Today we recognize that to try and improve the position of women one needs to look at the girl child who is a woman of tomorrow. Only when we visualize a female child with high self esteem not merely in recipient roles but in active productive roles with a concern for human dignity will be have strong and empowered women. The ultimate goal is to have an active, healthy and confident female child unfettered by 2009 2009 Social Institutions and Gender Index with equal access to knowledge information and opportunities.
A girl’s discrimination begins even before birth. Our statistics clearly point out to some facts that abortion of female fetuses is on the rise,It is reported that about 4,000 female babies are aborted in Tamil Nadu (southern India) every year. Sex determination tests are widely resorted to even in the remotest rural areas. Since most deliveries in rural areas take place at home, there is no record of the exact number of births/deaths that take place. Therefore, it is difficult to assess the magnitude of the problem. The ratio of female to male is declining. Even though the national sex ratio in the 2011 Census 944 is more than 2001’s 934, in states like Punjab, Haryana the sex ratio is about 899 and 885 respectively. There is reluctance to seek medical aid for ailing daughters. Regardless of the economic background the status of the female child has never been the same as that of the male at any level.
Gender roles are conceived, taught and enacted in a complex set of relationships within the family and society at large. Needless to say, the media reinforces the same stereotyped gender roles. The girl child grows up with a low self esteem. She grows up with a notion of temporary membership in her natal home to be disposed off with assets and dowry. A traditional saying sums it up thus, a daughter is like ghee (clarified butter)—both will stay good only upto a point. If you do not dispose them off they start stinking. Her productive role is to continue the household drudgery added to which is her reproductive responsibility.
The situation analysis of girl child is mentioned in this ppt.
Today we recognize that to try and improve the position of women one needs to look at the girl child who is a woman of tomorrow. Only when we visualize a female child with high self esteem not merely in recipient roles but in active productive roles with a concern for human dignity will be have strong and empowered women. The ultimate goal is to have an active, healthy and confident female child unfettered by 2009 2009 Social Institutions and Gender Index with equal access to knowledge information and opportunities.
A girl’s discrimination begins even before birth. Our statistics clearly point out to some facts that abortion of female fetuses is on the rise,It is reported that about 4,000 female babies are aborted in Tamil Nadu (southern India) every year. Sex determination tests are widely resorted to even in the remotest rural areas. Since most deliveries in rural areas take place at home, there is no record of the exact number of births/deaths that take place. Therefore, it is difficult to assess the magnitude of the problem. The ratio of female to male is declining. Even though the national sex ratio in the 2011 Census 944 is more than 2001’s 934, in states like Punjab, Haryana the sex ratio is about 899 and 885 respectively. There is reluctance to seek medical aid for ailing daughters. Regardless of the economic background the status of the female child has never been the same as that of the male at any level.
Gender roles are conceived, taught and enacted in a complex set of relationships within the family and society at large. Needless to say, the media reinforces the same stereotyped gender roles. The girl child grows up with a low self esteem. She grows up with a notion of temporary membership in her natal home to be disposed off with assets and dowry. A traditional saying sums it up thus, a daughter is like ghee (clarified butter)—both will stay good only upto a point. If you do not dispose them off they start stinking. Her productive role is to continue the household drudgery added to which is her reproductive responsibility.
The situation analysis of girl child is mentioned in this ppt.
“Any act of gender-based violence that results in, or is likely to result in, physical, sexual, or psychological harm or suffering for women, including threats of such acts, coercion, or arbitrary deprivations of liberty, whether occurring in public or private life.A VERY SERIOUS ISSUE IN TODAYs LIFE.
community heath nursing
Gender inequality refers to unequal treatment or perceptions of individuals based on their gender. It arises from differences in socially constructed gender roles.
Gender equality, also known as sex equality, sexual equality, or equality of the genders, is the view that everyone should receive equal treatment and not be discriminated against based on their gender.
Dowry is an ugly truth of our society. It is not only demanded in rural parts of the country but in the urban parts as well. It is presented in the form of gifts to the members of the extended family.
