Violence Against Women

“Violence against women continues unabated in our country, both inside and outside the home, despite the legal safeguards provided for women. Women are often terrorised so that they do not assert their rights. Violence against women manifests itself as rape, molestation, stripping, eve-teasing, kidnapping, domestic violence including wife battering, dowry harassment and dowry death, etc. Cruelty to women driving them to commit suicide or other forms of murder like female, foeticide, female infanticide and sati. As is well-known, reporting of such cases is very poor, generally for fear of social stigma, poverty of parents, lack of evidence and so on. Although violence against women is a global problem, it is yet to be recognised as an issue of human rights abuse. This book covers the diverse aspects of the subject and discusses complexity of problems faced by women."