Youth Against Rape

Youth Against Rape is an initiative by Youth Against Injustice Foundation, a registered Indian NGO founded by Piyush Monga under the Indian Trust Act. Their mission mainly focus on making India a rape free country (Rapemuktbharat). On 17th October, Piyush Monga, along with two members Ranchhod Dewasi and Yogesh Rawal started a cycle campaign of 50,0000+ km across India vowing not to return back until their mission reaches its goal. They are continuously spreading information about their mission.

= Background = According to government data from 2018, at least one woman reports a rape every 15 minutes on an average in India. Almost 34,000 rapes were reported in 2018, barely changed from the year before. Of which over 85% led to charges and 27% to convictions, says National Crime Record Bureau (NCRB) in the annual crime report released by the Ministry of Home Affairs.

= History = The mission was started by a Haryana-born food quality officer along with his two friends. The trio started an Instagram page called "Youth Against Rape" which quickly gained 50,000 followers. As of 2021, it has 332,000 followers.

They set up a non-governmental organization called the Youth Against Injustice Foundation which works on eliminating injustices such as rape, fake rape allegations and sexual abuse from India. In October 2019, the three started a bicycle tour from Jantar Mantar, New Delhi to promote their mission. By December 2019, the three had visited over 160 schools in Delhi, Haryana, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Gujarat   and aim to travel over 50,000 kilometre in over two years. In March 2021, the foundation tweeted some YouTube videos of molesting girls and promoting sexual abuse in the name of prank along with some screenshots of distasteful thumbnails that are viewed by millions on YouTube and demanded strict action. Reacting to their complaint, the National Commission for Women (NCW) chairperson Rekha Sharma replied that she will take up the issue with YouTube.

= Demands = Gradually youth across the nation supported the mission and became a part of the foundation. The YAR team filed a petition consisting of 8 demands on 16th August 2019.


 * 1) Implementation of the death penalty for rapists on conviction.
 * 2) Punishment of 14 year imprisonment for females filing fake cases against men.
 * 3) Compulsory sex education by experts in all schools.
 * 4) Proper forensic labs in every city with trained medics.
 * 5) Shift case's on fast track court for all rape victims.
 * 6) Rules for victim & witness protection.
 * 7) No President mercy rule on rape cases.
 * 8) Permission to NGO's and Trusts to do awareness programs in institutions.

Within a short period, the mission to set the country rape free which was started with a single person on an Instagram page, has now teams rooted in 21 states & 3 UTs.

= Activities & Campaigns =


 * Public Awareness Campaign - 300 + awareness campaigns in various cities, towns, and villages have been organized by YAIF to spread awareness among the people regarding social issues.
 * Seminars in Schools and Colleges - The purpose of these seminars is to provide sex education, knowledge of good touch and bad touch, self-defense techniques, eve-teasing, cause of rape, gender equality, etc.
 * Khushiya Banto Campaign - An initiative to spread happiness among the needy ones by distributing basic things such as clothes, food, masks, etc.
 * Signature Campaign - conducted in Shree Devi Institute of Technology, Kenjar, Mangalore.
 * Cleanliness drive - Several cleanliness drives have been organized by the NGO as a step towards a clean and safe India.
 * Tree Plantation - With the aim of conserving nature, The foundation is also committed to planting saplings across the nation.
 * Flood Relief Camp - In the Bihar flood disaster, YAIF also organized Flood Relief Camp in Patna where they helped the flood victims with food, water, sanitary napkins, medicines, and other required things.

= References =

= External Links =


 * Official YouTube channel
 * Official YouTube channel


 * Youth Against Injustice Foundation on Linkedin
 * Youth Against Injustice Foundation on Linkedin
 * Youth Against Injustice Foundation on Linkedin
 * Youth Against Injustice Foundation on Linkedin