Gender Based Violation & Discrimination
in South Asia
Dr. Vibhuti Patel, Director, PGSR
Professor & Head, Department of Economics,
SNDT Women’s University, Churchgate, Mumbai-400020.
E-mail- vibhuti.np@gmail.com Phone-91-022-26770227, mobile-9321040048
Introduction
Violence against women (VAW) has become a central issue in the discourse of the international women’s movement in the 21st century. Women’s networks in the South Asia have taken up wide range of issues concerning violence against women (VAW) in their personal lives as well as against the systems perpetuating it. “Personal is political”, a slogan popularised by two decades of women’s movement in the last century signifies consistent campaigns against all forms of violence in women’s intimate/personal and public/societal lives. Social construction of masculinity in the region is defined by cultural nationalism, jingoism and militarisation of the economy as well as ethnic/caste/religious chauvinism in the context of worsening economic crisis due to liberalisation, privatisation, globalisation(LPG). Escalating fundamentalist backlash in the South Asian countries takes the most barbaric form in terms of wide range of violence against women at different stages of their lives, from womb to tomb. Moreover, as a result of modernisation and commercialisation of subsistence economies, family-ties have become less supportive. Increasing intra-state, inter-state and cross country migration as well as trafficking of women and girls has a sole purpose of SEXPLOITATION-ferocious and complete control over their sexuality, fertility and labour. Cut throat competition among the nation states have increased work-burden drastically due to shift from just-in-case approach to just-in-time approach to meet the targets of production at the cheapest possible cost.
During the eighties, women’s rights organisations mushroomed in the South Asia in response to varied manifestations of VAWG by the state apparatus and in the civil society in the form of anti-women family laws and customary laws, communal carnage, sexual harassment at workplace and assaults on individual women in the family and in the society. They organised rallies and demonstrations, sit-ins and conventions, seminars and conferences, which culminated into politics of protest movements and petitioning. In the 1990s, the women’s groups consolidated their base by finding their allies in the state apparatus and created their institutional base and shelter homes of women and children victims of violence. Now, it is accepted by all progressive forces that “Women’s rights are human rights”.
1.1.7 AWHN Conference 6 2010 Federation:
Specialist Mental Health and Women’s HealthWorking In Partnership To Better Address the Intersection(s) of Mental Health and Violence and Abuse. Women’s Health Statewide Zhila Javidi, Centre for Anxiety and Related Disorders
“Any act of gender-based violence that results in, or is likely to result in, physical, sexual, or psychological harm or suffering for women, including threats of such acts, coercion, or arbitrary deprivations of liberty, whether occurring in public or private life.A VERY SERIOUS ISSUE IN TODAYs LIFE.
community heath nursing
Gender inequality refers to unequal treatment or perceptions of individuals based on their gender. It arises from differences in socially constructed gender roles.
Gender equality, also known as sex equality, sexual equality, or equality of the genders, is the view that everyone should receive equal treatment and not be discriminated against based on their gender.
Dowry is an ugly truth of our society. It is not only demanded in rural parts of the country but in the urban parts as well. It is presented in the form of gifts to the members of the extended family.
Gender Based Violation & Discrimination
in South Asia
Dr. Vibhuti Patel, Director, PGSR
Professor & Head, Department of Economics,
SNDT Women’s University, Churchgate, Mumbai-400020.
E-mail- vibhuti.np@gmail.com Phone-91-022-26770227, mobile-9321040048
Introduction
Violence against women (VAW) has become a central issue in the discourse of the international women’s movement in the 21st century. Women’s networks in the South Asia have taken up wide range of issues concerning violence against women (VAW) in their personal lives as well as against the systems perpetuating it. “Personal is political”, a slogan popularised by two decades of women’s movement in the last century signifies consistent campaigns against all forms of violence in women’s intimate/personal and public/societal lives. Social construction of masculinity in the region is defined by cultural nationalism, jingoism and militarisation of the economy as well as ethnic/caste/religious chauvinism in the context of worsening economic crisis due to liberalisation, privatisation, globalisation(LPG). Escalating fundamentalist backlash in the South Asian countries takes the most barbaric form in terms of wide range of violence against women at different stages of their lives, from womb to tomb. Moreover, as a result of modernisation and commercialisation of subsistence economies, family-ties have become less supportive. Increasing intra-state, inter-state and cross country migration as well as trafficking of women and girls has a sole purpose of SEXPLOITATION-ferocious and complete control over their sexuality, fertility and labour. Cut throat competition among the nation states have increased work-burden drastically due to shift from just-in-case approach to just-in-time approach to meet the targets of production at the cheapest possible cost.
