Changing mindsets in India: gender training aims to curb sexual attacks

By Alys Francis
Updated November 21 2015 - 10:08am, first published November 15 2015 - 10:36am
Students protest against the Delhi police over the horrific rape cases of children in Delhi in October. Photo: Hindustan Times
Students protest against the Delhi police over the horrific rape cases of children in Delhi in October. Photo: Hindustan Times
Girls gather at soccer training provided by the non-governmental organisation YUWA in Jahrkhand, India. Photo: Mandy Brander/YUWA
Girls gather at soccer training provided by the non-governmental organisation YUWA in Jahrkhand, India. Photo: Mandy Brander/YUWA
A student holds a sanitary pad with feminist messages during the viral campaign #PadsAgainstSexism by students of Jamia Millia Islamia university in Delhi in March. Photo: Barcroft Media
A student holds a sanitary pad with feminist messages during the viral campaign #PadsAgainstSexism by students of Jamia Millia Islamia university in Delhi in March. Photo: Barcroft Media
Harpyari speaks to counsellor Nadeem Ahmed in a women's crisis centre in north-west Delhi. Photo: Alys Francis
Harpyari speaks to counsellor Nadeem Ahmed in a women's crisis centre in north-west Delhi. Photo: Alys Francis
Auto-rickshaw drivers listen during a gender training session at Ashok Leyland Driver Training Institute in north Delhi. Photo: Alys Francis
Auto-rickshaw drivers listen during a gender training session at Ashok Leyland Driver Training Institute in north Delhi. Photo: Alys Francis
A group of young men and women leave a police station in South Delhi. Photo: Alys Francis
A group of young men and women leave a police station in South Delhi. Photo: Alys Francis
Auto-rickshaw drivers listen during a gender training session at Ashok Leyland Driver Training Institute in north Delhi. Photo: Alys Francis
Auto-rickshaw drivers listen during a gender training session at Ashok Leyland Driver Training Institute in north Delhi. Photo: Alys Francis
Trainer Uroosa teaches a gender-sensitisation session to bus and taxi drivers at Ashok Leyland Driver Training Institute in north Delhi. Photo: Alys Francis
Trainer Uroosa teaches a gender-sensitisation session to bus and taxi drivers at Ashok Leyland Driver Training Institute in north Delhi. Photo: Alys Francis
Auto-rickshaw drivers listen during a gender-training class. Photo: Alys Francis
Auto-rickshaw drivers listen during a gender-training class. Photo: Alys Francis

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