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Kiran Bedi: Protests show 'what new India wants'

16/01/2013

Kiran Bedi - Director General, Indian Police Service 2006 - 2007

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Is India ready to make changes that would make the country's women less vulnerable?

Stephen Sackur talks to Kiran Bedi, former director general of the Indian Police Service. Is India ready to make changes that would make the country's women less vulnerable?

The brutal gang rape and murder of a young woman in Delhi in December 2012 has prompted India to confront a disturbing truth: the country is failing to protect women from sexual violence. Kiran Bedi has seen the problem close up - she was the most senior female police officer in the Indian Police Service when she retired. Is India ready for the deep-seated changes that would make the country's women less vulnerable?

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