During the eighties, women’s rights organisations mushroomed in the South Asia in response to varied manifestations of VAWG by the state apparatus and in the civil society in the form of anti-women family laws and customary laws, communal carnage, sexual harassment at workplace and assaults on individual women in the family and in the society. They organised rallies and demonstrations, sit-ins and conventions, seminars and conferences, which culminated into politics of protest movements and petitioning. In the 1990s, the women’s groups consolidated their base by finding their allies in the state apparatus and created their institutional base and shelter homes of women and children victims of violence. Now, it is accepted by all progressive forces that “Women’s rights are human rights”.
1.1.7 AWHN Conference 6 2010 Federation:
Specialist Mental Health and Women’s HealthWorking In Partnership To Better Address the Intersection(s) of Mental Health and Violence and Abuse. Women’s Health Statewide Zhila Javidi, Centre for Anxiety and Related Disorders
Vera Baird QC: Tackling domestic violence CSSaunders
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some things we need to know (and be aware) of violence and abuse, especially among the women and children. Then, discern about it.
**this presentation still lacks some images. had lost the folder with the samples of those pics. tsk3. i'll remake this one!
The present study made an attempt to gain insights on determinants and psychosocial consequences of early marriage on rural women. Samples of 300 women who married early and have completed 5 to 15 years of married life were taken from 20 villages of district Bhilwara, Rajasthan as it has highest instances of child marriages. In depth investigation employed the use of interview, FGDs, observation and case study method. Research was based in district. Baseline Proforma and SES scale (self developed) was used to get the necessary details regarding the socio-economic status and demographic characteristics of respondents and their families. DEM scale (self developed), PSC Scale (self developed) and life satisfaction scale (Alam & Shrivastava, 1973) were used for data collection. Statistical test i.e. ‘z’ test, ANOVA, Regression & Pearson’s ‘r’ were applied to find out the results.
The findings of the study revealed that age at marriage is governed by various components of socio-economic status with traditions & customs, lack of education, childhood residence and castes. Effect of mass media was not found as hypothesized. Media is only meant for entertainment by rural people. The study also highlighted psycho-social consequences (PSC components) of early marriage. It was found that child marriage increases exploitation of girl child and loss of her adolescence along with denial of education & freedom, inadequate socialization & personal development and violence & abandonment. Access to contraception is highly correlated with age at marriage i.e. the lower the age at marriage lower the knowledge and less access of contraception.
The multiple regression analysis in predicting age at marriage and its determinants reveal that the Beta coefficient reflect the socio- economic status of the family and in which a girl belongs has more considerable contribution in terms of early marriage while traditions and customs follow the socio-cultural perseverance in predicting age at marriage. It is also depicted from the regression analysis that the ill consequences of early marriage in earlier ages have more awful effects on girl child. On the whole, it was found that early marriage itself means exploitation of girl child and loss of adolescence. This factor is highly significant in all studied age groups. They are treated as homely bird which means confined to four walls of house. Overall dissatisfaction level is high with the respondents who get married at the early age. There are significant correlation found between determinants and psycho-social consequences of early marriage and inter-correlation among LS and SES components.
