Raped by 42 men in 40 days. Sixteen years later, she awaits justice

When she was 16, she was raped by 42 men in 40 days. In Kerala, her case is known as the Suryanelli rape case, after the village where she lived with her parents. They have moved houses twice since then, driven out they say by jeering neighbours. 

"Nobody accepts us; when they see us, they try to avoid us. We don't go out," said her father.

As a teen, she was abducted by a bus conductor who raped her, then passed her onto others, some of who were powerful and well-connected in Kerala at the time.

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Over 90% women in Kerala feel unsafe on roads: Study

 An overwhelming majority of women feel that the roads in Kerala are unsafe for them and children after sunset, a study conducted by womens' resource centre, Sakhi, revealed. 

The study revealed that 98% women in Thiruvananthapuram and 99% women in Kozhikode indicated sexual harassment as their major concern and felt threatened by the risk of violence in public places. 

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