Violence Against Women in India

Andhra Pradesh and Delhi declare a special place in annals of law-breakings against women in India in late times. If we are to take a heart at the statistics provided by the National offense Records Bureau, Andhra Pradesh has estimate consistently in 2008, 2009 and 2010 as the show with highest relative incidences of abuse against women and Delhi, similarly has figured as the city with highest incidences of crime against women in the old succession 2008, 2009 and 2010. Let me restate the figures and exemplify just a few prelim findings.Andhra Pradesh Collated statistics for 2008-2010 A hail of 76, 924 incidents of crime against women keep up been enter from 2008-2010. This is the highest in India for a state and Andhra Pradesh topped this dubious list distributively consecutive year for three years till 2010. 2011 statistics are awaited. As per categories of crime, crime against women constitutes the second or third largest phratry in crimes in Andhra Pradesh. A rac k up of 3,807 cases of fumble boast been recorded for the corresponding period, which constitutes 4. 4% of list incidence of crime against women. A total of 14,511 cases of molestation have been recorded for the same period, which constitutes 18. 86% of total incidence of crime against women. A total of 11,633 cases of sexual harassment (eve-teasing) have been recorded for the same period, which constitutes 15. 12% of total incidence of crime against women. Rapes, molestations and sexual harassment (eve-teasing) constitute 38. 93% of crimes against women in Andhra Pradesh in 2008-2010.Women in the age group of 18-30 years were almost vulnerable to rape, followed by the women in age group of 14-18 years. In all the 3,807 rape cases that had been recorded in Andhra Pradesh among 2008-2010, the offenders were cognise to the victims. The picture in Karnataka is better, with 18. 2% of wed women in this age group macrocosmness subjected to sensual force play, 3. 2% to sexual labialize and 6. 9% to emotional domestic forcefulness. nevertheless the Bihar story is horrifying where the percentage of sensual violence is as high as 56%.Tamil Nadu is at a refinement second with 40. 2%. The number of cases registered on a lower floor Protection of Women From Domestic force out (DV) Act, 2005, has increase to 7,802 in 2009 from 5,643 in 2008. Andhra Pradesh registered 2,710 cases under the DV act, the highest in any state in 2009. The NFHS-3 has elevate stated 81% of espouse women between 15 and 49 years, who have see physical or sexual violence from husbands, have for the first time face up it within five years of marriage. cosmos slapped is the most common form of physical violence that married women experience. Of 35% married women subjected to any form of physical violence, 97% were slapped and 1% of them experienced life- threatening violence in the form of being choked or burned or being threatened or attacked with a weapon, the orbit said. Union minister for women and child public assistance Krishna Tirath recently proposed the idea of training superior judicial and metropolitan magistrates on how to circularise with cases filed under Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005.