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Delhi University Students Intensify Protest Over Women’s Safety
Hundreds of students at Delhi University protested because they do not feel safe.
They marched in the rain and carried signs asking for change.
The protest was mainly for women and queer participants.
Students said they face danger while traveling, especially after dark.
Some said dark roads, broken streetlights, and unmonitored areas make them afraid.
Others said their families restrict their movements instead of addressing the people who commit crimes.
The protest came after an alleged gangrape in South Delhi and clashes at Lovely Professional University.
The students want authorities to improve security and make public places safer.
They said they were protesting to create change, not to make social-media videos.
Hundreds of Delhi University students held their third and largest women’s safety protest in a week on Monday.
Organisers said the demonstration was open strictly to women and queer participants.
Students cited alleged crimes, unsafe commutes, poor lighting, stalking, and restrictions imposed by families.
The protest followed an alleged gangrape of a 17-year-old girl at South Delhi’s Aastha Kunj Park.
Protesters demanded better security, working streetlights, cleared overgrown areas, and greater accountability from authorities.
- Who
- Hundreds of Delhi University students, including women and queer participants, took part in the protest.
- What
- Students held a demonstration demanding stronger measures for women’s safety.
- Where
- The protest took place at the Faculty of Arts at Delhi University.
- When
- Monday evening; it was the third and largest such demonstration in a week.
- Why
- Students cited alleged sexual violence, unsafe commutes, inadequate lighting and monitoring, stalking, and restrictive family rules.
Key facts
- Protest size
- Hundreds of students attended.
- Protest location
- Faculty of Arts, Delhi University.
- Protest timing
- Monday evening.
- Demonstration sequence
- It was the third and largest protest of the week.
- Participation
- Organisers said it was strictly open to women and queer participants.
- Immediate context
- A 17-year-old girl was allegedly gangraped at Aastha Kunj Park in South Delhi.
- Student demands
- Improved security, repaired streetlights, cleared overgrown areas, and education against gender-based violence.
Quotes
An unnamed second-year student at Daulat Ram College
A second-year Delhi University student who described an unsafe, dark lane on her daily route.
“My father tracks my location continuously. He keeps a check … does not want me to be out once the darkness falls. It’s deeply frustrating…Had I been a son, such severe restrictions would never have existed.”
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“The problem is that our classes were shifted online, but what is the solution to all the crimes? If this massive democracy cannot control its men, what is the solution…confining us to our rooms?”
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