Bilkis Bano watched a Hindu mob kill her child then gang-rape and murder her family in the 2002 riots in Gujarat, India. Now at the end of her long fight for justice, she’s sometimes not sure which was worse – the crime or the trial.
While self-styled holy men prey on couples desperate for children, myths surrounding eclipses can be just as deadly. Welcome to Maharashtra.
Four women are raped every hour in India, recently named the world’s most dangerous place for women. And for transgender women, it’s even worse.
A new law is aimed at stopping self-styled holy men from murdering and mutilating children to gain divine favour, but widespread ignorance and blind devotion still fuel the ritualistic killings.