“India's Daughter: The Rape That Galvanized a Nation”: Discussion Guide
2017
This discussion guide accompanies the case, “India’s Daughter: The Rape that Galvanized a Nation.” The case explores the national, global, and social media response to a woman’s brutal rape in India in late 2012. The young woman was raped by strangers while taking a private bus after attending an event with a male friend, and subsequently died from her injuries. This discussion guide includes suggested discussion questions and recommended readings.
“India’s Daughter: The Rape that Galvanized a Nation” is a part of a teaching pack that explores how factors within a society influence women’s health, in particular gender-based violence, at both the societal and individual levels, and examines the critical role of leadership in effecting positive change. By reading three short cases, each of which illustrates an example of gender-based violence in a specific cultural context, students can analyze the circumstances that placed each protagonist in vulnerable positions; examine the commonalities and differences of these situations in an effort to understand the circumstances that affect women’s well-being; and explore the connections between collective outrage, reactive action, and leadership. The other cases in this series are: “Malala Yousafzai: A Young Female Activist” and “Steubenville, Ohio: A Community’s Reckoning of Responsibility”; the teaching pack also includes an instructor’s note, discussion guides, an annotated bibliography, and a select glossary of terms.
“India’s Daughter: The Rape That Galvanized a Nation”: Discussion Guide
Source:
“India’s Daughter: The Rape That Galvanized a Nation”: Discussion Guide. Case-Based Lessons on Violence Against Women and Girls: Teaching Pack. Global Health Education and Learning Incubator at Harvard University 2017. http://repository.gheli.harvard.edu/repository/11660.