Protecting Women from Domestic Violence

"Domestic violence is the most common constant in women's lives around the world, there are few major problems anywhere, women without race, class, or age can escape from contact." - Joni Seager Abstract: Domestic violence against women can cause social problems almost anywhere in the world. Recently, in some states, we are beginning to recognize the need to protect women from the abuse of women by families and relatives. Many countries have policies and practices aimed at protecting women, but many countries are lagging behind this problem.

In 2005, the Law on the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence ("Domestic Violence Act") was adopted to prescribe civil law relief measures to protect women in India from domestic violence. Domestic violence law covers all forms of physical, linguistic, emotional, economic and sexual abuse and forms part of the anti-endurance law as long as it is one of the causes of domestic violence It is. Article 3 of the Domestic Violence Act stipulates all forms of harassment, injury, and injury that forcibly force women to meet the requirements of illegal dowry. Several common remedies provided by the Domestic Violence Act are as follows.

In January, India launched the first law ("Women's Protection Act from Domestic Violence 2005") to tackle domestic violence to protect the rights of female victims of domestic violence and raising related issues It took effect. Or attached. It also defines repetitive insults, absurd insults, compulsion possession of partners and embarrassing demonstrations, ie domestic violence. The biggest challenge now is the actual enforcement.

In 2005, the Indian female movement established an amazing civil law on domestic violence. The Law on the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence (PWDVA) authorizes judges to enforce detention orders, taking into consideration various domestic violence that women suffer, demands abusers to pay maintenance fees And guarantee the rights of shared homes to women. Recently, I accompanied a domestic violence survivor to police stations in two different regions in India. One is a domestic worker living in the city's slums. Another is a white woman who married Rachel, a wealthy Indian family. In either case, the police respond in exactly the same way.