DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN

AUTHOR – ASHIKA.M.VIJAYKUMAR, STUDENT AT ALLIANCE UNIVERSITY

BEST CITATION – ASHIKA.M.VIJAYKUMAR, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN, ILE WEEKLY REVIEW (ILE WR), 1 (9) OF 2023, PG. 11-16, APIS – 3920 – 0037 | ISBN – 978-81-964391-3-2.

ABSTRACT

Domestic violence or family violence is abuse against women, children, and parents, usually in a domestic setting. Such violence happens with intimate partners in a relationship by marriage or cohabitation. It is also against children and the elderly, both of whom are vulnerable parties. Domestic violence includes harm, concern for safety and well-being, mental and physical health, and physical, sexual, verbal, and emotional abuse of the offended individual. Women in India experience domestic violence regardless of their caste, religion, region, or class. In India, the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 protects the wife or female live-in partner from domestic violence at the hands of the husband or male live-in partner or his relatives, Section 498A of  states that- Whoever, being the husband or the relative of the husband of a woman, subjects such woman to cruelty will be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three years and shall also be liable to fine. In this research, we will study the causes, concerns, health problems, and risk factors of female victims of domestic violence in rural areas of India and what measures can be taken to stop it from happening.