scholarly journals Women Exploitation: Violence against Women in India

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Neha Sharma ◽  
Sunita
Keyword(s):  
Violence Against Women ◽  
Indian Society ◽  
Constitutional Rights ◽  
Indian Government ◽  
Emergency Situations ◽  
Gang Rape ◽  
Awareness Programs ◽  
Spousal Rape ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Women In India

Violence against women is very important and contemporary issue of discussion in India. In this regard, the policies of Indian government always have tried to overcome and solve the problem of violence against women by providing them valuable justice. But even after providing so many legislations and constitutional rights in favor of women by Indian government, still, women of India have faced many types of violence such as gang rape, spousal rape (marital rape) and sexual harassment especially. The present study is focused on the violence against women occurring in Indian society. The study reveals that very few women in India have approached to the help of police force in emergency situations, so that, there is a great need of conducting various awareness programs among women and Indian society about various preventive and remedial measures of violence against women. There must be to set up a women helpline team which serves as a quick redressal mechanism for protection of women against this mercy less crime.

scholarly journals Violence Against Women: What’s Law Got to Do With It? A Reflection on Gang Rape in India

2014 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 4-21 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richa Sharma ◽  
Susan Bazilli
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Violence ◽  
Violence Against Women ◽  
Physiotherapy Student ◽  
Mass Public ◽  
Transformative Action ◽  
Gang Rape ◽  
The Government ◽  
Public Reaction ◽  
Women In India

The brutal gang rape of a physiotherapy student in India in December 2012 drew the world’s attention to the problem of sexual violence against women in the country.  Protests and mass public reaction towards the case pressurized the government to respond to the crisis by changing the laws on sexual violence. However, these new laws have not led to a decrease in VAW. Is this the result of the failure of the rule of law? Or does it highlight the limitations of law in absence of social change? This paper addresses the need for using law as a key tool in addressing violence against women in India.  It recognizes that unless we address the structural and root causes of violence against women, our analysis will be limited. It is important to bridge the creation of new laws, with an analysis that speaks to the role of hypermasculinity, neoliberalism and culture in VAW. If unaddressed, what may result instead are quick fixes, symbolized by passing laws that act as token gestures, rather than leading to transformative action.

Dalit Women’s Narratives on Sexual Violence: Reflections on Indian Society and State

Social Change ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 004908572110327
Author(s):  
Ajit Kumar Pandey ◽  
V. N. Mishra
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Violence ◽  
Violence Against Women ◽  
Indian Society ◽  
Daily Lives ◽  
Feminist History ◽  
Historical Significance ◽  
Women's Narratives ◽  
Dalit Women ◽  
Women In India ◽  
The Way

Sexual violence generally leaves a mark on historical records only if such incidents come to trial. Today’s experience suggests that only a fraction of such cases have ever reached the courts in the past; and even in those cases, the evidence that survives is far from the whole story. This neglect reflects the way sexual violence against women has been so easily waved aside, mainly by men, as a marginal event, a private catastrophe doubtless, but one of little historical significance for such criminals have been generally considered as sex maniacs. Also, ingrained misogynistic caricaturing of women has always allowed people to trivialise rape and render it titillating to pornographic imagination. It is therefore suggested that such stereotypes in turn infect the way men have written history. A major achievement of feminist history, particularly in the post-structuralist debate, has been to end this neglect and challenge this trivialisation. Drawing upon post-structuralist feminists and Indian writings, this study examines sexual violence that forms a common theme in the daily lives of numerous dalit women in India.

