One in Three Women in Rural Udaipur, Delhi Experience Violence Due to Poor Care-work: Oxfam Report
4 years, 1 month ago

One in Three Women in Rural Udaipur, Delhi Experience Violence Due to Poor Care-work: Oxfam Report

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One out of three women and girls have faced physical violence because of poor care-work performance in rural Udaipur and Delhi, according to a new report. Prepared by Oxfam, the ‘India Inequality Report 2020: On Women’s Backs’ pointed out that 50 per cent of interviewed women said men should not help with unpaid care work. “One out of three women and girls have faced physical violence because of poor care-work performance and two out of three women have faced verbal violence at home and one out of three men admitted to have been violent to their wives,” the report said, in its findings from rural Udaipur and Delhi. Referring to the National Family Health Survey-2015-16, the report said 26.1 per cent of girls and women agree that a husband is justified in hitting or beating his wife if she goes out without husband’s permission, while 32.7 per cent girls and women in same age group think domestic violence is justified if the wife neglects house or children, 19.1 per cent if she does not cook properly and 37.1 per cent if she shows disrespect towards her in-laws.

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Community-led interventions find over 4,000 victims of violence in Mumbai slums
1 week, 6 days ago

Community-led interventions find over 4,000 victims of violence in Mumbai slums

The Hindu  

Over 4,000 women from the slums of Mumbai have admitted to experiencing violence. Based on the program monitoring data, Dr. Nayreen Daruwalla, Programme Director of SNEHA said that the program was conducted in 48 urban informal settlement clusters of Kurla and Wadala covering a population of around 60,000 people of which 4,121 women between the age group of 18 and …

Crimes against women must stop for the country to prosper
1 year ago

Crimes against women must stop for the country to prosper

Live Mint  

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Shraddha Walkar case puts spotlight on violent relationships: Understanding why women don’t leave their abusive partners
2 years, 1 month ago

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Firstpost  

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Women, girls safer in India since 2015, say NFHS figures: Government in Parliament
2 years, 5 months ago

Women, girls safer in India since 2015, say NFHS figures: Government in Parliament

Firstpost  

Domestic violence, including violence during pregnancy down from NFHS-4 survey period. No increase in sexual violence against girls under 18 years was reported under Modi regime New Delhi: The government on Wednesday informed the Parliament that there has been a favourable decline in crimes against women in India since 2015. The WCD Minister said that as per the latest National …

May the Female Force Be With You: India Must Harness the Strength of Women in the Workforce
2 years, 7 months ago

May the Female Force Be With You: India Must Harness the Strength of Women in the Workforce

News 18  

Michelle Obama’s famous remarks that “No country can ever truly flourish if it stifles the potential of its women and deprives itself of the contributions of half of its citizens” deserves more attention than ever as we celebrate this International Labour Day. As a result of its strict adherence to social norms and patriarchal values, Indian society disproportionately places the …

Data | Silent survivors: 80% wives in Tamil Nadu say husbands are justified in beating them
2 years, 8 months ago

Data | Silent survivors: 80% wives in Tamil Nadu say husbands are justified in beating them

The Hindu  

The results of the National Family Health Survey-5 have revealed stark truths about the domestic violence inflicted on women and their muted response to it. Tamil Nadu women’s acceptance of domestic violence stemmed from the fact that 48% of them had witnessed their father beating their mother — the highest such share among all States. With 79.8% of women justifying …

What is keeping women from going to work?
3 years ago

What is keeping women from going to work?

Hindustan Times  

Though the Indian economy more than doubled in size and the number of working-age women grew by a quarter over the last two decades, the number of women in jobs declined by ten million. The paper also explores two key gender-oriented factors as potential reasons that can lead to high crime rates against women and girls: these are consumption of …

Pandemic hit domestic workers hard: study
3 years, 5 months ago

Pandemic hit domestic workers hard: study

The Hindu  

Domestic workers are staring at increased job and financial insecurity induced by the pandemic crisis, according to findings of a research done by faculty members at the Central University of Tamil Nadu, Thiruvarur among women in Kochi, Mumbai and Delhi. Chitra in their paper titled ‘Impact of COVID-19 on the Informal Sector: A Study of Women Domestic Workers in India’ …

India’s women and the workforce
3 years, 9 months ago

India’s women and the workforce

Hindustan Times  

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