International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research and Explorer (IJMRE) Crimes against women in the 21st century Shiv Kumar Kharwar *1 1BABASAHEB BHIMRAO AMBEDKAR CENTRAL UNIVERSITY & LUCKNOW 1kumar95shiv@gmail. com Vivek Kumar2 2 BABASAHEB BHIMRAO AMBEDKAR CENTRAL UNIVERSITY & LUCKNOW 2Kumarvivek8924@gmail.com Abstract- The culture of gender discrimination is not a new thing for Indian society. Its roots are seen from ancient times, which have flourished in the form of female harassment, neglect, exploitation. Because of which women, representing 50% of the population of India, are today victims of violence on a large scale in the middle of the country. According to the reports of various government and non-governmental institutions, the crimes against women are increasing day by day instead of decreasing, so to reduce the rate of crimes against women, by the Government of India and the justice system of India And strict instructions and laws are also being made by the state. While there is no decrease in crimes against women. This is the reason why under the research paper "Crime against women in the 21st century", the study of the causes of crime against women in the 21st century and the efforts made by the Government of India for the prevention of crime against women Although it was done, an attempt was made to find out the hidden reasons behind the reduction in crime with the woman, however, an analysis has been made based on the data obtained from the study. Keywords- Crime against women , Constitutional Provisions ,Nature of Crime against women , female insecurity , women safety. I. INTRODUCTION Crimes against women are not new to our society, its image is seen in our society since ancient times. Cultural and social beliefs have undermined women from men, which resulted in the appearance of female origin, neglect, discrimination, ethnic culture and gender inequality in society. According to the United Nations General Assembly of 1995, "any such activity or threat of sexual violence, coercion or arbitrary denial of a woman's freedom, then it is related to personal life or public life, which results in physical, mental (Psychological), sexual loss, harassment or possibility of being "will be considered a crime against a woman. Today, even after 7 decades of the country's independence, the crimes against women are not decreasing, but the crimes against women are increasing day by day. The spill of crimes against women is not limited to Indian society only, but in most of the nations of the world, crimes against women are more or less the same. Dying women - beating, making them victims of sexual harassment, abusing words, it all became common. The news related to crime against women is full of news from print media to electric media. II. WOMEN'S SAFETY INITIATIVES It is not that the voice has not been raised all over the world for the safety of women, there has been a demand from time to time regarding women's rights, due to which the women representation in most of the nations of the