The National Commission for Women has said it had seen a 30% rise in complaints of crimes against women in 2021, compared to 2020. In 2020 also, the Commission had received a record high number of complaints, one quarter of them related to domestic violence -- in just April and May of that year, during the nation-wide lockdown, 47.2% of …
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Nearly 30% women in India who were married at some point in their life experienced spousal violence, according to the National Family Health Survey-5. While the overall share of women who experienced spousal violence has marginally reduced from NFHS-4, it has increased significantly in several major States including Karnataka and Maharashtra. Click to remove AMP mode Change from NFHS-4 The …
