Youth Against Rape

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Youth Against Rape
Youth Against Injustice Foundation
AbbreviationYAIF
NicknameYAR
MottoRape Mukt Bharat (Rape Free India)
Formation25 May 2019; 5 years ago (2019-05-25)
FounderPiyush Monga
Founded atHisar, Haryana
TypeTrust
Registration no.HR/20/2019/6618
PurposeEradicate rape and false rape allegations
HeadquartersRampura Mohalla, Gali no. 1, Hisar, Haryana – 125001
Region
India
Key people
Piyush Monga, Ranchhod Dewasi, Yogesh Rawal, Yash Panwar
Websitehttp://www.yaifoundation.org

Youth Against Rape is a mission to eradicate rape from India started by Youth Against Injustice Foundation, a nonprofit organization in India.[1]

Background[edit]

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.[2]

History[edit]

Three men on bicycles
The bicycle tour at India Gate

The mission was started by a Haryana-born food quality officer along with his two friends. The trio started an Instagram page called "Youth against rape" which quickly gained 50,000 followers.[3] As of 2021, it has 332,000 followers.[4]

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.[5][6] In October 2019, the three started a bicycle tour from Jantar Mantar, New Delhi to promote their mission.[7][8] By December 2019, the three had visited over 160 schools in Delhi, Haryana, Rajasthan, Chattisgarh and Gujarat[9][10][11][12] and aim to travel over 50,000 kilometres in over two years.[13][14][15][16] In March 2021, the foundation tweeted some YouTube videos of molesting girls and promoting sexual abuse in the name of prank along with some screenshots of distasteful thumbnails that are viewed by millions on YouTube and demanded strict action. Reacting to their complaint, the National Commission for Women (NCW) chairperson Rekha Sharma replied that she will take up the issue with YouTube.[17][18]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ "PIYUSH, YOGESH AND RANCHOD'S 'RAPE-MUKT BHARAT'!". The Indianness. 16 March 2020. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
  2. ↑ "1 Rape Is Reported Every 15 Minutes in India". Global Citizen. 13 January 2020. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
  3. ↑ "Three friends pedal across country in their mission for a 'rape-mukt Bharat'". The Times of India. 12 December 2019. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
  4. ↑ "@youth_against_rape". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
  5. ↑ "Youth Against Injustice Foundation". www.ngolist.net. 3 October 2019. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
  6. ↑ "Here's How This Team Of Young Riders Celebrated Republic Day With An Awareness Campaign". Youth Ki Awaaz. 4 February 2020. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
  7. ↑ "दुष्कर्ममुक्त भारत बनाने के लिए 3 युवा साइकिल यात्रा पर निकले". Dainik Bhaskar (in हिन्दी). 1 March 2020. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
  8. ↑ "पटना यूनिवर्सिटी की रिसर्च में अब दिखेगी ओरिजनलिटी". Dainik Bhaskar (in हिन्दी). 14 March 2020. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
  9. ↑ "इंजीनियरिंग की पढ़ाई छोड़ रेप फ्री इंडिया अभियान पर निकाले 3 युवा, जशपुर में कही ये बात". News18 India (in हिन्दी). 1 March 2020. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
  10. ↑ "बलात्कार मुक्त समाज के लिए साइकिल यात्रा". www.newsdnntv.com (in हिन्दी). 29 February 2020. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
  11. ↑ "तीन युवा इंजीनियरिंग की पढ़ाई छोड़ रेप फ्री इंडिया अभियान पर निकले, जशपुर में कही ये बात ?". The Lokniti (in हिन्दी). 1 March 2020. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
  12. ↑ "यूथ अगेंस्ट रेप के युवा सायक्लिस्ट पहुंचे जशपुर". Nai Dunia (in हिन्दी). 4 March 2020. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
  13. ↑ "28 राज्यों के 450 जिलों और गांवों में 30 हजार किलोमीटर करेंगे यात्रा". Patrika News (in हिन्दी). 3 December 2019. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
  14. ↑ "good thinking : यूथ अगेंस्ट रेप कैम्पन में अजमेर पहुंचे तीन युवा". Patrika News (in हिन्दी). 4 November 2019. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
  15. ↑ "बलात्कार की बढ़ती घटनाओं के खिलाफ भारत भ्रमण पर निकले तीन युवा पहुंचे नागौर". Patrika News (in हिन्दी). 11 November 2019. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
  16. ↑ Sirohiwale. "भारत को रेप मुक्त बनाने और झूठे इल्जामों से मुक्ति दिलाने का संकल्प लेने वाली साइकिल टीम पहुँची पाली।". Sirohiwale (in हिन्दी). Retrieved 9 June 2021.
  17. ↑ "Prank वीडियो में महिलाओं को जबरन छूना YouTubers को पड़ेगा महंगा, NCW चीफ Rekha Sharma ने लिया संज्ञान". Zee News (in हिन्दी). 12 March 2021. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
  18. ↑ "Molesting girls publicly, touching inappropriately in name of prank; YouTube creators gone too far". International Business Times. 11 March 2021. Retrieved 9 June 2021.

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