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Usha Narayane
Akku Yadav was a mobster in the Indian slum Kasturba Nagar. He and his gang members used rape and sexual humiliation as a way to silence the people he exploited, since rape is so stigmatized that survivors rarely report it. Following Usha Narayane’s resistance to Akku Yadav’s control, a group of local women stabbed him to death in a courtroom in retaliation for his violence.
Akku Yadav Quotes in Half the Sky
The Half the Sky quotes below are all either spoken by Akku Yadav or refer to Akku Yadav. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 3
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‘Empowerment’ is a cliché in the aid community, but it is truly what is needed. The first step toward greater justice is to transform that culture of female docility and subservience, so that women themselves become more assertive and demanding. As we said earlier, that is, of course, easy for outsiders like us to say: We’re not the ones who run horrible risks for speaking up. But when a woman does stand up, it’s imperative that outsiders champion her; we also must nurture institutions to protect such people.
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Akku Yadav Quotes in Half the Sky
The Half the Sky quotes below are all either spoken by Akku Yadav or refer to Akku Yadav. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Chapter 3
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‘Empowerment’ is a cliché in the aid community, but it is truly what is needed. The first step toward greater justice is to transform that culture of female docility and subservience, so that women themselves become more assertive and demanding. As we said earlier, that is, of course, easy for outsiders like us to say: We’re not the ones who run horrible risks for speaking up. But when a woman does stand up, it’s imperative that outsiders champion her; we also must nurture institutions to protect such people.
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