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India's women-only trains - in pictures

Posted: 11 Jan 2013, 07:53
by John Ashworth
India's women-only trains - in pictures

Some carriages, even whole trains, in India are reserved specifically for female passengers in an effort to make their journey easier and more secure. The gang rape and murder of a 23-year-old medical student on a bus in Delhi and the subsequent trial of those accused has triggered mass protests across the country, with calls for better protection and treatment of women