العناية بالطفل هي عملية شاملة تهدف إلى تلبية احتياجات الطفل الجسدية والعاطفية والاجتماعية والعقلية. إن العناية الجيدة بالطفل تلعب دورًا حاسمًا في تطويره ونموه الصحيح وسعادته العامة. فيما يلي وصف طويل لبعض جوانب العناية بالطفل:
1. الرعاية الجسدية:
- التغذية: يجب توفير تغذية صحية للطفل، سواء من خلال الرضاعة الطبيعية أو الرضاعة الصناعية. ينصح بالرضاعة الطبيعية حديث الولادة، ويجب تقديم الأطعمة الصلبة المناسبة حسب العمر عندما يكون الطفل جاهزًا لها.
- النوم: يحتاج الطفل إلى نوم كافٍ لتطوير جهازه العصبي واستعادة طاقته. ينصح بتوفير بيئة هادئة ومريحة للنوم وتحديد جدول زمني منتظم للنوم.
- النظافة: يتطلب الطفل النظافة اليومية، بما في ذلك الاستحمام المنتظم وتنظيف الأذنين والأنف والأظافر بلطف. كما يجب تجنب التعرض المفرط للمواد الكيميائية المهيجة لبشرته.
2. العناية العاطفية:
- التواصل والتفاعل: يجب توفير بيئة داعمة وحنونة للطفل، والتفاعل المستمر معه من خلال الابتسامات والعناق واللمس اللطيف. يعزز هذا الاتصال العاطفي الرابطة بين الطفل والوالدين أو المربين.
- اللعب: يعتبر اللعب وسيلة مهمة لتعزيز تطور الطفل العقلي والجسدي. يجب توفير اللعب المناسب لعمره والاشتراك معه في الأنشطة الترالعناية الاجتماعية:
التواصل الاجتماعي: يحتاج الطفل إلى التفاعل مع العالم الخارجي والتعرف على المجتمع من حوله. يجب تشجيع الطفل على التواصل مع أفراد الأسرة والأصدقاء والمشاركة في الأنشطة الاجتماعية المناسبة لعمره.
تطوير المهارات الاجتماعية: ينبغي تشجيع الطفل على تطوير مهارات التواصل والتعاون والتفاعل مع الآخرين. يمكن تحقيق ذلك من خلال اللعب الجماعي والمشاركة في الأنشطة الاجتماعية.
السلامة والحماية: يجب توفير بيئة آمنة للطفل، مع تأمين المنازل والأثاث لتجنب الحوادث. كما يجب تعليم الطفل بعض المفاهيم الأساسية للسلامة، مثل عدم لمس الأشياء الساخنة وعدم الاقتراب من الأشياء الخطرة.
العناية العقلية:
التحفيز العقلي: ينبغي توفير بيئة غنية بالتحفيز الحسي والعقلي لتطوير قدرات الطفل العقلية. يمكن ذلك من خلال تقديم ألعاب وأنشطة تعزز التفكير الإبداعي والمنطقي والتنمية الحركية.
القراءة والقصص: يعد القراءة للطفل من أهم الأنشطة التي تساهم في تطوير الذكاء والخيال والمهارات اللغوية. ينبغي قراءة القصص المناسبة لعمره والتفاعل معه خلال القراءة.
التعليم المبكر: يمكن بدء تعليم الطفل المبكر عن طريق تقديم ألعاب وأنشطة تعليمية ملائمة لعمره، مما يساعده على تطوير المهارات الأساسية مثل العد وال
3. العناية الاجتماعية:
- التواصل الاجتماعي: يحتاج الطفل إلى التفاعل مع العالم الخارجي والتعرف على المجتمع من حوله. يجب تشجيع الطفل على التواصل مع أفراد الأسرة والأصدقاء والمشاركة في الأنشطة الاجتماعية المناسبة لعمره.
- تطوير المهارات الاجتماعية: ينبغي تشجيع الطفل على تطوير مهارات التواصل والتعاون والتفاعل مع الآخرين. يمكن تحقيق ذلك من خلال اللعب الجماعي والمشاركة في الأنشطة الاجتماعية.
