Violence against women

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bonddonraj

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Violence against women

In 2005 India joined the growing number of countries which has passed laws relating to violence in the home. The Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act 2005 makes it clear that it is no longer acceptable for women to be hurt and frightened by other members of their family. The Act is a product of many years of campaigns by legal activists and women’s organisations to bring this issue out into the open and passing the Law is a very important step forward. Nonetheless the experience of other countries like the United Kingdom shows that having a Law is not enough. The UK passed its first Act on domestic violence in 1976. There have been updates and amendments since. However making the Law work is a very difficult task. It takes the commitment of many groups, including the police, lawyers, judges in courts, social workers, local housing officers as well as activists and community workers. In the UK it has taken a long time for attitudes to change so that everyone works towards the goal of stopping this form of violence. There is still a long way to go. The UK government statistics reveal that over 1 in 20 crimes reported to the British Crime Survey 2000 were classified as domestic violence and domestic violence accounts for 23% of all violent crime.

Do you think laws help to tackle domestic violence? Is the real challenge to make them work? I invite you to share your views and experience in this area.

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Well i can say that domestic violence is the one of the worst form. Women sheepishly continue to withstand for a no. of reasons. Either they are heavily dependent on their husband and children, that they are not able to stand for themselves or are just too afraid to stand up and fight against it.

I think, no matter, how many laws u make, the most effective would be, awareness.

Having small communities of ladies is better, which can tackle the menace in each society and locality.

Have women's cell is very good idea, so that any complaint against the husband or his family can be strictly tackled.

Women should be made independent i.e. they shud necessarily work b4 marriage, so that they get the guts to face the world alone... I am a very strong supporter of this. Once they are independent and confident of the world, then they can effectively leave such a man who tortures her, and live outside.

I think we should start by inculcating such things in our daughters and sisters.

Will appreciate ur response.... :smile:
 
Passing laws per se may not CURB domestic violence completely... but it's a start.. n if even one woman benefits by it, all the work gone behind passing that law is justified.
What remains a challenge as u said is mking the law work n like u also very rightly added that it is not just the work of a few people...mayb the younger generation needs to wake up to the reality of domestic violence..
but at the end of it all... yes laws will eventually are a step in the right direction...
 
well ==Violence against women and girls is a major health and human rights concern. Women can experience physical or mental abuse throughout their lifecycle, in infancy, childhood and/or adolescence, or during adulthood or older age. While violence has severe health consequences for the affected, it is a social problem that warrants an immediate coordinated response from multiple sectors==Definition of violence against women

A group of international experts convened by WHO in February 1996 agreed that the definition adopted by the United Nations General Assembly provides a useful framework for the Organization's activities. The Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women (1993) defines violence against women as "any act of gender-based violence that results in, or is likely to result in, physical, sexual or mental harm or suffering to women, including threats of such acts, coercion or arbitrary deprivation of liberty, whether occurring in public or in private life."

whatever the definations are truth is that we men are least bother abt it --take case of just happaning crimes == latest at mumbai in new yr party!! horrendous!!
 
well of course... nothing can work as well as awareness but gaurav ur post in some ways reflects ur view...
women NEED TO BE MADE independent?????? Are men born independent??? women don't NEED TO BE MADE anything...i think its the men who jus need to change thier mindsets... i dun mean to generalize here jus an expression of talkin so do not misinterpret.
 
i agree pooja Violence against women arises from a combination of individual biological and psychological characteristics as well as social, economic and political factors----Accurate and comparable data on violence against women are needed to strengthen advocacy efforts, help policymakers understand the problem, and guide the design of preventive interventions. Unfortunately, data collection efforts that measure the scope and magnitude of the situation of violence against women are hampered by a number of factors---bt socity on the whole must be responsible to curb it all
 
guys eventually its all leadin up to the same thing..... women are going to be abused as long as men contnue to look at them as objects.... many of u urselves without even realizing it don't give women they respect u need to...
want examples....
the highly abused words "chicks" "babes" is a very derogatory way of addressing women. it might sound silly now but ponder over it... does the indian culture permit us to call our grandparents " old man"????
well i dun mean to sound like a women activist but yeah these subtle things which college students themsleves don't realize point to the fact that women are eventually viwed as objects here..
 
Violence against women has serious consequences for their physical and mental health. Abused women are more likely to suffer from depression, anxiety, psychosomatic symptoms, eating problems, and sexual dysfunctions. not just these what example do we set fr other cming generations == are we going back to stone age == uncivilised
 
bonddonraj said:
i agree pooja Violence against women arises from a combination of individual biological and psychological characteristics as well as social, economic and political factors----Accurate and comparable data on violence against women are needed to strengthen advocacy efforts, help policymakers understand the problem, and guide the design of preventive interventions. Unfortunately, data collection efforts that measure the scope and magnitude of the situation of violence against women are hampered by a number of factors---bt socity on the whole must be responsible to curb it all
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wrong data collection/hampered facts eventually don't chnge the truth right?? everyone knoz how prevalent domestic violence is... we don't need facts to reconfirm with us haina????

besides if ur talkin abt society being responsible.... this is a BIG issue... how many of us are even ready to take up responsibilities for the smaller ones???
 
poojabms said:
well of course... nothing can work as well as awareness but gaurav ur post in some ways reflects ur view...
women NEED TO BE MADE independent?????? Are men born independent??? women don't NEED TO BE MADE anything...i think its the men who jus need to change thier mindsets... i dun mean to generalize here jus an expression of talkin so do not misinterpret.
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lol...... this is not the thread for comparison betn men and women.

well dear..... why i said that was bcoz women are generally more dependent on their parents as compared to men. Hence, they get lesser exposure of the world.

