Violence Against Women and Their Exploitation in India

This book deals with the most important issues of violence and exploitation of women in Indian society. The violence against women in such forms as suicide, bride-burning, rape, abduction and kidnapping , wife battering etc. as also the eve teasing, molestation, bigamy, fraudulent marriages, adultery and enticement of married women, harassment of women at place of work, female child abuse and abuse of elderly female etc. has increased manyfold. Such electronic medium as television has added new dimension as its programmes are said to increase the women’s exploitation.