The document discusses violence against women in India, its causes, types, and efforts to prevent it. It notes that women have lost status due to social and political changes and are now prone to various crimes. Violence includes threats, abuse, control, stalking, rape, abduction, murder, and dowry deaths. Causes include the media, misuse of the internet, and patriarchal philosophies like dowry. Crimes are classified under the Indian Penal Code or other laws. Prevention efforts include instilling ethics, CCTV, transportation safety, and empowering women through rights awareness and self-defense training. The government has also enacted policies and initiatives to address violence against women.

1. Abduraheem.P.P.
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Women Safety

2. Women is a symbol of love,
purity, knowledge, sacrifice.
Later on, because of social, political changes,
women lost their status and were relegated to the
background and are very much prone to crimes
against them nowadays. Swami Vivekananda
said “Circumstances have forced upon us, for
many centuries, the women's need of protection.
This, and not her inferiority, is the true reading of
our customs”.

3. Violence of women includes
 Threats
 Sexual abuse
 Emotional abuse
 control &domineering
 Intimidation
 Stalking

4.  Rape
 Abduction
 kidnapping
 Murder(criminal violence).
 Dowry death
 Wife battering

6. CAUSES ?
 Film and media
Both these media are projecting films and
advertisements that contains nudity and vulgarity
 Misuse of Internet:
There are millions of porn sites.
 Philosophy of Patriarchy:
 Dowry.

7. Classification
These are broadly classified into two categories.
A. The Crimes Under the Indian Penal Code(IPC)
Seven Crimes included under this head are as
follows:
 I. Rape (section 376IPC)
 II. Kidnapping and Abduction for specified
purposes (section 363- 373IPC)
 III. Homicide for dowry, deaths or attempts
(section 302/304-B IPC)

8.  IV. Torture –both mental & physical (section 498-A
IPC)
 V. Assault on women with an intent to outrage her
modesty (sec. 354)
 VI. Insult to the modesty of women (sec. 509 IPC)
VII.Importation of girls from foreign countries
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9. Prevention/Reduction of these
crimes
 Instilling the ethical values in & among the male
gender
 Installation of CCTV cameras in public places.
 Clean and safe public toilets for women.
 Improved infrastructure, including pavements and
street lights.
 Improving the public transport system.
 Restriction on drinking in public places.

10.  Increased police presence and more recruitment
of women in police, as well as gender-
sensitization of the entire police force.
 Deployment of uniformed as well as plain-clothes
police personnel in public places.
 Increased publicity of helpline numbers,
accompanied by effective and immediate
readdresses of complaints of sexual harassment
received through the helpline.

11. Government’s Initiatives
Government’s Initiatives There have been a number of
initiatives from the national government or the judiciary
which have touched upon issues of violence and crimes
against women.
The National Policy for the Empowerment of
Women,2001. The policy also made a specific mention
of violence against women, asserting that:
“All forms of violence against women, physical and
mental, whether at domestic or societal levels, including
those arising from customs, traditions or accepted
practices shall be dealt with effectively with a view to
eliminate its incidence. Institutions and
mechanisms/schemes for assistance will be created
and strengthened for prevention of such violence,
including sexual harassment at work place and
customs like dowry; for the rehabilitation of the victims
of violence and for taking effective action against the

12. Recommendations for women
 Awareness about the rights and laws
 Awareness about the immediate aid like the
usage of mobiles.
 Carrying instruments that could save them at the
time of incidents like pepper sprays.
 Self defence training.
 Equal share of property rather than dowry.

13. Thank you