Violence Against Women In India

Author : N. Prabha Unnithan,Mahesh K. Nalla
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 235 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2019-10-23
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781351167901

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Violence against Women in India by N. Prabha Unnithan,Mahesh K. Nalla Pdf

Women in India constitute nearly half of its population of over a billion people, and this book is a rigorous social scientific examination of the issue of violence against women in India. It draws from the latest criminological research on the nature and extent of such violence; discusses cultural myths and practices that underlie the problem; and examines policies and programs that respond to it. This collection will advance research, justice, and social action to tackle this heartbreaking problem. The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of the International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice.

Author : Mamta Mehrotra
Publisher : Prabhat Prakashan
Page : 213 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2014-01-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9788184302684

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Crimes Against Women In India by Mamta Mehrotra Pdf

The Book deals with contemporary issues of rape; the aftermath and THE judgment. Rape is rampant in the country. No girl or women for that matter is safe; whether at home; workplace or on the road. With or without a chaperon she is subjected to all kinds of humility. A woman is not safe even in the so called safe environment of her home. The person who takes oath to protect her sometimes; rather most of the times becomes one whom she has to fear. She is unsafe even with him. Is it right? This subject of rape has been extensively dealt in this book; cited with many instances from the present times. It also deals with the verdicts passed on these atrocities. Like Draupadi a woman needs protection for there are innumerable men ready to pounce at her and subject her to un-mentionable humiliation. But where is Krishna? Who is there to protect her? Treat her as a human and not as an article to be used and thrown. Is the judiciary blind like Dhritarashtra or helpless like Bhishma. The book deals with many such issues. And the question remains: Are women safe?

Author : Sangeeta Rege,Padma Bhate-Deosthali,T K Sundari Ravindran
Publisher : Routledge Chapman & Hall
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2023-09-25
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0367509490

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Violence Against Women and Girls by Sangeeta Rege,Padma Bhate-Deosthali,T K Sundari Ravindran Pdf

This book discusses the pervasiveness of violence against women (VAW) in India and traces its evolution as a public health concern. It highlights the fundamental relationship between health and violence and identifies institutional gaps, which hinder comprehensive healthcare and support to VAW survivors. The volume brings together in-depth case studies from various states and civil society organisations on their initiatives to help bring adequate support and health services to women affected by VAW. These include engagement with hospitals to increase awareness and sensitivity among health service providers and community-run health clinics for marginalised women. The book documents the mobilising efforts of feminists, community-based organisations, state institutions, and CSOs in developing comprehensive healthcare responses and bringing violence against women into the public health discourse. It provides insights into the lack of guidelines for responding to sexual violence in medical and nursing education, and the way that the police and the justice system function in India. This book will be of interest to public health professionals, and students and researchers in public health, gender studies, social work, and sociology. It will also be useful for policymakers and for professionals working for thinktanks or CSOs working on developing health system responses to VAW.

Author : Aruna Goel
Publisher : Deep and Deep Publications
Page : 422 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 8176294977

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Violence Against Women by Aruna Goel Pdf

Relates To The Development And Empowerment Of Women In India In The Context Of Growing Violence Against Women In India. It Has 11 Chapters Including Our Case Study From Haryana And Appendices. The Study Should Help Policy Makers And Administrators In Taking Realistic Decisions On The Gender Issue And Promote Welfare Of Women.

Author : Bishakha Datta
Publisher : Zubaan
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2012-12-31
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789381017340

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Nine Degrees of Justice by Bishakha Datta Pdf

From an early focus on rape, dowry and sati, feminist struggles against violence on women in India have traversed a wide terrain to include issues that were invisible in the 1980s. In Nine Degrees of Justice, second- and third-generation feminists share their perspectives on violence against women through a series of thought-provoking essays. Published by Zubaan.

