2012 to 2013
The December 2012 protests
The gang rape and murder of a young woman on a bus in Delhi in December 2012 led to weeks of protests, many led by students and young women, demanding safety in public spaces and changes to the law.
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Short histories of 65 feminist movements, India and South Asia first. Each has a timeline, links to read more elsewhere, and books from our shelf where we have them. These are starting points, not the last word: tell us what is missing through the complaints box or a discussion thread.
5 movementsViolence and safety ×2010 to today ×In the past ×
2012 to 2013
The gang rape and murder of a young woman on a bus in Delhi in December 2012 led to weeks of protests, many led by students and young women, demanding safety in public spaces and changes to the law.
2017 to 2018
In December 2017 Vida Movahed stood on a utility box on Enghelab (Revolution) Street in Tehran, took off her white headscarf and held it up on a stick. Dozens of women copied the protest; many were arrested.
2019
After the killing of Israa Ghrayeb in Bethlehem in August 2019, Palestinian women called protests in cities across historic Palestine and the diaspora under the slogan 'No free homeland without free women', linking…
Timeline and booksThe killing of Israa Ghrayeb, on Wikipedia ↗ (opens in a new tab)
2015
Five young activists were detained in March 2015, on the eve of International Women's Day, for planning to hand out stickers against sexual harassment on public transport. They were released after 37 days amid a global…
2019
A performance by the Valparaíso collective LasTesis during Chile's 2019 protests. Its chant, 'the rapist is you', turned blame away from survivors and onto the state and police. Women performed it in streets around the…