- السلامة والحماية: يجب توفير بيئة آمنة للطفل، مع تأمين المنازل والأثاث لتجنب الحوادث. كما يجب تعليم الطفل بعض المفاهيم الأساسية للسلامة، مثل عدم لمس الأشياء الساخنة وعدم الاقتراب من الأشياء الخطرة.
4. العناية العقلية:
- التحفيز العقلي: ينبغي توفير بيئة غنية بالتحفيز الحسي والعقلي لتطوير قدرات الطفل العقلية. يمكن ذلك من خلال تقديم ألعاب وأنشطة تعزز التفكير الإبداعي والمنطقي والتنمية الحركية.
- القراءة والقصص: يعد ا
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2. Domestic violence, also known as domestic
abuse, spousal abuse, battering, family violence,
and intimate partner violence (IPV), is a pattern of
behavior which involves the abuse by one partner
against another in an intimate relationship such as
marriage, cohabitation, dating or within the family.
Domestic violence can take many forms,
including physical aggression or assault (hitting,
kicking, biting, shoving, restraining, slapping,
throwing objects, battery), or threats thereof; sexual
abuse; emotional abuse; controlling or domineering
intimidation, stalking, passive/covert abuse
3. Laws on domestic violence vary by country. While
it is generally outlawed in the Western World, this
not the case in many developing countries. For
instance, in 2010, the United Arab Emirates's
Supreme Court ruled that a man has the right to
physically discipline his wife and children as long
as he does not leave physical marks.
the percentage of women aged 15–49 who think
that a husband is justified in hitting or beating his
wife under certain circumstances is, for example:
90% in Jordan, 85.6% in Guinea, 85.4% in Zambia,
85% in Sierra Leone, 81.2% in Laos, and 81% in
Ethiopia.
4. The term "intimate partner violence" (IPV) is often used
synonymously with domestic abuse/domestic violence.
Family violence is a broader definition.
often used to include child abuse, elder abuse, and other
violent acts between family members. Wife abuse, wife
beating, and battering are descriptive terms that have lost
popularity recently for several reasons
5. Dynamics classification:
Violence by a person against their intimate partner
is often done as a way for controlling their partner,
even if this kind of violence is not the most
frequent.Many types of intimate partner violence
occur, including violence between gay and lesbian
couples, and by women against their male partners.
6. OBJECTIVES OF DOMESTIC VOILENCE
•To 'break the silence' about the issue of domestic violence
in the local community, along with the
•The service runs an Education and Awareness-Raising
Service which offers training and information sessions on
the issue of domestic violence to a diverse range of local
groups including hospitals, schools, health board staff, local
community groups and women's groups.
•Primarily meant to provide protection to the wife or
female live-in partner from violence at the hands of the
husband or male live-in partner or his relatives,
7.
8. Sera was diagnosed with a bladder stone two years ago but no
surgeon bothered to remove it
A very large stone size of a baby's fist was removed.
But still her life is full of violent behavior by her husband.
This case study recorded in June ,2010
9.
10.
11. other physical suffering or bodily harm.
Physical abuse includes
Hitting
slapping
Punching
Choking
Pushing
Burning
and other types of contact that result in
physical injury to the victim
14. Sexual abuse is any situation in which force or
threat is used to obtain participation in unwanted
sexual activity.
Sexual violence is defined by World Health
Organization as any sexual act, attempt to obtain a
sexual act.
Marital rape, also known as spousal rape, is non-
consensual sex in which the perpetrator is the
victim's spouse.
15.
16. Emotional abuse (also called psychological abuse or mental
abuse) can include humiliating the victim privately or publicly
Emotional abuse can include verbal abuse and is defined as
any behavior that threatens, intimidates, undermines the
victim’s self-worth or self-esteem, or controls the victim’s
freedom
Constant criticism, name-calling, and making statements that
damage the victim’s self-esteem are also common verbal forms of
emotional abuse.
17.
18.
19. It is a form of emotionally abusive behavior
involving the use of language. Verbal abuse can also
be referred to as the act of threatening.
Verbal abuse may include aggressive actions such
as name-calling, blaming, ridicule, disrespect, and
criticism, but there are also less obviously aggressive
forms of verbal abuse
oral communication is the most common form of
verbal abuse, it includes abusive communication in
written form
20.
