Human rights Violation and Violence against Women

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WOMEN: HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATION

AND VIOLENCE WITH SPECIALREFERENCE TO INDIA

PRESENTED BY- MS. HIMANI


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Human rights have increasingly concerned the

world community since the end of World WarII. India has also ratified various international

conventions and human rights instruments

committing to secure equal rights of women.


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Violation of the r ights of women are a threat

to the welfare & dignity of the entire human

family. Equali ty before law is not enough.

This paper provides a cursory look at the

situation related to human r ights violence

and violation against women in I ndia.


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Human r ights are said to be those fundamental

r ights which every man or woman inhabiting

any part of the world should be enti tled to byvir tue of having been born a human being.


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The Declaration on Elimination of Violence

Against Women adopted by the UN General

Assembly in 1993, defines Violence Against

Women as any act of gender based violence

against women that results in or is likely toresult in physical, sexual or psychological

harm or suffering to women, including threats

of such acts, coercion or arbitrarydeprivations of liberty, whether occurring in

public or private spaces.


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Kinds of Violence against Women-

Domestic Violence

Female genital muti lation

Female foeticide

Dowry related violence and Early marr iage

Rape

Sexual Harassment

Prostitution & Traff icking


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Crimes Head-wise Incidents of Crime against

Women in India

CRIME HEAD 2006 2011 INCREASE INNUMBER

% INCREASE

Rape 19348 24206 4858 25.1%

Kidnapping &

Abduction

17414 35565 18151 104.23%

Dowry death 7618 8618 1000 13.12%

Torture 63128 99135 36007 57.04%

Molestation 36617 42968 6351 17.34%

TOTAL 144125 210492 66367 46.04%


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PROTECTION OF WOMENGIVEN BY LEGISLATION


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Constitutional PrivilegesThe Constitution of India guarantees human certain

rights to All Indian women which are as follows:-

Equality before law forwomen (Article 14)

The State not to discriminate against any citizen on

grounds only of religion, race, caste, sex, place ofbirth or any of them (Ar ticle 15 (i))

The State to make any special provision in favourofwomenand children (Article 15 (3))

Equality of opportunity for all citizens in mattersrelating to employment or appointment to anyoffice under the State (Article 16)


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The State to direct its policy towards securing formen andwomenequally the right to an adequate

means of livelihood(Article 39(a));and equal payfor equal work for both men andwomen (Article39(d))

To promote justice, on a basis of equal

opportunity and to provide free legal aid bysuitable legislation or scheme or in any other wayto ensure that opportunities for securing justiceare not denied to any citizen by reason of

economic or other disabilities (Article 39 A) The State to make provision for securing just and

humane conditions of work and for maternityrelief(Article 42)


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The State to promote with special care the educational andeconomic interests of the weaker sections of the peopleand to protect them from social injustice and all forms ofexploitation (Ar ticle 46)

The State to raise the level of nutrition and the standard ofliving of its people (Ar ticle 47)

To promote harmony and the spirit of commonbrotherhood amongst all the people of India and to

renounce practices derogatory to the dignity ofwomen(Article 51(A) (e))

Not less than one-third (including the number of seatsreserved forwomenbelonging to the Scheduled Castesand the Scheduled Tribes) of the total number of seats tobe filled by direct election in every Panchayatto bereserved for women and such seats to be allotted byrotation to different constituencies in a Panchayat (Article243 D(3))


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Indian has an elaborate system of laws to protect

the rights of women like

The H indu Marr iage Act, 1955

Immoral Traff ic (Prevention) Act, 1956

The Maternity Benef it Act, 1961 (Amended in 1995)

Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961

The Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1971

The Equal Remuneration Act, 1976

The Prohibition of Child Marr iage Act, 2006

I ndecent Representation of Women (Prohibition) Act,1986

Commission of Sati (Prevention) Act, 1987

The Protection of Women from Domestic ViolenceAct, 2005


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Best Practices of Combating

Violence against Women

Creating economic opportunities Empowerment with knowledge of rights

Employment

Attacking the roots of violence

Mass campaigns


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Raising awareness of the

issue of violence against

women, and educating boys

and men to view women as

valuable partners in life, indevelopment of society are

just important as taking

legal steps to protectwomens human rights.


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