Domestic Violence against Working Women in India

Abstract

Women faces so much violence within four walls, that there is no need of others to torture her as newlineSydney Brodon quoted it s better to be with stranger in streets in dark at night, than to be in newlinehome, as this is the place where all incidents occur. Domestic violence against women in India newlineis not a new issue. It is prevailing since ages. Women try to hide this domestic violence against newlinethem, as they consider it to be normal. If we take the examples of working women in India. It is newlinegenerally believed that women s financial independence plays a vital role in controlling their life newlineby themselves and not by anyone else, and their working status, mainly paid work, enhances newlinetheir decision-making and bargaining power in their interpersonal relationships. Working women newlineare in a stronger position in their households in comparison to non-working women. But, if we newlinetalk about the violence against those working women, it appears that they suffer more violence newlinethan non-working women. The researcher through her doctrinal work tries to analyze the fact. newlineThe persistent issue of domestic violence against working women in India is deeply rooted in newlinepatriarchal a societal norm which highlights grave violation of human rights and impacts newlinewomen s health severely. Despite the enactment of the Protection of Women from Domestic newlineViolence Act, 2005, aimed at providing legal protection to victims, significant challenges remain newlinein effectively addressing and reducing domestic violence. The preface to a study on this topic newlinewould emphasize the critical need to examine the effectiveness of this legislation, judicial newlineresponses to domestic violence cases, and the broader societal and cultural norms that perpetuate newlinethis issue. It would also explore the role of international conventions and declarations, such as newlinethe Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms newlineof Discrimination against Women, in promoting gender equality and safeguarding women s newlinerights.