Atrocities Against Women
Earlier it was considered a sin to have a daughter . After revelation of
Quran upon Prophet Muhammad PBUH ,it got its new birth in a dignified way
through " Surah Nissa". If we see in real sense women is already blessed being
polite and constructive. She is a source of reward of course. They care for
their families and plays multiple roles in society as daughter of someone, as a
sister, also the wife and the most dignified and valuable role as mother.
Nowadays a girl/ women is being victimized due to ignorance. She has to face
hardships in each and every sphere of life be it her private or public sphere.
Women is being tortured from her early childhood stage by number of ways like
discrimination in matters of education,proffession,etc. If she is allowed to
work outside ,she has to face molestation, harassment, voyeurism and many more
things.
When she is married, she gets mentally as well physically abused by dowry
demands and dowry deaths . So a women is not safe even in her house too . In
order to tackle these atrocities against women, law came up as rescue.
Different provisions are envisaged in different statutes both at international
as well as domestic setup. In India we have Indian constitution the grandnorm
which guarantees gender equality under its preamble and provide mechanism for
the women empowerment. Also Indian penal code consists of separate chapter
"offences against women" which are meant to safeguard the women against
different offences like rape ,sexual harassment, acid attacks etc.
Various legislations like "the protection of women from domestic violence
Act,2005","dowry prohibition Act,1961","prevention of sexual harassment at work
places Act,2013" etc. have been also incorporated to address such issues. At the
international setup, Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against
Women (CEDAW Committee) has drafted obligations upon states towards CEDAW
Convention to protect women against all types of Discrimination.
It is astonishing to note that in some cases like " Nirbaya gang rape case
"where victim was brutally harassed, tortured and raped. Due to the delay and
snails pace of prosecution's follow up, the justice could not be prevailed at
the right time. After being raped the victim sunk and lost their life and turned
the whole nation in crippled form. Though late the legislation came up with the
good amendment of some provisions relating to the protection of women for speedy
trials.
But even people turned deaf ears to these laws and regulations. So, whosoever be
involved in such offence, courts shall act very tough so that such worst
incidents will not appear on the pages of criminal history. Being a universal
problem, former UN secretary general Boutrous Ghali has said that violence
against women is an obstacle to the achievement of equality , development and
peace and ultimately nullifies women's enjoyment of their human rights and
fundamental freedoms. So, let's wow to know her importance to keep her in
dignified manner always.
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