UTTAR PRADESH, INDIA - SEPTEMBER 9: 7 year old Dipti (name changed) climbs the stair to the roof of her home on September 9, 2016 in Uttar Pradesh, India. Two years ago, when she was 4 years old, she was raped by a neighbor, who the family says is about 27 years old now. The rape happened when her mother was at the market and her father was taking a shower. The neighbor found her playing up on the roof of her house and he raped her. Her father came up after his shower and asked her why her pants were wet, and she told him what happened to her. He took her to the police station where they registered a case. Her family asked the police for medical treatment for her, but the police responded "your daughter looks fine, all we need is her pants for the investigation.". Her family says that the community is torn, many people support them, but many others sympathize with the rapist because he is the only male of the family, and if he goes to jail they say no one will be able to financially support his family. He was in jail for 1 and 1/2 years, but now he is out on bail, and has offered the family 80,000 rupees (about $1195) to drop the case. After the rape, Dipti stayed home from school for 15 days because people were approaching her on the road to school, threatening that they would attack her brother unless her family dropped the case. (Photo by Getty Images)

UTTAR PRADESH, INDIA - SEPTEMBER 9: 7 year old Dipti (name changed) studies her school books on September 9, 2016 in Uttar Pradesh, India. Two years ago, when she was 4 years old, she was raped by a neighbor, who the family says is about 27 years old now. The rape happened when her mother was at the market and her father was taking a shower. The neighbor found her playing up on the roof of her house and he raped her. Her father came up after his shower and asked her why her pants were wet, and she told him what happened to her. He took her to the police station where they registered a case. Her family asked the police for medical treatment for her, but the police responded "your daughter looks fine, all we need is her pants for the investigation.". Her family says that the community is torn, many people support them, but many others sympathize with the rapist because he is the only male of the family, and if he goes to jail they say no one will be able to financially support his family. He was in jail for 1 and 1/2 years, but now he is out on bail, and has offered the family 80,000 rupees (about $1195) to drop the case. After the rape, Dipti stayed home from school for 15 days because people were approaching her on the road to school, threatening that they would attack her brother unless her family dropped the case. (Photo by Getty Images)

UTTAR PRADESH, INDIA - SEPTEMBER 9: 7 year old Dipti (name changed) poses for a photo on her roof, where she was raped two years ago, on September 9, 2016 in Uttar Pradesh, India. Two years ago, when she was 4 years old, she was raped by a neighbor, who the family says is about 27 years old now. The rape happened when her mother was at the market and her father was taking a shower. The neighbor found her playing up on the roof of her house and he raped her. Her father came up after his shower and asked her why her pants were wet, and she told him what happened to her. He took her to the police station where they registered a case. Her family asked the police for medical treatment for her, but the police responded "your daughter looks fine, all we need is her pants for the investigation.". Her family says that the community is torn, many people support them, but many others sympathize with the rapist because he is the only male of the family, and if he goes to jail they say no one will be able to financially support his family. He was in jail for 1 and 1/2 years, but now he is out on bail, and has offered the family 80,000 rupees (about $1195) to drop the case. After the rape, Dipti stayed home from school for 15 days because people were approaching her on the road to school, threatening that they would attack her brother unless her family dropped the case. (Photo by Getty Images)

UTTAR PRADESH, INDIA - SEPTEMBER 9: 7 year old Dipti (name changed) poses for a photo on her roof, where she was raped two years ago, on September 9, 2016 in Uttar Pradesh, India. Two years ago, when she was 4 years old, she was raped by a neighbor, who the family says is about 27 years old now. The rape happened when her mother was at the market and her father was taking a shower. The neighbor found her playing up on the roof of her house and he raped her. Her father came up after his shower and asked her why her pants were wet, and she told him what happened to her. He took her to the police station where they registered a case. Her family asked the police for medical treatment for her, but the police responded "your daughter looks fine, all we need is her pants for the investigation.". Her family says that the community is torn, many people support them, but many others sympathize with the rapist because he is the only male of the family, and if he goes to jail they say no one will be able to financially support his family. He was in jail for 1 and 1/2 years, but now he is out on bail, and has offered the family 80,000 rupees (about $1195) to drop the case. After the rape, Dipti stayed home from school for 15 days because people were approaching her on the road to school, threatening that they would attack her brother unless her family dropped the case. (Photo by Getty Images)

UTTAR PRADESH, INDIA - SEPTEMBER 9: 7 year old Dipti (name changed) poses for a photo on her roof, where she was raped two years ago, on September 9, 2016 in Uttar Pradesh, India. Two years ago, when she was 4 years old, she was raped by a neighbor, who the family says is about 27 years old now. The rape happened when her mother was at the market and her father was taking a shower. The neighbor found her playing up on the roof of her house and he raped her. Her father came up after his shower and asked her why her pants were wet, and she told him what happened to her. He took her to the police station where they registered a case. Her family asked the police for medical treatment for her, but the police responded "your daughter looks fine, all we need is her pants for the investigation.". Her family says that the community is torn, many people support them, but many others sympathize with the rapist because he is the only male of the family, and if he goes to jail they say no one will be able to financially support his family. He was in jail for 1 and 1/2 years, but now he is out on bail, and has offered the family 80,000 rupees (about $1195) to drop the case. After the rape, Dipti stayed home from school for 15 days because people were approaching her on the road to school, threatening that they would attack her brother unless her family dropped the case. (Photo by Getty Images)

