Women's champion Swati Maliwal takes Delhi anti-rape fight nationwide
Briefly

During her two terms in office, Maliwal, 39, went on hunger strike to demand police action against sexual harassment and rape, which resulted in the government increasing sentencing.
Under Maliwal's eight-year leadership, the Delhi branch handled 170,000 complaints of rape, dowry violence, honor killings and trafficking a more than eightfold increase on the previous eight years, during which just 20,000 complaints were registered.
Read at www.theguardian.com
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