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Kiran Bedi

Stephen Sackur talks to Kiran Bedi who was the most senior female police officer in the Indian Police Service. Is India ready for changes that would make women safer?

The brutal gang rape and murder of a young woman in Delhi last month has prompted India to confront a disturbing truth: the country is failing to protect women from sexual violence. Kiran Bedi has seen the problem close up � she was the most senior female police officer in the Indian Police Service when she retired. Is India ready for the deep-seated changes that would make the country�s women less vulnerable?

30 minutes

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Wed 16 Jan 2013 21:30GMT

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Interviewer Stephen Sackur

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