The 23-year-old was brutally raped in December on a bus in the Indian capital in a crime that shocked the nation. She died of massive internal injuries nearly a fortnight later. An Indian judge last week sentenced to death four men convicted of the crime, bringing to a close a case that sparked widespread anger against the treatment of women in India.u00a0

Speaking to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation in an interview shown late Monday, the victim's father said he hoped the incident would lead to changes that would mean a safer world for women. "Not just India, but for the entire world," he said. "She has become a symbol of women's empowerment. She has lit a flame and we have to keep that flame burning."