21. Economic abuse is a form of abuse when one
intimate partner has control over the other
partner's access to economic resources
The abuser may also put the victim on an
allowance, closely monitor how the victim
spends money, spend victim's money without
his/her consent and creating debt, or completely
spend victim's savings to limit available
resources.
22.
23. Acid throwing, also called an acid attack or
vitriolage, is a form of violent assault
It is defined as the premeditated act of throwing
acid onto the body of a person "with the intention
to disfigure, maim, torture, or kill
At least 1500 people in 20 countries are
attacked in this way yearly, 80 percent of whom
are female and somewhere between 40 percent
and 70 percent under 18 years of age. Because
most of their victims are women, acid attacks have
been characterized as a form of gender apartheid.
24.
25. Kind of sexual harassment
The common law defined rape
as "the carnal knowledge of a
woman forcibly and against her
will
Ratios of rape in different
countries in 2009-2011 & 2011-
2012 Pakistan 82% 70,004 86,888
India 86% 73,573 89,633
England 91% 78,000 91,670
26. Among types of rape that appear officially
sanctioned or go unpunished are "honor rapes"
and rapes by police and members of the armed
forces. The prevalence of rape received
international attention in 2002 after a victim of
sexual assault, Mukhtaran Bibi, spoke out and
pursued a case against her rapists.
8.23.2
1.4
1.2
Ratio about Rape
Increased
Stay About Same
Male Victims
Decrease Rate
27. Rape in India has been described by Radha Kumar
as one of India's most common crimes against
women and by the UN’s human-rights chief as a
“national problem
New Delhi has the highest rate of rape-reports
among Indian cities
According to the National Crime Records Bureau,
24,206 rape cases were registered in India in 2011,
although experts agree that the number of
unreported cases is much higher
28.
29. The death penalty for rape was provided by
section 16 of the Offences against the Person Act
1828. The death penalty for rape was abolished by
section 3 of the Substitution of Punishments for
Death Act 1841 which substituted transportation for
life.
In January 1982, the Government accepted an
amendment to the Criminal Justice Bill the effect of
which, if enacted, would be to compel judges to
sentence men convicted of rape to imprisonment.
This followed a case earlier that month in which a
man convicted of rape had been fined £2,000.
30.
31. Who is affected by domestic violence?
Anyone can experience
domestic violence.
It happens in every community, young and old;
wealthy or poor; all cultures; people in same-sex
relationships; people with disabilities; those who
are socially successful and those who are struggling.
The majority of victims are women, although men
can also be victims.
32. 1 Find supportive friends
Have someone you can safely talk to while
deciding and making changes. Often people in
violent relationships become isolated and cut
off. Break the isolation and reach out.
2 Let go of feeling responsible
Domestic violence and abuse is not caused by
something you have done or not done. It is a
choice by your partner to exert control over you
and it is a crime. In most cases they will not stop
the violence without professional help.
3 Know your rights
You do not have to continue living with violence
and abuse. Seek legal advice and practical and
emotional support from your local services.
33. 4 Contact a support group
Organizations that support survivors of
domestic violence can help you connect to
others who have experienced similar situations.
This sharing can offer you direct help and hope.
5 Look after yourself
Try to find a safe place to have positive ‘time
out’. Living in a stressful situation can wear you
down.
34. What about the children?
Children living in a household where there is domestic
violence usually know exactly what is going on and
they may blame themselves for the violence and
tension in the household.
Some children may not have the words to tell
you how it is affecting them, but their
behaviours show you how they feel.
For example:
• Aggressive, demanding behaviour and
language
35. Children need:
• To know they are not forgotten and that you
notice what they are dealing with
• To feel and hear they are loved
• Protection from direct physical, sexual, emotional
and verbal abuse
• Encouragement to talk about their worries and
make sense of what is happening
• Reassurance that the violence is not their fault
• Help with making their own safety plan for where
to go when they are fearful