Violence against women in West Bengal: its extent and causes

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chaiti Sharma Biswas ◽  
Manoranjan Pal ◽  
Premananda Bharati
Keyword(s):  
Violence Against Women ◽  
West Bengal ◽  
Physical Violence ◽  
Indian Society ◽  
Indian Government ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Indian Women ◽  
Married Life ◽  
Project Data ◽  
Almost All

Violence against women (VAW) is a common phenomenon in orthodox Indian society. Women are here trained to tolerate violence since their childhood. Although it is an age-old problem, it has come into the spotlight after the Beijing world conference. Since then, the Indian government and NGOs have started to take numerous steps to eradicate this crime, but it not only continues to persist in the society but is also increasing over time.Based on the project data of West Bengal State in India, chi square test and logistic regression are carried out to locate the factors associated with VAW in West Bengal. In addition, women are asked to specify the reasons of violence against them to unveil the important factors. Addressing the factors detected from the study and the factors from the perception of women may help the policymakers to take right and effective measures to tackle this social crime. This study confirms that most of the Bengali women face some sort of violence in their married life; sometimes, they experience multiple types of violence. They also experience neglect, isolation or restriction in their married life and among several factors; dowry is emerging as an important factor in West Bengal.<br />Key messages<br /><ol><li>Almost all Indian women experience some sort of violence in their married life.</li><br /><li>The majority of women face neglect, isolation and control.</li><br /><li>Severe physical violence is relatively less against Indian women.</li></ol>

scholarly journals Why So Much Sexual Violence Against Women In Globalized India?

2014 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 201-207
Author(s):  
HARASANKAR ADHIKARI
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Violence ◽  
Violence Against Women ◽  
Indian Society ◽  
Gender Justice ◽  
Correctional Institution ◽  
The Family ◽  
Causes Of Violence ◽  
Gender Practices ◽  
Work Done ◽  
Women In India

Abstract This paper attempts to discuss the causes of violence against women in India in relation to their body-revealing dress and conditional consent to sexual relations. Historically, women in Indian society have been victims of gender practices under the typical patriarchy. Culturally, women are treated as sex objects and their status is bounded within the periphery of feminine role-relations as housekeepers and pro-creators of generation. Women's education and participation in the workforce are not bringing with them the expected changes in gender stereotyped-ness. Even the work done on gender justice and women's human rights has failed to establish their status as anything more than sex objects. The rampant sexual violence against women is a reminder that the problem is deeply rooted in Indian society. In such a situation we may not be able to avoid considering the responsibility of women. Their body-revealing clothing and conditional consent to sexual relation are significant in provoking men into treating them as sex objects. So we should think about how to bring about a change in gender practices and this should start in each and every family. The family as a correctional institution should teach its offspring about gender equality and their behavior and attitude towards gender should regard the physical and physiological differences between the sexes as minor. This might perhaps be a step towards reducing violence against women.

Position Of Women In India: Historical Perspective

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 43-50
Author(s):  
Dr.S.Theresammal
Keyword(s):  
Historical Perspective ◽  
Social Position ◽  
Indian Society ◽  
High Position ◽  
Ancient India ◽  
The Social ◽  
Women In India

Woman establishes the strategicpart in the Indian society. Women in ancient India relished high position in society and their situation was worthy.The country is to study the position of its women. In certainty, the position of women represents the customary of values of any period. The social position of the women of a nation represents the social essence of the era. Though to appeal an assumption about the position of women is a problematic and difficult delinquent. It is consequently, essential to touch this situation in the historical perspective.The paper will help us to imagine the position of women in the historical perspective.

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and reverse migration of workers during lock down their health and prevention

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 2411-2415
Author(s):  
Milind Abhimanyu Nisargandha ◽  
Shweta Dadarao Parwe
Keyword(s):  
Migrant Workers ◽  
Migrant Worker ◽  
Public Health Services ◽  
Indian Government ◽  
Reverse Migration ◽  
Metropolitan Cities ◽  
Coronavirus Infection ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Native Place ◽  
Mental And Physical Health

