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Via work - read the following news clipping that should be of interest to anyone interested in women's rights and how women are perceived around the world.

Go here: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/16/world/asia/16ladies.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=Women%20in%20India&st=cse

Summary - while upper-class or upper-middle class women are treated well, working class women struggle. And have been known to endure groping and harrassment on commuter trains. In order to grant them some relief - the Indian government set up a Ladies Train Special - commuter trains that only have women on board. Here, finally they find some peace.

Date: 2009-09-17 01:43 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] petzipellepingo.livejournal.com
This reminds me of a story (http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/20951920/detail.html) that I saw on last evening's news. A more simplistic example of course.
Edited Date: 2009-09-17 01:44 pm (UTC)

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