India - Oct 21

New estimates show that only 1% of marital rape and 6% of extramarital rapes are reported to the police in India. Severe physical violence is also equally under-reported. Nevertheless, states associated with gener equality (the North-Eastern States, Tamil Nadua, and Karnataka) show lower levels of actual incidence of violence and higher levels of reporting, though the extent of reporting is still single digit percentage. The National Family Health Survey (NFHS) remains the only victimization study of the country. Source: The Hindu