INDIA-SOCIAL-WOMEN-CRIME-RAPE-ANNIVERSARY

TO GO WITH INDIA-SOCIAL-WOMEN-CRIME-RAPE-ANNIVERSARY, FOCUS BY ABHAYA SRIVASTAVA Indian auto-rickshaw drivers look on as instructor Namrata Sharan (R) speaks as they take part in a gender sensitisation training programme at a city transport department centre on the outskirts of New Delhi on December 12, 2014. The class of middle-aged, male rickshaw drivers obediently raised their hands and loudly pledged to "respect and protect women" while plying the streets of New Delhi, dubbed India's rape capital. "Do you know even whistling at a woman or staring at her is a crime?" trainer Namrata Sharan asked the nearly 150 drivers attending the city transport department's compulsory "gender sensitisation" class in December 2014. AFP PHOTO / REBECCA CONWAY (Photo credit should read Rebecca Conway/AFP via Getty Images)