Fwd: Rape Victim Passes Away

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Mona Malkani

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Jan 1, 2013, 6:53:58 AM1/1/13
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From: "Gauri Mehta" <gaur...@gmail.com>
Date: Dec 31, 2012 10:44 AM
Subject: Fwd: Rape Victim Passes Away
To: "Neeraj Bhai" <neera...@gmail.com>, "Trishna Gulrajani" <trishna...@gmail.com>, "nina mansukhani" <mansukh...@gmail.com>, "Dipali More" <diparaj...@gmail.com>, "Mona Malkani" <monam...@gmail.com>, <ritika....@ba.com>, "Chittaranjan Rao" <chittaran...@gmail.com>, "Roma Narain" <roma....@yahoo.com>, <mindmat...@rediffmail.com>


Yesterday was a sad day as we woke up to the heartbreaking news of the death of the 23-year-old medical student who was subject to a brutal gang rape, beaten and then dumped on the road on the night of December 16. 

Today, we share the same feelings of sorrow, hopelessness, anger and frustration. Yet, I believe that while this is a time for grief, this is also a time for action. This is a time to say: enough. 

Our petition has gathered over 88,000 signatures. It is important to make every voice count and to send a strong message that we will not continue to tolerate sexual violence against women. 

Tomorrow, at 10 am, I am going to the office of Justice J.S. Verma who is the head of a three-person committee that will submit its findings and recommendations on issues of safety of women. I will be submitting our petition with all the signatures (yes, all 2,700+ pages!). 

It is important to keep this campaign going. I am writing to you once again to request you to sign this petition and forward this email to your friends and family.

The Justice Verma Commission is accepting submissions until January 5. We don't have a lot of time. If you would like to make additional suggestions, please leave a comment as 'reasons for signing this petition'. I will be collecting all the comments and submitting them to the committee.

We have a long fight ahead. But we will win. 

With warm regards,

Namita Bhandare via Change.org

PS:  Help us reach out to more people by forwarding this email to your friends or share it on Twitter and Facebook.

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