Violance against women

1. ARE WOMEN SAFE IN
INDIA? RELATED TO RAPE,
ABUSE,AND DOMESTIC
VIOLENCE
B Y ANJALI GUPTA

2. ARE WOMEN SAFE IN INDIA?
• Are women safe in India? The truth is that women are safe nowhere and
they are safe everywhere. It does not depend on country. India is a
democratic country which gives equal rights to men and women. India is
one of "some" countries which has given equal freedom to its women in
most of the aspects.
• So what makes this country "unsafe" for women. It's the people and their
mentality which makes this country unsafe. These kind of people are
present all over the world which makes this world unsafe for people.
• In our country it's our tradition to worship a female as Goddess . Then
why are rapes, acid attacks, domestic abuse happening in such a high
rate?
• Main reason is patriarchy and politics merging in culture and religion is a
reason. Delayed justice and ignorance of law is a reason.

3. CURRENT SITUATION
• According to the 2018 report by Thomson Reuters Foundation, which
comprised of 550 experts, says that India is the most dangerous country
for women.
• Even we beat war-torn countries like Afghanistan and Syria in terms of
women safety. They ranked 2nd and 3rd respectively. This is really a
very shameful achievement! And unfortunately, the Indian media never
take such issues seriously.
• The report says: finding India to be the most dangerous nation for sexual
violence against women, as well as human trafficking for domestic work,
forced labor, forced marriage and sexual slavery, among other reasons.

4. • It was also the most dangerous country in the world for cultural
traditions that impact women, the survey found, citing acid attacks,
female genital mutilation, child marriage and physical abuse. India
was the fourth most dangerous country for women in the same survey
seven years ago.
• And according to a CNN report, Around 100 sexual assaults are
reported to police in India every day, according to the National Crime
Records Bureau. There were nearly 39,000 alleged attacks in 2016,
an increase of 12% from the previous year.

5. • India is a country where rapes are not taken very seriously. No politicians
are interested in ensuring women safety. They only want more and more
restrictions on women. They have no idea why rapes happen, they only
like to blame women for rapes. They still have narrow-minded and
mediaeval thinking that rapes occur due to short clothes! They don't want
women to be independent and want them to live under males.
• The mindset of politicians actually reflects the mindset of our society.
And the truth is, our society is very misogynist, racist, communal,
tribalist, religious fanatic and pro-male supremacy

6. LAWS AGAINST RAPE IN INDIA:
• Section 376: Imprisonment for 10 to 20 years for Punishment for
rape.
• Section 376A: Imprisonment for life or for 20 years in Punishment
for causing death or resulting in persistent vegetative state of victim.
• Section 376B: 2 to 7 years imprisonment for Sexual intercourse by
husband upon his wife during separation.
• Section 376C: Rigorous imprisonment for 5 to 10 years for Sexual
intercourse by person in authority.

7. • Section 376D: Rigorous Imprisonment for 20 years to Imprisonment for
Natural-Life + Fine paid to the victim in case of Gang rape.
• Section 376E: Imprisonment for Natural-Life or Death for Punishment
for repeat offenders.
• Section 376AB: Rigorous Imprisonment for 20 years to Imprisonment
for Natural-Life + Fine or Death in case of Person committing an
offence of rape on a woman less than twelve years of age.
• Section 376DA: imprisonment for life in cases of Gang rape of women
under 16 years

8. DOMESTIC ABUSE LAWS IN
INDIA
• Domestic violence” is defined under the Protection
of Women against Domestic Violence Act, 2005
(‘DV Act)
• Section 498-A of the Indian Penal Code covers
dowry-related harassment.
• Section 304-B: If a woman dies of "unnatural
causes" within seven years of marriage and has been
harassed for dowry before her death, the Courts will
assume that it is a case of dowry death. Punishment:
7 years.
• Section 306: when a woman commits suicide
because of dowry-related harassment. Punishment: 7
years376-A: Marital Rape Punishment: Upto 4 years