UTTAR PRADESH, INDIA - AUGUST 1: 9 year old Gitanjali (name changed) poses in the stairwell in her home where she was raped by her father, on August 1, 2016 in Uttar Pradesh, India. Her 30 year old father sexually abused her for years and raped her last year. He threatened to beat her and her mother with metal rods if she told anyone. When her grandfather found out, he went to the police and had him arrested. Since then, the whole family and whole village has been pressuring him to drop the case. He says "Everyone in the village is against me. They say that he's my only son and ask who will look after me and my family? They don't understand that what he did is very wrong. They don't think that it's true. Even my wife and Gitanjali's mother want me to drop the case. I don't know how much longer I can go on, but I know who he is, I know he will never change. If I drop the case it will give him the strength to do this again." Their neighbors and people in the village tease and taunt Gitanjali and ask "what will happen to your future?", "who will marry you now?" and "what will happen to your mother?". They tell her to stop lying. Gitanjali's mother says that even though her husband often beat her, she wants him to get out of jail and come home. "If he gets out he will promise to stop abusing Gitanjali. It's her fault as well. When she would be sick she would stay in bed, she would run around and act childish and my husband would watch her. I told her to stay away from him. She should have shouted when he locked the door. She didn't share anything with me." She says that her husband would often make her sleep on the floor while he slept in the bed with Gitanjali. Gitanjali says that she feels sad that her father is in jail. She says that when he's around that financially things are better, that he looks after the family and is able to buy them things. She says that everyday her mother calls her a prostitute and blames her for her father being gone.

UTTAR PRADESH, INDIA - AUGUST 1: Torn up photos of 9 year old Gitanjali's (name changed) parents wedding are seen on August 1, 2016 in Uttar Pradesh, India. Her 30 year old father sexually abused her for years and raped her last year. He threatened to beat her and her mother with metal rods if she told anyone. When her grandfather found out, he went to the police and had him arrested. Since then, the whole family and whole village has been pressuring him to drop the case. He says "Everyone in the village is against me. They say that he's my only son and ask who will look after me and my family? They don't understand that what he did is very wrong. They don't think that it's true. Even my wife and Gitanjali's mother want me to drop the case. I don't know how much longer I can go on, but I know who he is, I know he will never change. If I drop the case it will give him the strength to do this again." Their neighbors and people in the village tease and taunt Gitanjali and ask "what will happen to your future?", "who will marry you now?" and "what will happen to your mother?". They tell her to stop lying. Gitanjali's mother says that even though her husband often beat her, she wants him to get out of jail and come home. "If he gets out he will promise to stop abusing Gitanjali. It's her fault as well. When she would be sick she would stay in bed, she would run around and act childish and my husband would watch her. I told her to stay away from him. She should have shouted when he locked the door. She didn't share anything with me." She says that her husband would often make her sleep on the floor while he slept in the bed with Gitanjali. Gitanjali says that she feels sad that her father is in jail. She says that when he's around that financially things are better, that he looks after the family and is able to buy them things. She says that everyday her mother calls her a prostitute and blames her for her father being gone. (Photo by Getty Images)

UTTAR PRADESH, INDIA - AUGUST 1: 9 year old Gitanjali (name changed) sleeps in her bed on August 1, 2016 in Uttar Pradesh, India. Her 30 year old father sexually abused her for years and raped her last year. He threatened to beat her and her mother with metal rods if she told anyone. When her grandfather found out, he went to the police and had him arrested. Since then, the whole family and whole village has been pressuring him to drop the case. He says "Everyone in the village is against me. They say that he's my only son and ask who will look after me and my family? They don't understand that what he did is very wrong. They don't think that it's true. Even my wife and Gitanjali's mother want me to drop the case. I don't know how much longer I can go on, but I know who he is, I know he will never change. If I drop the case it will give him the strength to do this again." Their neighbors and people in the village tease and taunt Gitanjali and ask "what will happen to your future?", "who will marry you now?" and "what will happen to your mother?". They tell her to stop lying. Gitanjali's mother says that even though her husband often beat her, she wants him to get out of jail and come home. "If he gets out he will promise to stop abusing Gitanjali. It's her fault as well. When she would be sick she would stay in bed, she would run around and act childish and my husband would watch her. I told her to stay away from him. She should have shouted when he locked the door. She didn't share anything with me." She says that her husband would often make her sleep on the floor while he slept in the bed with Gitanjali. Gitanjali says that she feels sad that her father is in jail. She says that when he's around that financially things are better, that he looks after the family and is able to buy them things. She says that everyday her mother calls her a prostitute and blames her for her father being gone. (Photo by Getty Images)