Gulabi gang

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A representative of the Gulabi Gang in Uttar Pradesh (2010)

The Gulabi Gang is an association of Indian women in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh that campaigns for women's rights and against social injustice. Gulabi means pink . The color is not perceived as a feminine color in India. The founder of the Gulabi Gang, Sampat Pal Devi , said she chose this color because it is not used by a political group or party. Characteristic of the women who belong to the Gulabi gang are pink saris and bamboo batons ( lathi ), which are usually carried by police officers .

The Gulabi Gang was founded in 2006 by Sampat Pal Devi. The mother of five got things rolling by picking up a stick and beating a policeman with the help of some women. She then repeated it and cracked down on violent men and police officers who refused to investigate cases of rape and abuse. Various criminal proceedings are now underway against Devi. “ We are not violent and only use our sticks when our self-esteem has been trampled. Then the law enforcement officers get a taste of the women's anger, ”said Sampat Pal Devi, explaining the activists' actions. The women are also trying to curb the corruption, which is not uncommon in the Indian civil service, by monitoring fair-price shops that sold the vegetables on the black market instead of selling them to the poor at subsidized prices.

In the meantime, 150,000 women have joined together in the "Gulabi Gang". They create publicity through their actions.

The Gulabi Gang is the subject of the film Pink Saris (2010) by Kim Longinotto and the documentary Gulabi Gang (2012) by Nishtha Jain . The Gulabi Gang was themed in the feature film Gulaab Gang , with Madhuri Dixit and Juhi Chawla in the leading roles.

literature

  • Amana Fontanella-Khan: Pink Sari Revolution. Translated from the English by Barbara Schaden, Hanser, Berlin 2014, ISBN 978-3446245037 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Soutik Biswas: India's 'pink' vigilante women BBC News, November 26, 2007.
  2. ↑ "Women gang teaches men to fear" tagesspiegel.de of October 5, 2011.
  3. ^ "Banda sisters" guardian.co.uk, February 15, 2008.
  4. ↑ "Women gang teaches men to fear" tagesspiegel.de of October 5, 2011.
  5. ↑ In the name of the law . fairunterwegs.org. October 8, 2008. Archived from the original on March 31, 2014. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved April 1, 2014. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.fairunterwegs.org
  6. ↑ "Courageous women at DOK.fest Munich" ( Memento from June 14, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) br.de from April 30, 2013.
  7. ↑ Susanne Kaiser: Gulabi gang runs the pink sari revolution. spiegel.de, March 30, 2014, accessed March 30, 2014.

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