| Pub. Date | : Jan' 2024 |
|---|---|
| Product Name | : The IUP Journal of Law Review |
| Product Type | : Article |
| Product Code | : IJLR010124 |
| Author Name | : Astha Srivastava |
| Availability | : YES |
| Subject/Domain | : Arts & Humanities |
| Download Format | : PDF Format |
| No. of Pages | : 23 |
The Covid-19 pandemic and ensuing lockdowns had a deleterious impact on violence against women. Infact, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres even called a halt to the "global surge in domestic violence" and pressed for a domestic violence "ceasefire." The UN termed violence against women a "shadow pandemic." The National Commission for Women in India reported that there was a surge in complaints related to domestic violence during the lockdown. Officially reported cases are just the tip of the iceberg, as underreporting of these crimes is a major problem. In light of this background, the paper seeks to find a correlation between domestic violence and other crimes against women. It highlights that domestic violence and other crimes against women may have common underlying causal factors. Knowledge of the interlinkage between the two can help in devising strategies to counter all crimes against women.
It is undeniable that women suffer from gender-based violence in public and private life.1 Violence against women is a manifestation of gender injustice.2 It is inseparably associated with the oppressed position accorded to women in the social structure. It is institutional and systemic, and a matter of social practice, and it has become an inseparable part of the social imagination owing to its frequent occurrence, social attitudes of disrespect for women, male superiority, and the oppressive atmosphere against women. Incidents of violence are matters of social injustice, and the remedy lies in the equitable distribution of resources, the reformation of social structures and legal reforms.