Yogita Bhayana once had a glamorous career in aviation, but eventually quit her job to take up activism. After Nirbhaya’s case, she started PARI, an organisation that works to rehabilitate rape victims and get them the justice they need.
Amar, who is now studying law in Noida, is the first-ever member to be educated from his family. With his law degree, he aims to fight for justice for rape survivors.
The Delhi high court ruled that a mother’s signature is sufficient to issue a child’s passport in special cases and the father’s signature is not required.
They were just a group of 15 in Lucknow in 2011. Now they are a force of 8,500 around the country. The world-famous Red Brigade, which addresses the issue of sexual violence in India, is the brainchild of gutsy Usha Vishwakarma, a survivor of attempted rape herself.