article_snippet: the society blames girls, the society itself," her said.
article_snippet: the society tells girls to stay indoors after dark.
article_snippet: At the heart of the matter, Udwin said, is the issue of gender inequality.
article_snippet: From birth, boys in India and many other countries are accorded a higher status than girls, so it's unsurprising that girls go on to treat women as lesser beings.
article_snippet: Udwin compares gender inequality to a cancerous tumor that shows gender inequality spread through offenses against women.
highlights_snippet: Documentary maker Leslee Udwin says the root of the problem of sexual violence in India and elsewhere is gender inequality .