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| founder = Piyush Monga | | founder = Piyush Monga | ||
| founding_location = Hisar, Haryana | | founding_location = Hisar, Haryana | ||
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| registration_id = HR/20/2019/6618 | | registration_id = HR/20/2019/6618 | ||
| purpose = Eradicate rape and false rape allegations | | purpose = Eradicate rape and false rape allegations | ||
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| website = http://www.yaifoundation.org | | website = http://www.yaifoundation.org | ||
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Youth Against Rape is a mission started by Youth Against Injustice Foundation, a nonprofit organization in India. The main motto of Youth Against Rape is to eradicate rape from India.<ref>https://theindianness.com/piyush-yogesh-and-ranchods-rape-mukt-bharat | Youth Against Rape is a mission started by Youth Against Injustice Foundation, a nonprofit organization in India. The main motto of Youth Against Rape is to eradicate rape from India.<ref>https://theindianness.com/piyush-yogesh-and-ranchods-rape-mukt-bharat</ref> | ||
== Background == | == Background == | ||
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== History == | == History == | ||
[[File:50,000 Km on Cycle.jpg|thumb|right|The bicycle tour at [[India Gate]]|alt=Three men on bicycles]] | [[File:50,000 Km on Cycle.jpg|thumb|right|The bicycle tour at [[India Gate]]|alt=Three men on bicycles]] | ||
Piyush Monga, a young graduate working in Delhi, was concerned by the increasing number of rape cases in India. After discussing matters with Yogesh Rawal and Ranchod Devashi, they decided to set up an [[Instagram]] page called "Youth against rape" which quickly gained 50,000 followers.<ref | Piyush Monga, a young graduate working in Delhi, was concerned by the increasing number of rape cases in India. After discussing matters with Yogesh Rawal and Ranchod Devashi, they decided to set up an [[Instagram]] page called "Youth against rape" which quickly gained 50,000 followers.<ref>https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/rajkot/three-friends-pedal-across-country-in-their-mission-for-a-rape-mukt-bharat/articleshow/72481765.cms</ref> As of 2021, it has 332,000 followers.<ref>https://www.instagram.com/youth_against_rape</ref> | ||
They set up a non-governmental organization called the Youth Against Injustice Foundation which works on eliminating injustices such as rape, fake rape allegations and sexual abuse from India.<ref> | They set up a non-governmental organization called the Youth Against Injustice Foundation which works on eliminating injustices such as rape, fake rape allegations and sexual abuse from India.<ref>https://ngolist.trustngo.net/youth-against-injustice-foundation</ref><ref>https://www.youthkiawaaz.com/2020/02/riders-in-nagpur-at-the-occasion-of-republic-day</ref> Monga, Rawal and Devashi decided to make a bicycle tour to promote their agenda. In October 2019, the three set off from Jantar Mantar, New Delhi with green signal from Nirbhaya's parents.<ref>https://www.bhaskar.com/chhattisgarh/jashpuranagar/news/chhattisgarh-news-3-youth-set-out-on-cycle-tour-to-make-india-free-of-misdeeds-070142-6747720.html</ref><ref>https://www.bhaskar.com/bihar/patna/news/originality-will-now-be-seen-in-patna-university39s-research-085653-6832575.html</ref> By December 2019, the three had visited over 160 schools in [[Delhi]], [[Haryana]], [[Rajasthan]], [[Chhattisgarh|Chattisgarh]] and [[Gujarat]].<ref>https://hindi.news18.com/news/chhattisgarh/jashpur-3-youngsters-quit-engineering-studies-on-rape-free-india-campaign-said-this-in-jashpur-chhattisgarh-cgnt-2905585.html</ref><ref>http://newsdnntv.com/news/cycle-tour-to-rape-free-society</ref><ref>https://thelokniti.com/news/three-youth-left-engineering-studies-and-went-on-rape-free-india-campaign-said-this-in-jashpur</ref><ref>https://www.naidunia.com/chhattisgarh/jashpur-jaspur-cg-jaspur-news-jaspur-in-hindi-jaspur-samachar-jaspur-khabr-yuva-pahuche-jaspur-5389522</ref> The three aim to travel over 50,000 kilometres in over two years.<ref>https://www.patrika.com/udaipur-news/will-travel-30-thousand-kilometers-in-450-districts-and-villages-of-28-5455125</ref><ref>https://www.patrika.com/ajmer-news/three-youths-reach-ajmer-in-youth-against-rape-campaign-5312528/|access-date=2020-09-02</ref><ref>https://www.patrika.com/nagaur-news/youth-against-rape-3-youth-campaign-against-rape-india-tour-on-cycle-5345364</ref><ref>http://sirohiwale.in/news/624/cycle-team-reached-pledge-to-make-india-rape-free-and-get-rid-of-false-accusations</ref> | ||
== Youth Against Rape in the media == | == Youth Against Rape in the media == | ||