Bearing Witness: Sexual Violence in South Chattisgarh, Book Design/Cover Design
Peddagellur, Nendra, Kunna and Korcholi: these are the outposts of the Republic, where resident Adivasis, dependent on the forests and engaged in subsistence farming are being ravaged in unspeakable ways by the State, mini corporations, security forces and vigilante groups.
Bearing Witness: Sexual Violence in South Chattisgarh is a meticulous account of four incidents of mass sexual violence on Adivasi women who were subjected to gang-rape, sexual assault, disrobing and sexual torture by the security forces.
Braving official apathy, intimidation and outright threats, the feisty survivors have overcome immense barriers to come forward and demand accountability and justice.
This is their story.
WOMEN AGAINST SEXUAL VIOLENCE AND STATE REPRESSION (WSS) is a non-funded grassroots effort initiated in November 2009, to challenge and put an end to the violence being perpetrated upon the bodies of women, transpersons, our communities and societies. We are a nationwide network of people from diverse political and social movements comprising women’s organisations, mass organisations, civil liberties, student and youth organisations, mass movements and individuals. We unequivocally condemn repression and sexual violence on women and transpersons by any perpetrator(s).