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Between inclusivity and feminist purism: Young gender justice workers in post-Nirbhaya Delhi

Women's Studies International Forum, 2018
Abstract Gender justice is experiencing a moment of heightened visibility in India in the wake of the anti-rape protests of 2012/13. This paper seeks to understand this widening of the terrain of gender justice through an exploration of the work of young gender justice workers in Delhi. These young people practiced diverse politics and feminisms that
Amanda Gilbertson
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Nirbhaya's Body: The Politics of Protest in the Aftermath of the 2012 Delhi Gang Rape

Gender and History, 2015
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Analysing the Nirbhaya Case through the Lens of the Social-movement Framework

2018
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Nirbhaya -- One Year On-Public Safety Issues in India

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2013
A physiotherapy student was raped and tortured by six men in a moving bus in New Delhi on December 16, 2012. Later the girl and a male friend who was accompanying her were both thrown off the bus by the rapists. The girl succumbed to her injuries on 29 December in a Singapore hospital.
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‘Nirbhaya Incident’ and Juvenile Justice Policies in India

2019
This chapter tries to understand the recent developments in juvenile justice policies in India. It investigates the nuances in the Juvenile Justice Act, 2015, with respect to juvenile delinquents. The tragic 2012 Delhi gang rape case triggered a substantive debate over the inadequacy of the youth justice law in the country to effectively intervene with
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A Comparative Study of the Delhi Nirbhaya Protests and the Occupy Nigeria Movement: Evaluating Uses of ICTs and Social Media

2020
Dey A, Olabode s
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Nirbhaya and Beyond – Role of Social Media and ICTs in Gender Activism in India

2018
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Nirbhaya : “an isolated rebellion or a social revolution?" : analyzing the role of media and legislation on violence against women in India

2022
India witnessed one of its most gruesome gang rapes, of a 23-year-old woman in Delhi on 16th December 2012, which ignited angry protests around the country as well as across the world. The barbarity of the sexual assault shook the conscience of the nation.
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Analysing Femicide and Antinationalism in The Nirbhaya Case: A Feminist Revisionist Mythmaking Reading of Clea Chakraverty's La Voix de Sita

Metacritic Journal for Comparative Studies and Theory
Violence against women often stems from gender inequality, societal structures such as patriarchy, impunity, and institutional violence. Despite the remarkable progress it has made in establishing the representation of women in all fields, India still finds itself an unsafe country for women, with multiple cases of femicide reported every year.
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Sparking the #MeToo revolution in India: The "Nirbhaya" case in Delhi

2019
In 2012, anger erupted on the streets of Delhi following the violent rape and murder of a young woman. The scale of the protests, the extent of the media coverage, and the intensity of the public's opprobrium of the police and the administration of Delhi, was unprecedented. This paper argues that these events had a measurable impact on the reporting of
Mathur, Aparna, Munasib, Abdul, Roy, Devesh, Bhatnagar, Akshay   +3 more
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