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Dignity March is an initiative to end sexual violence against women and children. Under this national march survivors and other stakeholders will travel 10,000 KM in 200 districts of 24 States/UTs in India. March will kick-off from Mumbai on 20thDecember 2018 and culminate on 22nd February 2019 in Delhi.
Dignity March is a call for women and children to speak out their experiences of sexual abuse without shame. It is also an appeal for the stakeholders and the larger community to create a healthy, non-judgemental and a safe environment to support the voices of the survivors and to take the fight for justice forward.
The Dignity March is a response to what is happening around us. It is time to speak up, condemn the act of sexual violence and to end the culture of victim shaming/blaming and shift the blame. Collectively, we must hold the state actors accountable to ensure justice to survivors.
Dignity March is a platform for the survivors to tell their stories in their own voice, to represent their own narratives. It is a call to end the culture of shame and fear, to encourage others to speak up, and demand zero tolerance for sexual violence in our society. It is to hold society and the state accountable toward punitive action against the perpetrator, through effective implementation of legal guidelines, and ensuring rehabilitation facilities for survivors.

Situation
Children especially are often subjected to sexual violence because they’re more vulnerable and susceptible to it than adults and are easily threatened. In India, a child is sexually abused every 15 minutes. 1,04,976 cases were registered under Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (PoCSO), during the year 2014-16 with 36,022 cases alone in 2016; out of which 19765 were rape and 12262 were of sexual assault cases. Around 24,000 children and women were victims of human trafficking in 2016, a rise of nearly 25 percent from the previous year.
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