discussion organized by NGO Jagori as part of its `safe cities' programme. The vulnerability of women from the northeast and the sexual harassment faced by them in Delhi has been catalogued in the international four-city study labelled "Learning from Women to Create Gender Inclusive Cities'', which was presented at the three-day international conference on safe cities for women in the capital that concluded on Wednesday. The study takes into account the vulnerability of women working in call centres in Delhi. More...

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