Crime Against Women : A Social Perspective

Contents: Preface. 1. Legal rights of women in history. 2. Important constitutional and legal provisions for women in India. 3. Custodial justice and human rights to women. 4. Women\'s property rights. 5. Human rights and gender identity. 6. Women laws in India. 7. Violence against women. 8. Domestic violence. 9. Towards the realization of women\'s rights. Bibliography. Index.

By many measures the status of women and girls has improved significantly over the last 50 years. They have achieved higher rates of literacy and education, increased their per capita income and risen to prominent roles in professional and political spheres. Moreover extensive local national and global networks of women have succeeded in putting women\'s concerns on the global agenda and catalysed the creation of legal and institutional mechanisms to address these concerns. Notwithstanding such positive developments a relentless epidemic of violence against women and girls perpetuated by social norms religious fanaticism and exploitative economic and political conditions continues to wreak havoc in every corner of the world. The challenge now before the international community is how to create the social, material and structural conditions in which women and girls can develop to their full potential.