Chandni’s daughter was only nine when she was killed. she is demanding justice for her little girl
A warning this next story contains distressing details. gender-based violence is one of India’s biggest problems affecting women and girls from Olympians to villagers. But survivors and victims’ families are fighting back, urging the government to deal with the crisis. It comes after a horrific attack on a child in New Delhi.
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00:00 All that Chandni has left of her daughter are school books, her bag and some clothes.
00:08 Her daughter was nine years old when she was raped and murdered by their landlord in Delhi
00:12 last month.
00:16 I had only one daughter.
00:18 She was my eldest child.
00:20 Only I know how much hurt my heart is feeling.
00:24 The girl's family had to beg police to help search for her and find her killer.
00:29 Police swung into action after we protested and blocked roads.
00:35 Before that they were not doing much.
00:37 Then they caught the culprit.
00:41 The government and politicians would rush to visit if we were a rich family.
00:47 Chandni and Raj are keep warm during Delhi's harsh winter by burning rubbish.
00:52 Research shows there's a direct link between poverty and sexual assault in India.
00:58 We don't have access to justice, we don't have access to the things and vulnerability
01:02 becomes more when you are a poor person in this country.
01:10 But sexual violence extends far beyond villages.
01:13 In the past year, India's Olympic wrestlers have also made high profile sexual assault
01:18 allegations against their federation chief.
01:21 The problem is pervasive across the country.
01:24 Thirteen women or girls are sexually assaulted every hour on average and rates are going
01:30 up.
01:31 In India, rape of a child carries the death penalty but convictions in these cases are
01:36 low as authorities continually get criticised for how they handle these cases.
01:42 The Narendra Modi government came to power ten years ago on a platform of promising to
01:47 protect women but victims tell us it needs to do more.
01:53 I want the government to help me ensure that this person will be hanged.
01:58 I want them to make sure this will not happen to other people's daughters.
02:03 New Delhi police, which answers to the Modi government, didn't respond to the ABC's requests
02:09 for comment.
02:10 The family says they'll keep fighting for justice.
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