India has a rape problem. But at least it's doing something about it.

It's time for the rest of South Asia to follow suit

India protests
(Image credit: (AP Photo/Saurabh Das))

The chances are good that the last time you read about India in the news, the story involved an accusation of rape.

Last week, a 20-year-old Indian woman made international headlines when she told police that the head of her village ordered her to be gang-raped as punishment for her plans to marry a man from outside the village. Earlier in January, a 51-year-old Danish tourist reported that she had been brutally gang-raped at knife point in New Delhi.

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Hayley Munguia is an intern at TheWeek.com. She is currently studying New Media Journalism at NYU and has previously written for the Jerusalem Post, the Austin-American Statesman and This Is NYU.