Migrant workers are a valuable community for developing the Indian economy; adverse effect occurs on their mental and physical health during this pandemic situation. The coronavirus disease 2019 epidemic emerged in India due to spread nationwide from China, Wuhan city, and then Spread overall, 213 Countries and Territories worldwide have been reported. The Indian Government immediately set up a lockdown and quarantined the patients in the hospital and declared that area as a contentment Zone to avoid infection transmission. In this pandemic situation, many labour workers were living with their families in metropolitan cities. The urgent demand for public transport in the migrant workers from different states in India. For reaching them to the native place. These lead to spreading the coronavirus infection and increase the cases of nCOVID-19. It concluded that public health services and transportation for the migrant worker to reach the native place from all states. A maximum number of trains were needed, rather than travel restriction aware of them regarding wearing of Mask, Handwashing, and Quarantine after travelled. It has been six months since COVID -19; many questions remain unanswered about the coronavirus and its pathology. It was clear by global authorities that countries need to plan and increase health clear awareness and facilities for the migrant workers. 

Technology-mediated Violence against Women in India

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anita Gurumurthy ◽  
Nandini Chami ◽  
Amrita Vasudevan
Keyword(s):  
Violence Against Women ◽  
Women In India

Choices and constraints

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marjorie Mayo
Keyword(s):  
Violence Against Women ◽  
Sustainable Livelihoods ◽  
Popular Education ◽  
Maximum Effect ◽  
Structural Constraints ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Women In India ◽  
At Home

This chapter focuses upon the extent to which people – and communities - have agency. How far can people make choices freely and/ or how far are people affected by wider structural constraints, when it comes to deciding to move, whether to flee from unbearable situations at home and/ or in search of better, more sustainable livelihoods elsewhere. And how can people and communities respond to being ‘kept in their place’, by the fear of violence outside, for instance. Strategies to tackle violence against women in India provide illustrations, for example. The chapter concludes by focussing upon some of the ways in which people and communities can be supported to enable them to exercise their agency to maximum effect, including via community-based popular education.

scholarly journals LEGACY OF PATRIARCHAL GOD AND THE POLITICS OF MYTH-MAKING: LOCATING THE GENDERED POSITION IN RELIGIOUS VISUAL ART

2022 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 7-14
Author(s):  
Abhijit Maity
Keyword(s):  
Gender Role ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Visual Art ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Secondary Level ◽  
Indian Society ◽  
Visual Images ◽  
Male Counterpart ◽  
The Family ◽  
Women In India

This essay discusses how the imagination of women in India is framed up by the gender-biased mythical representations. By looking at the mythical representations that are circulated through centuries in many popular mages, paintings and calendar-portraits, a discursive pattern can be found that has positioned women in a secondary level, belonging to men. The family itself becomes a political site in the process of normalizing women’s submissiveness to men by comparing their actions with the Goddesses. By interrogating the gendered position of Goddess like Lakshmi and her male counterpart Lord Vishnu, this essay attempts to problematize with the mode of representation in religious visual images. I conclude by arguing that these religious representations in visual images have negative impact on the Hindu women, especially, in rural areas and thus keep the unhealthy gender role intact in Indian society.

scholarly journals Knitting the Future Story of Indian Women: Preventing Violence, Fostering Development, and Accelerating Empowerment

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 98
Author(s):  
Prerna S Ramteke
Keyword(s):  
Violence Against Women ◽  
Legal Protection ◽  
Present Situation ◽  
Human Being ◽  
Indian Women ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Women In India

A number of cases of women’s exploitation in India reflects serious problem in viewing and treating women. This article highlights the issues of women in India that are aimed to describe the violence against women in India that degrades their dignity as a human being, to analyze both conceptual and practical aspects of women, particularly with regards to their role in development and also to discuss the need for accelerating the empowerment of women in India. Some concepts such as the three classical approaches on the relationship between women and development are discussed in this writing. Besides this it also analyzes the present situation faced by Indian women that can potentially become obstacles for their development. In addition, this paper looks at some legal instruments and cases that relates to the legal protection of women in India. It is as a research in the field of Sociology that will be enriched by legal, cultural and economic approaches. It will also highlight about the dreams on the better situation for women in India that are expected to become true and will also encourage women in India to involve in any efforts to knit their future story.

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