VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND THE LAW RELATED TO IT Submitted By :- Rahul Chawla 02516503510 Kokila Kumar 00316503510 Varun Sharma 00716503510 LAW POVERTY AND DEVELOPMENT PROJECT
INTRODUCTION 4 Table of Contents MEANING OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN 6 STATUS QUO 7 VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN (VAW) 9 Violence across the Lifespan of Women 9 TYPES OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN. 11 1. Rape 11 2. Marital Rape 11 Violence against victims of Rape 12 3. Domestic Violence 12 4. Honour Killings 13 5. Dowry Violence 13 6. Acid Throwing 14 7. Forced Marriage 14 8. Mob Violence 15 9. Stalking 15 10. Sexual Harassment 15 11. Human Trafficking and Forced Prostitution 16 12. Mistreatment of Widows 17 13. State Violence 17 a. Forced Sterilization 17 b. Forced Abortion 18 C. Genocidal Rapes 18 d. Violence by Police and Other Authority Figures 19 14. Female Genital Mutilation 19 15. Breast Ironing. 20 CONSTITUTIONAL AND STATUTORY MANDATES 21 Constitutional provisions 21 The Preamble 21 Fundamental Rights 21 Directive Principles of State Policy and Women 23 Fundamental Duties 24 Other provisions in the Constitution 24 1
Special Initiatives for women 25 Statutory mandates 25 Women specific legislations. 26 Women related legislations 28 Laws relating to working women 39 Health related Laws 42 Conclusion And Lacunas 43 International perspective 45 Evolution of Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) 45 Role of World Health Organization 46 Initiatives By Who 47 International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights 48 Universal Declaration of Human Rights 48 Convention on the Political Rights of Women 49 International Convention on Civil and Political Right (ICCPR) 49 WHAT THE RECORD BOOKS SUGGEST 50 The crimes under then Indian Penal Code (IPC) 50 The crimes under then special & local laws (SLL). 50 Reported incidents of crime 51 Crime rate 52 Trend analysis 52 Crime head-wise analysis (IPC) 53 Rape (Sec. 376 IPC) 53 Incest rape 53 Rape victims 54 Kidnapping & abduction (Sec. 363-373 IPC) 54 Dowry Deaths (Sec. 302, 304B IPC). 54 Torture (cruelty by husband or his relatives) (Sec. 498-A IPC) 54 Assault on women with intent to outrage her modesty (Sec. 354 IPC) 54 Insult to the modesty of women (Sec. 509 IPC). 55 Importation of girl from foreign country (Sec. 366-B IPC). 55 Crime-head wise analysis (Special laws) 56 Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, 1956 56 2