Dear Smrithi: I happened to read in a report that mentally retarded girls specially those young, are vulnerable to sexual assaults and the fact that they are vulnerable doesn't help their cause. They have to be protected by parents and those blood-relatives, though it is easier said than done.
But, in my opinion, blind girls can learn Karate, carry stuffs like mirchi powder and blades to escape ferom attackers. Marshal arts is something girls in general must learn, as the number of rapes and sexual assaults are constantly increasing in India. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of smriti singh Sent: Friday, December 01, 2006 9:22 PM To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Subject: [AI] A Burning Issue Hello Accessindia, Some of you must have come across a recent NDTV news report, which tells us about a case of a mentally-challenged girl being sexually harassed in some institution for the mentally-challenged women in Gaziabad. The issue is, and must be, a matter of great concern for each one of us. Like it or not, several visually challenged girls also are being victimised of such malpractices in several institutions. In Delhi, for instance, we often hear about such cases in many hostels for college-going visually challenged girls in muffled voices. In this list, we have many people who are working for NGOs and various other kinds of such activities. Therefore, I find this list a very significant plateform for the discussion of issues of an extreme concern like this. I strongly feell, and would like to assert, that there must be some law or some kind of code of conduct to prevents such instances of the visually challenged women's sexual harassments. Therefore, I would like to have a discussion on this matter in the list. Regards, Smriti. Smriti Singh Programme: M. Phil (English Literature) Room # 03 Sabarmati Hostel Jawaharlal Nehru University ________________________________________________________________________ ____________ Want to start your own business? Learn how on Yahoo! Small Business. http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/r-index To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.i n To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