As u might be knowing that all men have to work (save some morons who feed on their wives' money), to earn a living but not all women do. It can be either their parents dont want them to work or they get married as soon as they finish their studies.

Hence, they dont get sufficient exposure of the world.

The meaning of "NEED TO BECOME" is that only. Moroever, women have been subjected to this throughout ages and hence they need to come up.... They're coming up and smart women like u, are a symbolism to that but still much needs to be done....
 
facts and data is always needed when we talk of a growing issue Violence has indirect effects on the society. It represents a drain on the economically productive workforce and generates a climate of fear and insecurity:on the whole sciety has to suffer
 
firstly thanks for the compliment. grin.
dats y i wrote.... do not misinterpret... i dint mean to compare...
but can i ask u one more thing/?
men 'who feed on ur wives' money are morons.... wot abt all the women who do???
wot if a man does not after genuine efforts hav a job?? hes a moron?? y is a women by default expected to be a housewife.. n for those u arent they become the "smart working women of today"???
is a man who leaves for work at 9 n gets back at 5 a "smart workin man of today"/???

haha dis is ridiculous man... but yeah i agree wid u... dats the way its been. gonna take a while to turn it on its head..... dun u think sum1 needs to start????
 
Violence has indirect effects on the society. It represents a drain on the economically productive workforce and generates a climate of fear and insecurityCanada's national survey on violence against women reported that 30% of battered wives had to cease regular activities due to the abuse, and 50% of women had to take sick leave from work because of the harm sustained.
A study of abused women in Managua, Nicaragua, found that abused women earned 46% less than women who did not suffer abuse, even after controlling for other factors that affect earnings--- see not just india !!! its an issue of society
 
Frankly speaking,

I havent heard of women abuse in well educated middle class section.

Nor is it prevalent in metro cities among famillies with a sound financial condition.

According to the above, what can be generalised is that it prevails basically in the poor sections of the society or in the uneducated ones.

Passing reforms will not do any good. What needs to be done is to eradicate poverty, unemployment and spread literacy.
 
the influence of social and cultural norms in determining what constitutes violence, impeding universal consensus on a definition of violence against womenComprehensive database exists on violence against women and girls, including published and unpublished data from around the globe on domestic violence, rape and sexual assault, child abuse and female genital mutilation.
so kartik its not just an issue of poor people---jassica lal --kavita murder----payal killed ----etc all are high profile case!!!
 
Violence against women is the most pervasive violation of human rights, occurring every day, in every country and every region, regardless of income or level of development. ...
 
poojabms said:
firstly thanks for the compliment. grin.
dats y i wrote.... do not misinterpret... i dint mean to compare...
but can i ask u one more thing/?
men 'who feed on ur wives' money are morons.... wot abt all the women who do???
wot if a man does not after genuine efforts hav a job?? hes a moron?? y is a women by default expected to be a housewife.. n for those u arent they become the "smart working women of today"???
is a man who leaves for work at 9 n gets back at 5 a "smart workin man of today"/???

haha dis is ridiculous man... but yeah i agree wid u... dats the way its been. gonna take a while to turn it on its head..... dun u think sum1 needs to start????
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lol.. this is going really very fast and i am doing so many things together that its hard to catch up.....

anyway, i dint mean that for all men... but for those who prefer to sit idle than work... maybe i dint mention this clearly last time.

Anyway, the point is that both men and women shud work.... and support and share the burden equally...

Lets not digress from the topic of violence against women, ok... :smile:
 
so kartik its not just an issue of poor people---jassica lal --kavita murder----payal killed ----etc all are high profile case!!!
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By and large it is an issue which has largely to do with the lower section of the society.
Jassica lal, kavita murder etc are high profile cases ofcourse, but there are 1000's of such cases which never got addressed because they were not *high profile* .

Its like debating on a topic of unhappiness and saying even the rich are unhappy. Ofcourse the rich are unhappy but admist materialistic comforts. First we need to solve the grave issue prevalent within the poor and slowly and steadily climb the ladder to the upper section.
 
kartik said:
Frankly speaking,

I havent heard of women abuse in well educated middle class section.

Nor is it prevalent in metro cities among famillies with a sound financial condition.

According to the above, what can be generalised is that it prevails basically in the poor sections of the society or in the uneducated ones.

Passing reforms will not do any good. What needs to be done is to eradicate poverty, unemployment and spread literacy.
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Well kartik, i think u skipped the news of pramod mahajan beating his wife, although they declared there's nothing wrong in the marriage. It doesnt mean its not prevalent there... it sure is..... and cant say it is less or more...
 
I think what needs to be done is a social cell or a social circle of women or police or counsellors whom women can talk and who can console them, so that their mental agony and pain can reduce... and hence, they can think with more soln.... Right pooja... ? :smile:
 
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