A 9-year-old girl was raped and murdered in India. Her death is part of a bigger problem facing Dalit women – By Monica Sarkar 

….Sexual violence and rape against Dalit women and girls have been brought into sharp focus, once again, after a 9-year-old girl was gang-raped and murdered in the capital of Delhi last month. Four men, including a Hindu priest, have been charged but have not yet entered a plea.

In 2012, the year of the infamous Delhi gang rape and murder of a student on a moving bus, there were almost 25,000 cases of reported rape in India, according to India’s Ministry of Home Affairs. And 1,576 incidents of rape cases were against Dalit women.

Since then, reported rapes have been on the rise, with more than 32,000 recorded in 2019. For Dalit women, the numbers have more than doubled, to 3,486 incidents. But the difficulties in reporting rape in India, especially for the Dalit community, mean that the true figures may be higher….

https://edition.cnn.com/2021/09/13/world/india-dalit-women-idnty-cmd-intl/index.html