Kavita Krishnan

Kavita Krishnan is a joint Secretary of the All India Progressive Women's Association, campaigning for the rights, dignity and freedom from fear and violence for all women. She is a Polit Bureau member of the CPI(ML), and editor of Liberation

Women demand freedom, not surveillance

In the wake of the brutal gang rape of a student in Delhi in December 2012, Kavita Krishnan shot to international fame when her speech demanding protection of a ‘woman’s freedom, not her body’ went viral. She spoke to Rahila Gupta about her campaigning work for women's rights.

By Kavita Krishnan and Rahila Gupta

/ 21 Oct 2013