abhishreshthaa
Abhijeet S
Reducing violence against girls and women is a strategic priority of Action aid India’s women's rights and gender justice work. In recent years there has been an alarming rise in violence against girls and women with domestic violence, molestation, and rape showing highest rate of growth both in the urban and rural areas.
One-quarter of the reported rapes involve girls under the age of 16. Large number of girls between the ages of 5 and 15 are trafficked or sold. Millions of girls are eliminated, some even before they are born. There are growing attacks by conservative and communal forces. Sexual abuse and violence is fuelling the feminization of the AIDS crisis. The unequal power relations between men and women in society and at home lie at the heart of this violence.
One-quarter of the reported rapes involve girls under the age of 16. Large number of girls between the ages of 5 and 15 are trafficked or sold. Millions of girls are eliminated, some even before they are born. There are growing attacks by conservative and communal forces. Sexual abuse and violence is fuelling the feminization of the AIDS crisis. The unequal power relations between men and women in society and at home lie at the heart of this violence.