My Protest- Women's Rights in India

Women’s Rights-A Problem: In all the countries in the world, not all the women have the same basic rights that many of us own. In some places around the world these rights are supported by law, local customs and behavior, whereas in other places the rights of women are ignored or suppressed. The roles of women in the United States of America during the 20th Century underwent many changes. Over a period of 20 years women went from having no voting or civil rights to being a Presidential Candidate and Secretary of States including Hilary Clinton. However, these rights didn’t come as quickly for other classes of women. Rights came fastest to women in the Middle class and slower in the Lower Class which mostly consisted of various minorities from all over America. These minorities mainly included African American’s, Chinese Americans and the American Indians.

 Throughout my research into this topic of Women’s Rights, I came across a news article about an event that happened in India over the past month. The event that happened was that 4 men were convicted for rape in Delhi. What happened in Delhi shows how little women are respected and how their rights are ignored. A 23 year old woman was brutally assaulted by these 4 men on a bus and then died 2 weeks later. Her death led to huge protests across India with a wave of anger. The women who were apart of these protests were standing up for their rights. Before the poor lady died 2 weeks after the attack she was able to give evidence against her attackers from her hospital bed. "We are happy with the conviction. Now we expect the judge to sentence all of them to death," the victim's father told Indian media after the verdict.