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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/</ref> | 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 == | |||
According to government data from 2018, at least one woman reports a rape every 15 minutes on an average in India. Almost 34,000 rapes were reported in 2018, barely changed from the year before. Of which over 85% led to charges and 27% to convictions, says National Crime Record Bureau (NCRB) in the annual crime report released by the Ministry of Home Affairs.<ref>https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/rape-reported-every-15-minutes-india</ref> | |||
== History == | == History == | ||