1. MANTHAN
TOPIC :
WALK TO
EQUALITY

2. FAST FACTS
 About 10% of all the crimes committed in the country
are those of women abuse.
 30 lakh girl children were lost to female infanticide
during 2001-2011.
 A woman is raped every 20 minutes in India.
 After 60 years of independence, 1 in 3 women in India
are still illiterate.
 Only 39.5% women in India are economically active,
compared to 80% in China.
 10.9% of the female population owns land.
 Less than 40% of women give birth in a health facility.

3. OVERVIEW
Only in India that glaring and brutal gang rapes occur
frequently in a state that is headed by a woman Chief
Minister. Gender discrimination is the least of worries for
women in India, known otherwise as the fourth most
dangerous country in the world for women. Other instances
of violence against women has an astonishing and grim
variety to it – with acid throwing, domestic violence
stemming out of dowry, rape, harassment and an
assortment of others.

4. Crimes against Women
Sl No.
Crime
Head
Year
2006
Year
2007
Year
2008
Year
2009
Year
2010
Year
2011
Year
2012
Percenta
ge
Variation
in
2012
over
2011
1
Rape
(Sec. 376
IPC)
19,348 20,737 21,467 21,397 22,172 24,206 24,923 3.0
2
Kidnappin
g &
Abduction
(Sec. 363
to 373
IPC)
17,414 20,416 22,939 25,741 29,795 35,565 38,262 7.6
3
Dowry
Death
(Sec
302/304
IPC)
7,618 8,093 8,172 8,383 8,391 8,618 8,233 -4.5
4
Torture
(Sec. 498-
A IPC)
63,128 75,930 81,344 89,546 94,041 99,135 1,06,527 7.5
5
Molestatio
n
(Sec. 354
IPC)
36,617 38,734 40,413 38,711 40,613 42,968 45,351 5.5

5. EDUCATION

6. POVERTY IN THE COUNTRY

7. SUGGESSTIONS:
PROTECTION/SECURITY
 Utilize GPS monitoring system to notify victims
immediately by text or cell phone if abusers have entered
their “safety zones,” plus notify police so they can find
and arrest abusers.
 Arrange free or low-cost gun safety and self-defense
courses for domestic violence victims to learn to shoot a
gun and/or use hand-to-hand combat to protect
themselves.
 Promote gun safety and self-defense courses to women
and teens to learn to protect themselves

8. WORKPLACE PROTECTION
 Encourage/assist employers to provide safety and
counseling programs which protect victims at work, deal
effectively with abusive employees and assist both to
overcome their emotional problems.
 Establish employer coalitions which work together to
keep workplaces safe for victims, support victims and
deal effectively with abusive employees.

9. HEATH CARE
 Provide & promote free or low-cost professional
counseling to help abusive males to overcome their
unacceptable behavior.
 Provide & promote free or low-cost professional
counseling to help female victims who suffer from low
self-esteem and magical thinking so they learn not to
settle for abusive behavior.
 Promote free & low-cost mental health services via news
media and advertising campaigns.
 Encourage medical staffs to ask all women and children
how they became injured and encourage them to
consider filing charges.

10. LEGAL SERVICES AND EDUCATION
 Provide and promote free & low-cost legal services via
free public service advertising & news media campaigns.
 Teach the public why so many men, women and children
are involved in abusive relationships and how to prevent
them through continuous nationwide advertising &
public relations campaigns.
 Obtain government, corporate and private funding to pay
for campaigns

11. “WOMEN ARE THE BACKBONE OF OUR NATION”
THANK YOU!!!!!!!!