Shrimoyee Nandini Ghosh is a human rights lawyer, activist and researcher based in Srinagar, Indian Administered Kashmir. She can be found on Twitter at @shrimoyee_n.
The essay by Shrimoyee Nandini Ghosh reflects on the theme of militarized sexual violence in Kashmir and reviews the responses to it by state and society by taking the Handwara minor girl's assault as an example.