Catalyst for Change: Final Blog Post

Throughout the semester my team and I have researched and followed current and past events that had to do with the treatment of women in India and the protection and rights they weren't receiving that they are now fighting for. We focused our blog on the 2012 New Delhi Gang Rape and how it was a catalyst for change which erupted a wave of new policy development issued by the government that was to be enforced on a ground level. Many rape cases came to surface once the New Delhi Rape Case took off in publicity and a big part of our research had to do with the problems that were still occurring because enforcement was not happening where it should have been happening. Because there is an issue with ground law enforcement, through research we discovered that there are many grassroots organizations in India teaching girls and women about their rights as well as other important skills. By countries coming together and uniting with India, many Indian citizens have banned together to create movements and make public the mistreatment of women in India. Although the process is a slow one, the progress being made since the New Delhi rape case is ever growing and women are finally fighting back for the rights they deserve.

All of the research I did for the blog post was internet based and I would conduct my research based on the question I was trying to answer. My group as a whole was not too familiar with the topic at hand so when we began researching, our research was very broad and we then focused on specific information once we had an idea about what our broad topic was. My group and I decided to split up of the blog post by the questions that had to be answered. One person would do the introduction, two others would do their research on whatever they decided to focus on, and the last person would do the final editing and conclusion. I was always doing the research and for the main points of our discussion for the blog post. Our issue was a current event that was still developing and changing so I was able to find a lot of news articles online that followed the issues in India. When I would see the different research my group would do it would make me look at the topic in a different light or make me research and read an article that I otherwise would not have thought to read.

I learned a lot about women’s issues in India that I had no idea about prior to beginning this blog post. I only knew very little about the New Delhi rape case and I didn't know about the movements that came about because of it. It was nice to read about grassroots developing within the country to educate woman, men, and children. There was so much information I read about the topic and at times I felt overwhelmed about what to add to my part of the blog that was relevant to what I was discussing because there was so much information to be said. I liked working in a group because it put ease into how heavy the load seemed. We always separated the work evenly so everyone was doing the same amount of research and work. The hardest part about working with my group was our conflicting schedules but luckily we were able to make it work via group texting and a google document that we kept so we could post our information for the entire group to see. Working in a group gave me a different perspective that I otherwise would not have seen or approached. It was nice to be able to read what the rest of my group had gathered and develop my research so that the entire blog was relevant and was specific enough to make sense. It was very helpful and useful working with my group.