Forty five-year-old Bindu Devi of Khagariya district of Bihar, says, “Assertion by women in matters such as political representation, gender equality and property rights is resulting in "witch-hunts”, where the victims are often women of the weaker sections. Though I have just joined the campaign, I have been working on the issue for over 20 years. People do not consider it a crime to kill women in this fashion and there have been instances where the women have been burnt in public. The cases of witch-killing and persecution of women will continue as long as economic inequities and neglect of the health care infrastructure continue. More importantly, it will persist till the practice is not considered to be murder and a gross violation of human rights.”