Power point presentation on Violence against women, its implications, role of law, support systems

1. VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
&
WOMEN’s SAFETY
Saramma Samuel
Principal
RVS College of Nursing, Sulur.

2. INTRODUCTION
Pattern of
behavior
Establish
&
Maintain
Control
spouse
Intimate
partner
parent
relative
ColleagueAuthority
StrangerPower

3. United Nations General Assembly- 1993
defines Violence against women
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 private or public life.

4. WOMEN’S RIGHTS
• The right to life
• The right to equality; dignity & respect
• The right to liberty, security , free choice
• The right to equal protection under the law;
• The right to be free from all forms of discrimination;
• The right to the highest standard attainable of physical
& mental health,
• The right to just and favourable conditions of work
• The right not to be subjected to torture, or other cruel,
inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment
• Right to practice religion according to her choice.

5. SHOCKING STATISTICS ABOUT WOMEN
• 70% women live in absolute poverty.
• Work 2/3rd of the world’s working hours, produce ½ of
the world’s food, and yet earn only 10% of the world’s
income and own less than 1% of the world’s property.
• 25 to 75 % of women are regularly beaten at home.
• ¼ th of women world over are raped during their
lifetime.
• Over 120 million women have undergone female
genital mutilation.
• 12% of the parliamentary seats in the worldwide.
• Women account for 2/3rds of the world’s illiterate
adults, and girls

6. Forms of violence and abuse include
PHYSICAL VIOLENCE
SEXUAL VIOLENCE
EMOTIONAL VIOLENCE
PSYCHOLOGICAL VIOLENCE
SPIRITUAL VIOLENCE
CULTURAL VIOLENCE
VERBAL ABUSE
FINANCIAL ABUSE &
NEGLECT

7. Nine Types of Violence and Abuse
Physical Violence
Physical violence occurs
when someone uses a part of
their body or an object to
control a person’s actions.
Sexual Violence
Sexual violence occurs when a
person is forced to unwillingly
take part in sexual activity.
Emotional Violence
Emotional violence occurs
when someone says or does
something to make a person
feel stupid or worthless.
Psychological Violence
Psychological violence
occurs when someone uses
threats and causes fear in an
individual to gain control.
Spiritual Violence
Spiritual (or religious) violence
occurs when someone uses an
individual’s spiritual beliefs to
manipulate, dominate or
control that person.
Cultural Violence
Cultural violence occurs when
an individual is harmed as a
result of practices that are part
of her or his culture, religion or
tradition.
Verbal Abuse
Verbal abuse occurs when
someone uses language,
whether spoken or written, to
cause harm to an individual.
Financial Abuse
Financial abuse occurs when
someone controls an
individual’s financial resources
without the person’s consent or
misuses those resources.
Neglect
Neglect occurs when someone
has the responsibility to provide
care or assistance for an
individual but does not.

8. WHIPPED AND ABUSED BY HER PARTNER

9. CANED BY HER HUSBAND AFTER A DRUNKED BRAWL

10. DOMESTIC VIOLENCE – SHE TRUSTED HIM

12. SET ABLAZE

13. VIOLENT HUSBAND SET HER ON FIRE

14. BEFOREACIDATTACK
AFTERACIDATTACK

16. ARUNA SHANBHAG
brutally assaulted by a ward boy, throttled her with a dog chain

17. GRADUATION PIC
CRIMINAL ACT

18. FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
• Strictly enforced Gender roles
• Association of masculinity with toughness and
dominance
• Punishment of women and children as an accepted
value
• Violence accepted as a standard way to resolve
conflicts.
• Substance Abuse.
• Stress associated with poverty.
• Internet/ pornography/ Lust

19. Contd…
• TRADITIONAL PRACTICES
• Informal community justice, may use traditional
sanctions, such as honour crimes: women
protest forced marriage and leaves, accused of
infidelity and killed to restore family honour
• Female genital mutilation
• Dowry practices
• Forced marriage/child marriage
• Woman ceded from one family to another in
order to settle a dispute

20. FEATURES OF THE ABUSED PERSON -VICTIM
• Emotional and economic dependency
• Continued faith and hope abuser will
"grow up"
• Anxious/ Depression
• Accepts blame and guilt for violence
• Socially isolated, e. g avoids social
interaction,
• Accepts stereotypical sex roles
• Low self-esteem, has poor self-image
• Contemplates or attempts suicide, or
self-harms
• May defend any criticism of abuser
• May have repeatedly left, or
considered leaving the relationship

21. Characteristics of an abusive person
• Jealousy
• Controlling Behaviour
• Quick Involvement
• Unrealistic Expectations
• Isolation
• Blame-shifting for Problems
• Blame-shifting for Feelings
• Hypersensitivity
• Cruelty to Animals
• Cruelty to Children

22. Contd…..
• 'Playful' use of Force in Sex
• Rigid Gender Roles
• Verbal Abuse
• Dr. Jekyll and Mr Hyde
• Drink or Substance Abuse
• History of Battering or Sexual Violence
• Negative Attitude toward Women
• Threatening Violence
• Breaking or Striking Objects
• Any Force during an Argument

24. DOMINATOR

25. MANORAMA DEVI- MANIPUR
Indian paramilitary unit, 17th Assam Rifles

26. DAMINI

27. NIRBHAYA

28. MALALA
shot by terrorists

33. ACT
• If you suspect that someone you know is
being abused, speak up!
• Ask if something is wrong.
• Express concern.
• Listen and validate.
• Offer help.
• Support his or her decisions.

34. Don’t
• Wait for him or her to come to you.
• Judge or blame.
• Pressure him or her.
• Give advice.
• Place conditions on your support

35. WOMEN’S SAFETY
KABIR BEDI’S 6 Ps
• PEOPLE/ PARENTS
• POLITICIANS
• POLICE
• PROSECUTION
• PRISON
• PRESS

36. WOMEN EMPOWERMENT
• is a process of change
• a multi – dimensional social process that helps people
to gain control over their own lives.
• participation in the decision making process and access
to power.
• Freedom to make decisions
• The achievement of personal autonomy through
development and use of life skills
• acquiring the power to think and act freely, exercise
choice, and to fulfil their potential

37. Types of power
1) The power within:
• spiritual strength,
• self esteem,
• self assertiveness
2) The power from outside :
• comes from being with other people
• share a common goal
• the strength that results from collective actions.
3) The power to : becoming agents of change.

38. EMPOWERED FROM WITHIN

40. LEGAL PROVISIONS
Laws under the Indian Penal Code (IPC)
• Dowry Prohibition Act: any property or valuable (direct
or indirect) given before, at or after the marriage
• Section 304B: Death of a woman within 7 years of her
marriage
• Section 498A: When husband or his family subjects
woman to cruelty (“intentional” behaviour that causes
serious injury or harassment for dowry)
• Section 376: Rape law
• Section 294: Obscene acts and songs
• Section 354: Intent to outrage a woman’s modesty

41. Women’s Movement in India
• Increase in the number of women’s organisations over
the past few decades
• Access to media has Increased the awareness of
women’s rights
• Demand for women police officers for investigation
cases against women
• Social status of women : stronger “political” voice;
visibility in the economy and increased number of
girls in education
• United Campaigns about violence against women
(from the individual to the community level)

42. FROM EXPERIENCE
• Have a good friend in whom you can
confide in.
• Talk about the Violence
• Don’t carry the guilt of someone else’s
action
• Courage is not the absence of fear but
the conviction to act inspite of fear.

43. THANKYOU