Author : Ram Ahuja
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Social Science
ISBN : UOM:39015013526143

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Crime Against Women by Ram Ahuja Pdf

Author : Jennifer L. Solotaroff,Rohini Prabha Pande
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2014-09-04
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781464801723

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Violence against Women and Girls by Jennifer L. Solotaroff,Rohini Prabha Pande Pdf

This report documents the dynamics of violence against women in South Asia across the life cycle, from early childhood to old age. It explores the different types of violence that women may face throughout their lives, as well as the associated perpetrators (male and female), risk and protective factors for both victims and perpetrators, and interventions to address violence across all life cycle stages. The report also analyzes the societal factors that drive the primarily male — but also female — perpetrators to commit violence against women in the region. For each stage and type of violence, the report critically reviews existing research from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka, supplemented by original analysis and select literature from outside the region. Policies and programs that address violence against women and girls are analyzed in order to highlight key actors and promising interventions. Finally, the report identifies critical gaps in research, program evaluations, and interventions in order to provide strategic recommendations for policy makers, civil society, and other stakeholders working to mitigate violence against women in South Asia.

Author : Claudia García-Moreno,World Health Organization,Christina Pallitto,Karen Devries,Heidi Stöckl,Charlotte Watts,Naeema Abrahams
Publisher : World Health Organization
Page : 58 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Education
ISBN : 9789241564625

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Global and Regional Estimates of Violence Against Women by Claudia García-Moreno,World Health Organization,Christina Pallitto,Karen Devries,Heidi Stöckl,Charlotte Watts,Naeema Abrahams Pdf

"World Health Organization, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, South African Medical Research Council"--Title page.

Author : Anita Riecher-Rössler,Claudia García-Moreno
Publisher : Karger Medical and Scientific Publishers
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9783805599887

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Violence Against Women and Mental Health by Anita Riecher-Rössler,Claudia García-Moreno Pdf

Too prevalent to ignore : violence against women, its prevalence, and health consequences / García-Moreno, C., Stockl, H. -- Gender-based violence in the Middle-East : a review / Madi Skaff, J. -- Violence against women in Latin America / Gaviria A., S.L. -- Violence against women in south Asia / Niaz, U. -- Violence against women in Europe : magnitude and the mental health consequences described by different data sources / Helweg-Larsen, K. -- Intimate partner violence as a risk factor for mental health in South Africa / Jewkes, R. -- Intimate partner violence and mental health / Oram, S., Howard, L.M. -- Sexual assault and women's mental health / Martin, S.L., Parcesepe, A.M. -- Child sexual abuse of girls / MacMillan, H.L., Wathen, C.N. -- Sexual violence and armed conflict : a systematic review of psychosocial support interventions / Stavrou, V. -- Abuse and trafficking among female migrants and refugees / Kastrup, M. -- Abuse in doctor-patient relationships / Tschan, W. -- Workplace harassment based on sex : a risk factor for women's mental health / Cortina, L.M., Leskinen, E.A. -- Violence against women and suicidality : does violence cause suicidal behaviour? / Devries, K.M., Seguin, M. -- Violence against women suffering from severe psychiatric illness / Rondon, M.B. -- Violence against women and mental health : conclusions / García-Moreno, C., Riecher-Rössler, A.

Author : Kalpana Kannabirān,Ritu Menon
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Social Science
ISBN : UOM:39015070142776

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From Mathura to Manorama by Kalpana Kannabirān,Ritu Menon Pdf

From the late 1970s to the present, feminists in India have had to deal with spiralling violence against women and the alarming ramifications of its forms, as well as assess their strategies to combat it. This monograph reviews twenty-five years of protest and action by them, in an attempt to take both our analysis and theories forward. It maps the trajectory of feminist organising in India in the post-Emergency period, after 1977; the paths of legal reform and the points at which they have intersected with, or resulted from, feminist campaigns; the texture of campaigns and the creativity with which women's groups have fashioned and sustained difficult struggles against violence; the persistence of feminist interventions and the ways in which different groups have been able to tilt the balance in favour of women in perceptible ways; and the escalation of collective violence, increasingly by agents of the state, against women. Notwithstanding the diversity of formal political affiliations and theoretical analyses within the women's movement, the last twenty-five years have seen the evolution of a minimum consensus that categorically rejects any rationalisation of violence against women, even while recognising its complexity.

