Women do have our problems here in the US [View all]

[leftynyc]

but let's never forget our sisters that have it so very much worse:

https://www.amnesty.org.in/action/detail/appeal-cm-akhilesh-yadav-to-protect-the-dalit-sisters-at-risk-of-being-rape

On 24 May, 23-year-old Meenakshi Kumari and her 15-year-old sister fled their village in Baghpat district with their family, fearing violence after their brother eloped with a married woman from a Jat (dominant caste) family. On 30 May, their house in the village was ransacked. On 30 July, members of a village Khap panchayat– an unelected all-male village council - ordered that Meenakshi Kumari and her sister be raped and paraded naked, with their faces blackened, as punishment for the actions of their brother.

The family continue to fear for their safety. Another brother, Sumit Kumar, said, “In the panchayat, the Jat decision is final. They don’t listen to us. The police don’t listen to us. The police said anyone can be murdered now.”