Yogita Bhayana

Yogita Bhayana is a well-known Anti-Rape Activist in India, who heads People Against Rape in India (PARI), an organisation that seeks to support rape survivors and help them get justice for their assailants.[1] She has also founded and ran 200 homeless shelters in Delhi and lended support to rape survivors beginning anti-sexual violence efforts.[2] She began a campaign "Nari Ke 2 Din" which seeks to create a special session of parliament on women’s issues.[2]

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in India, many people from places far from Delhi were sent home with no treatment from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi. Bhayana stated, "Most of these patients have nowhere to stay or live...We found a group in which heart patients, cancer patients, and others with burn injuries were there. Many of them were not even able to walk. They are poor and also suffer from disabilities or problems." She organized for buses to take them home, and paid for the transportation out of pocket.[3]

Bhayana got her Master's degree in Disaster Management.[2]

She has been a leading member of Interviewing Anganwadi Workers Across Delhi & NCR, Expert Committee on Gender and Education National Commission for Women, Rogi Kalyan Samiti Government of Delhi, and the Sexual Harassment Board of Delhi.[2]

Witnessing a road accident and watching the apathy of the police and hospital staff first-hand led Bhayana to become a social activist.[4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12]