Gender-Based Violence is a growing problem in India
Authors:
John Simister
Source:
Medical Research Archives, 6(1); DOI: https://doi.org/10.18103/mra.v6i1.1593
Topic(s):
Domestic violence Gender-based violence (GBV)
Country:
Asia
India
Published:
JAN 2018
Abstract:
This paper
uses
Indian
household survey
s
and crime data, to
stud
y
Gender
-
Based Violence
(GBV)
:
husband?s
domestic violence
,
to control
wife/partner.
Different t
ypes of violence
are
examined separately, using
2005
-
6 Demographic and Health Survey
& other surveys from 1992
to 2017
.
Much domestic violence seems to be husbands attempting to control wives. India?s
2005 „Protection of Women
from Domestic Violence Act?
appears partially successful in
reducing GBV. There is evidence of a long
-
term increase in GBV risk, in India: some possible
explanations are investigated.
Keywords
Gender; Based Violence; India; household survey; crime