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"We're seeing cases of South Asian women dying from gender-based violence here in the US," said Zainab Qureshi, director of programs at the, which provides shelter to domestic violence survivors, on Thursday traveled down Pioneer Boulevard, the main stretch in Little India, past restaurants and shops catering to Indian Americans. They called for justice for the murdered doctor and solidarity with those fighting for the safety of women in India and beyond.
Qureshi said the same discussions about high rates of gender-based violence roiling India are happening among South Asians in the U.S., where similar societal expectations can marginalize survivors.Get InvolvedQureshi noted that similar victim-blaming persists in U.S.
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