Violence Against Women: Human Rights Perspective

Violence against women is a global phenomenon. In Indian Society the problem of violence against women is not new. The ever present fact of violence, both overt and covert physical and non-physical has an alarming influence on the status of women. In a society where women are marginalized and subjudicated for whatever reason women have become the victims of humiliation, torture and exploitation from time immemorial. Whenever and wherever women kept out of the decisional process and relegated to subordinate position the democracy has become a mockery and development has become a wild cry.