No more domestic abuse says the Indian government
October 26th 2006 03:18
The Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act 2005 comes into effect this Thursday in India.
According to estimates, about 70% of women in India are victims of domestic abuse in some form. Kids who grow up being abused or seeing their mother abused will in turn continue that into their adulthood and the vicious cycle continues...
Under this law, domestic violence offenders can be jailed for a maximum of one year or fined up to Rs 20,000, or both.
The new law provides an all-encompassing definition of domestic violence including not only physical violence by the husband, such as beating or physically hurting his wife, or sexual violence like forced intercourse, but also verbal or emotional violence such as insulting the wife or preventing her from taking up a job, and even economic violence such as not allowing the wife to use her salary.
The law addresses sexual abuse of children, or forcing girls to marry against their wishes as well.
While I commend the government’s intentions with both this law and the law to prevent child labor, I wonder about how the government is going to make it work?. Does the government have the necessary power and will to implement and maintain these laws ? Or is this just lip-service to be made effective and then forgotten or wilfully disobeyed like most other laws in India?
Only time will tell……
According to estimates, about 70% of women in India are victims of domestic abuse in some form. Kids who grow up being abused or seeing their mother abused will in turn continue that into their adulthood and the vicious cycle continues...
Under this law, domestic violence offenders can be jailed for a maximum of one year or fined up to Rs 20,000, or both.
The new law provides an all-encompassing definition of domestic violence including not only physical violence by the husband, such as beating or physically hurting his wife, or sexual violence like forced intercourse, but also verbal or emotional violence such as insulting the wife or preventing her from taking up a job, and even economic violence such as not allowing the wife to use her salary.
The law addresses sexual abuse of children, or forcing girls to marry against their wishes as well.
While I commend the government’s intentions with both this law and the law to prevent child labor, I wonder about how the government is going to make it work?. Does the government have the necessary power and will to implement and maintain these laws ? Or is this just lip-service to be made effective and then forgotten or wilfully disobeyed like most other laws in India?
Only time will tell……
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Comment by Damo
Yet India has come a long way in the last few years, lets hopethe laws do work.
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