Domestic violence is a significant problem in India that disproportionately impacts women. Some key points: - 1 in 3 women in India will experience domestic violence during their lifetime. Crimes against women are reported every 3 minutes in India. - Domestic violence includes physical, sexual, psychological, emotional and economic abuse within intimate relationships, usually involving male perpetrators and female victims. - Exposure to domestic violence increases women's risk of depression, sexual/reproductive health issues, injury, death and contracting HIV/AIDS. - The Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act of 2005 provides legal protections and relief for affected women, including protection orders, residence orders, and compensation. - My

1. DOMESTIC
VIOLENCE
IN
INDIA
Winnie
Singh

2. You
can
tell
the
condi<on
of
a
na<on
by
looking
at
the
status
of
its
women.
-­‐
Jawaharlal
Nehru

3. DOMESTIC
VIOLENCE
Ø Domes<c
violence
is
controlling
behaviour
and
includes
all
kinds
of
physical,
sexual,
economic,
psychological
and
emo<onal
abuse
within
all
kinds
of
in<mate
rela<onships.
Ø The
perpetrators
of
domes<c
violence
or
abuse
are
usually
men
and
the
vic<ms
or
survivors
are
usually
women
and
children
that
they
know.

4. CRIME
AGAINST
WOMEN
Ø
1
crime
against
women
every
3
minutes
Ø
One
rape
every
29
minutes
Ø
One
dowry
death
case
every
77
minutes
Ø
One
case
of
cruelty
by
husband
and
rela<ves
every
9
minutes
Ø
1
suicide
every
4
hours
Source:
Na,onal
Crime
Records
Bureau

5. Sta<s<cs
Across
the
World
• 1 in 3 women will experience either
intimate partner or non-partner violence
• Intimate partner violence affects 30%
women
• 23.2% high income women impacted by
IPV
• 37.7% women from SE Asia

6. Health
Impact
• Women exposed to Domestic Violence Are:
• Mental Health: Twice as likely to experience
depression
• Sexual and Reproductive Health: 16% more
likely to have low birth weight baby
• 15 times more likely to acquire HIV and 1.5
times more likely to contract STI/ STD
• Death and Injury: 42% women experiencing
physical or sexual abuse experience
injuries as a result
• 38% of women murdered globally were
committed by their husbands/ partners

7. Forms
of
Domes<c
Violence
1.
Physical
Abuse
2.
Sexual
Abuse
3.
Verbal
Abuse
4.
Psychological
/
Emo<onal
Abuse
5.
Economic
Abuse

8. What
do
you
understand
by
DOMESTIC
VIOLENCE?
What
does
it
look
like?
Where
does
it
happen?

11. Myth
1
Men
who
abuse
their
partners
are
uneducated,
socially
inept
and
outwardly
aggressive
Myth
2
Women
oZen
provoke
men
into
ba[ering
them
and
deserve
to
be
beaten
Myth
3
Alcohol
and
drug
abuse
cause
abusive
behavior
Myth
4
Ba[erers
cannot
control
their
anger
Myth
5
Women
who
stay
in
abusive
rela<onships
are
crazy;
they
must
enjoy
being
abused,
otherwise
they
would
leave
Myths
and
Facts

12. Does
your
Partner…
• Threaten
to
take
your
children?
• Restrict
you
from
talking
with
your
family
or
friends?
• Become
jealous
of
your
<me,
your
career,
or
other
people
in
your
life?
• Insist
on
going
everywhere
with
you
or
restrict
your
travel?
• Make
you
explain/jus<fy
when
you
spend
money
on
yourself
or
children?
• Beli[le
you
in
front
of
others?
• Get
abusive
or
violent
when
alcohol
is
involved?
• Lose
his/her
temper
and
throw
things,
break
objects
or
abuse
animals?
• Down-­‐play
any
act
of
aggression
as
being
a
minor
incident?

13. If
YES
to
any…
• Blames
you
for
his
behaviour
• Last
but
not
the
least……….Do
you
walk
on
eggshells
around
the
house?
• Are
you
nervous,
tense,
stressed
out
when
he
is
about
to
come
home
• If
you
have
said
“YES”
to
even
one
of
the
signs,
you
may
be
in
a
abusive
situa<on.
• YOU
MUST
SEEK
HELP.

14. Protec<on
of
Women
from
Domes<c
Violence
Act
2005
Through
this
Act,
affected
women
are
en<tled
to
the
following
reliefs/orders:
Ø
protec<on
Ø
residence
Ø
monetary
relief
Ø
compensa<on
Ø
custody
Ø
legal
service

15. WHAT
CAN
YOU
DO
TO
PROTECT
YOURSELF?
HOW
DO
WE
PREVENT
IT?

17. For
more
informa<on,
please
contact:
Maitri
India
J
-­‐92
Anant
Ram
Diary
RK
Puram
Sector
13
New
Delhi
110066,
India
www.maitriindia.org
email:
maitri@maitriindia.org
24
hour
Helpline:
+08010512345
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