9. • The practice of dowry itself is outlawed under the dowry prohibition act,
1961. Despite this, if dowry has been given to and taken by anyone
other than the woman ( which is considered as her street dhan), she is
entitled to that money/property as the case may be under this act.
• Section 125 of ipc: a woman subject to domestic abuse does not have to
necessarily file for a divorce to have a right to receive maintenance from
her husband. She can simply file a petition.
• The hindu succession act, after its 2005 amendment recognizes that
women have an equal right in ancestral properties of their families: this
is their legal right which is to get the same share as their brothers.

10. LAWS AGAINST ACID
ATTACKS
• Section 326 A of IPC: Deals with acid attacks. Minimum punishment:
10 years of imprisonment which can extend up to life imprisonment
with or without fine.
• There is a separate law to punish offenders in extreme cases of acid
attacks with amendment of law on sexual offences.
• Sections 326A and 326B, of Amendment Act, 2013 inserted an
additional clause under Section 100 which provided an exception
from criminal liability by granting a right of private defense
extending to cause death of a person who has committed an act of
throwing or administering acid or an attempt to throw or administer
acid.
• It also proposed the insertion of Section 114B - Presumption as to
Acid Attack in favour of the victim of acid attacks under Indian
Evidence Act, 1972.

12. LAWS AGAINST SEXUAL
HARASSMENT AND EVE TEASING
• There is no uniform law in India which can curb eve-teasing effectively.
Many cases go unreported and some of them are ignored even after being
reported. Consequences of not curbing such a menace, at times are
disastrous. Complaints against eve teasing are registered under Section 294
or Section 509 IPC with punishment of 3 months or fine or both.

13. • Stalking and its impacts on the Society : Stalking is a part of Eve teasing
which is also under Indian Law has not looked as a serious issue. This
crime has more pitiable condition than eve teasing.
• Stalking can be described as repeated harassing or threatening behaviour
by an individual. Like following, repeatedly calling, messaging, etc.
• A Stalker according to law imprisoned for a period up to seven years as
per Sexual Assault Prevention Bill proposed by the National
Commission.
• Section 294 of the Indian Penal Code (hereinafter referred as the IPC)
says that “Whoever, to the annoyance of others- (a) does any obscene act
in any public place.(b) sings, recites or utters any obscene song; ballad or
words, in or near any public place, shall be punished with imprisonment.
• .Section 509 of the IPC says, “Whoever intending to insult the modesty
of any woman can be imprisoned for an year or more along with fine.

14. CONCLUSION
• News and newspapers are all over covered with news of rapes, acid
attacks, domestic abuse, women burnt alive and this list never ends.
Still today in 21st century there are people who think women should
sit at home and work for their husbands and live according to them.
People are still jealous of a modern independent women. Though
we have laws against these crimes but these laws cannot change the
mentality of a women. Often a women rejecting man's proposal or
those not working according to them are attacked with acid which is
sold freely in market. A political figure or elite often considers
women as his property and thinks he can do whatever he wants. So
is this a problem of our country India or its laws. The answer is NO,
laws in India are with its women, women in India do get their
freedom but people ignore the laws, politics here stand bigger than
law.

15. • This is the main reason becau6 of which most women never gets
justice. When a crime is happened politician starts blaming other
political parties, religions are being blamed, justice gets delayed or
doesn't happens in case of elites public figures. We need to strengthen
our judicial system and stop blaming our country. Though there are
multiple of views on the issues of such a heinous crime, RAPE but still
I feel that it should be much more analyzed to find its deep root causes
and consequences and how to eradicate it from our country. Also I feel
that Indian law should provide equal room to male harassment also and
cases of Pseudo feminism are also increasing.
• We the citizen of our country need to work on our mentality,
perspectives and our judicial system. We need not to include politics or
religions in a crime but we need to see a crime as a crime and a criminal
as a criminal regardless of his religion or position.