Author : Jyoti Atwal,Iris Flessenkämper
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2019-08-08
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000639230

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Gender and Violence in Historical and Contemporary Perspectives by Jyoti Atwal,Iris Flessenkämper Pdf

This book covers a range of issues and phenomena around gender-related violence in specific cultural and regional conditions. Using an interdisciplinary approach, it discusses historical and contemporary developments that trigger violence while highlighting the social conditions, practices, discourses, and cultural experiences of gender-related violence in India. Beginning with the issues of gender-based violence within the traditional context of Indian history and colonial encounters, it moves on to explore the connections between gender, minorities, marginalisation, sexuality, and violence, especially violence against Dalit women, disabled women, and transgender people. It traces and interprets similarities and differences as well as identifies social causes of potential conflicts. Further, it investigates the forms and mechanisms of political, economic, and institutional violence in the legitimation or de-legitimation of traditional gender roles. The chapters deal with sexual violence, violence within marriage and family, influence of patriarchal forces within factory-based gender violence, and global processes such as demand-driven surrogacy and the politics of literary and cinematic representations of gender-based violence. The book situates relevant debates about India and underlines the global context in the making of the gender bias that leads to violence both in the public and private domains. An important contribution to feminist scholarship, this book will be useful to scholars and researchers of gender studies, women’s studies, history, sociology, and political science.

Author : Preeti Misra
Publisher : Deep and Deep Publications
Page : 652 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : STANFORD:36105130558369

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Domestic Violence Against Women by Preeti Misra Pdf

Author : National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Panel on Research on Violence Against Women
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1996-06-07
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780309175838

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Understanding Violence Against Women by National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Panel on Research on Violence Against Women Pdf

Violence against women is one factor in the growing wave of alarm about violence in American society. High-profile cases such as the O.J. Simpson trial call attention to the thousands of lesser-known but no less tragic situations in which women's lives are shattered by beatings or sexual assault. The search for solutions has highlighted not only what we know about violence against women but also what we do not know. How can we achieve the best understanding of this problem and its complex ramifications? What research efforts will yield the greatest benefit? What are the questions that must be answered? Understanding Violence Against Women presents a comprehensive overview of current knowledge and identifies four areas with the greatest potential return from a research investment by increasing the understanding of and responding to domestic violence and rape: What interventions are designed to do, whom they are reaching, and how to reach the many victims who do not seek help. Factors that put people at risk of violence and that precipitate violence, including characteristics of offenders. The scope of domestic violence and sexual assault in America and its conequences to individuals, families, and society, including costs. How to structure the study of violence against women to yield more useful knowledge. Despite the news coverage and talk shows, the real fundamental nature of violence against women remains unexplored and often misunderstood. Understanding Violence Against Women provides direction for increasing knowledge that can help ameliorate this national problem.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8194233712

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The Silence and the Storm by Anonim Pdf

Author : Paula L. Ellman,Jhuma Basak,Gertraud Schlessinger-Kipp
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 95 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2021-07-08
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780429594144

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Psychoanalytic and Socio-Cultural Perspectives on Women in India by Paula L. Ellman,Jhuma Basak,Gertraud Schlessinger-Kipp Pdf

This important book provides a bridge between psychoanalytic perspectives and socio-cultural issues to shine a spotlight on the experiences of women in India today. Women’s well-being and security has often depended upon their gender positioning while other binaries like rural-urban, class, and caste have also played a crucial role globally and especially in India. Historically, women have been subjected to various forms of oppression that include sex selective abortions, domestic violence, bride burning for dowry, and acid attacks. Threats to women’s security have recently increased with progressive polarization and hardening of socio-political and cultural ideologies. This book assesses how women’s lives are impacted by these social and cultural conventions and stigma, including ideas around motherhood, religion, intimacy and femininity itself, and the psychological implications these have. Topics include the seduction of religion, motherhood in contemporary times, intimacy and violence, and fundamentalist states of mind in the clinical space. While the book echoes a regional specificity, it simultaneously resonates a backdrop of global change of affairs that has its impact on ideological freedom and the concept of inclusivity in terms of gender, race, culture, and politics across the world. For this comprehensive perspective, the effort is to create a platform of authors comprising psychoanalysts, social scientists, scholars from the liberal arts discipline, as well as social activists. In a country where women have been historically subjected to both psychological and physical oppression, this timely and original book will interest a range of scholars interested in gender, mental health and contemporary Indian society, as well as clinicians in the field.