In: Nursing
Delhi Police
in the Netflix documentary Daughters of Mother India,
what
changes have been made
since Nirbhaya and Gudiya’s rape cases?
Why?
What was the most common
type of abuse reported? Use examples from
the film and explain your
answer.
In this film, it questions how Indian society is changing after the 2012 events. Although anti-rape laws were passed and radical changes were made within the police force and the judiciary, gender violence still persists.
The film - Daughters of Mother India determinedly and explicitly spotlighted the burning issue of rape and gender violence in the country.
More than a documentary Daughters of Mother India has become a movement to encourage change
Nirbhaya’s death shook the collective psyche of the nation and made violence against women a political issue. Three months after her death, the anti-rape law was passed.
Most common type of abuse reported:
Child sexual abuse, also called child molestation, is a form of child abuse in which an adult or older adolescent uses a child for sexual stimulation. Forms of child sexual abuse include engaging in sexual activities with a child.
Udne Do is a short film by Mumbai-based filmmaker Aarti Bagdi that sheds light on the prevalence of child sexual abuse through an eye-opening narrative set against the backdrop of a school. The film involves children as protagonists.
Udne Do is an empowering, educative and sensitising experience that speaks to both children and adults and offers a conversation around the prevention of child sexual abuse, while making a case for a zero-tolerance attitude towards it.
The Tale’ Narrates A Powerful Story On Child Sexual Abuse & #MeToo. “We tell ourselves stories in order to live,” is a famous line by John Didion that Jennifer, The Tale’s protagonist, quotes to her film students during a lecture in the movie.