{"id":2140,"date":"2018-11-12T17:20:53","date_gmt":"2018-11-12T11:50:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/?p=2140"},"modified":"2018-11-12T17:20:53","modified_gmt":"2018-11-12T11:50:53","slug":"one-third-of-married-women-in-india-experience-spousal-violence-study","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/one-third-of-married-women-in-india-experience-spousal-violence-study\/","title":{"rendered":"One-third of married women in India experience spousal violence: Study"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Relevant for SOCIOLOGY, GS-SOCIETY &amp; ESSAY:-<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>NEW DELHI: Almost one-third of all married women in India have experienced spousal violence with\u00a0Wife-beating accepted by many women, says a study which\u00a0calls gender-based violence as one of the most serious\u00a0concerns in the country.<\/li>\n<li>The study was conducted by Vadodara-based NGO &#8216;SAHAJ&#8217;\u00a0in collaboration with &#8216;Equal Measures 2030&#8217;,\u00a0a global partnership of nine civil society and private sector\u00a0organisations with its secretariat in the United Kingdom.<\/li>\n<li>Citing data from the National Family Health Survey (NHFS) 4,\u00a0SAHAJ came out with a report which\u00a0said about 27 per cent of women aged 15 to 49 years have\u00a0experienced physical violence since the age of 15 years.\n<div><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;On one hand, India shows strong economic growth and on the\u00a0\u00a0other hand, it lags far behind in\u00a0achieving equitable development amongst individuals facing\u00a0discrimination based on caste, class or gender,&#8221; said the report titled &#8216;Fiscal Underpinnings\u00a0of Gender Equity Health, Nutrition and Welfare Programs for\u00a0\u00a0Women&#8217;.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Almost one-third of all married women in India have experienced spousal violence and\u00a0wife-beating is accepted by many women,&#8221; it said.<\/li>\n<li>The report said &#8220;patriarchal attitudes&#8221; are deeply\u00a0entrenched in the minds of people,\u00a0which are reflected in &#8220;discriminatory attitudes\u00a0towards girl and women, and a view of\u00a0women largely through a reproductive role&#8221;.<\/li>\n<li>It also raised concern over the fact that\u00a0&#8220;Indian girls receive less education, have\u00a0poorer nutrition and get less medical attention than boys&#8221;.<\/li>\n<li>As a result of these social norms and ongoing\u00a0issues in implementing bold policies ,there are a number of areas where the country\u00a0continues to face challenges in promoting\u00a0equality for girls and women, the report said.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;For instance, despite the existence of initiatives such as Beti Bachao Beti Padhao, pervasive\u00a0patriarchal attitudes continue to undermine the\u00a0social status of women, contributing\u00a0to poor health and mortality outcomes for girls\u00a0nd worsening sex ratios at birth,&#8221; it said .<\/li>\n<li>Likewise, though significant progress has been\u00a0seen in establishing new legislation and policies to\u00a0promote the rights of girls and women in areas\u00a0such as political leadership and economic\u00a0participation, many of these commitments have yet\u00a0to translate into tangible outcomes, it said.<\/li>\n<li>Thus, to realistically achieve Sustainable\u00a0Development Goals (SDGs), India needs more\u00a0concerted efforts and synergistic approach for including\u00a0women in all spheres of development, the report added.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Relevant for SOCIOLOGY, GS-SOCIETY &amp; ESSAY:- NEW DELHI: Almost one-third of all married women in India have experienced spousal violence<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1896,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2140","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-miscellaneous"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2140","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2140"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2140\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2141,"href":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2140\/revisions\/2141"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1896"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2140"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}