Alas..!! Women
By Pardeep S Attri
30 April,
2008
Countercurrents.org
Though the top most position of India (President) a woman is occupying but it would be one of the biggest misconceptions “by this women society is going to be empowered” as being claimed by the most of the political parties. We can only hope that Mrs. President will do something for empowering or making women society to live with dignity. Before this let’s see past record of last six to eight months.
From May to October last year (2007) in the district of Agra, there were 32 dowry death cases & 167 cases of humiliation.
According to Nellore (Andhra Pradesh) District Crime Record Bureau’s comparative statement for the last 3 years, grave crime on women including rape, murder, kidnap & harassment increased while the cases of molestation & bigamy remained more or less the same. Kidnapping of women & girls has been steadily increased from 25 in 2005 to 35 in 2006 & 47 last year (2007). Cases of harassment have also increased from 128, 148 & 168 in the respective years. Total numbers of rape cases in 2005 were 32; those become 33 in 2006 & increased further to 42 in 2007. Molestation cases increased 166 in 2006 to 167 in 2007. Conviction rate is as low as about 25%.
One another recent study conducted by Ahmedabad Women’s Action
Group (AWAG) revealed horrifying facts. According to survey 65% women
conceded to being abused in public and in front of neighbors! 35%
women reported that their children, especially girls, were victims
of violence and were physically and verbally abused by the father
70 % reported verbal abuse, threats, 68% reported slapping, 62% reported
kicking, 53% reported punching, 49% reported hitting with hard objects,
37 % reported biting, 29% reported choking & 22% reported branding
with cigarette butts. There must be many cases those might have been
left unregistered due to social & economic fears.
If we go deep in women society, i.e. if we analyze the condition of
Dalit & Muslim women one will easily die if one has any shame.
When all upper caste communities student in schools, one can find
out Dalit, Muslim students working in the fields or playing on the
roads. No sign of education can be found in these classes, in-spite
of life long program run by all the state Governments i.e. “Sarav
Shiksha Abhiyan.” The whole money of “Sarav Shiksha Abhiyan”
is being wasted by the Governments. There was news few months back
that few state Governments spend this money on organizing the party
functions or in “Puja” & the criteria of being considered
as educated is “person should be eligible the write his/her
name”!! No more than this has ever being taught considering
that if everyone will become educated they will demand their rights
& jobs etc, for which almost every Govt. is shamefully helpless.
Do you think it’s enough that person who can write only name
is educated?
Women in India was always invisible, women can be treated lesser than
animal no one is going to stop you!! Every day one can see easily
the increasing news of domestic violence, dowry deaths, female feticide
etc. the condition of women society has made so miserable by Hindu
scriptures (Chanakya Niti, Manusmriti ) & Veda’s that they
can’t even imagine that there can be better place of living
for them. The dominant men society believe that they can have good
lives only by “Oppressing and Exploiting the Women” for
their own personal and communities welfare, leisure, comfortable lives,
and for avoiding physical work.
If this trend of female child killing, sexual abuse of women society
keeps on going the day won’t be far away when people won't be
able to find girls to marry for their sons. People in some places
are already finding it hard. There will be more prostitution leading
to AIDS, social instability, wife buying & violence against women.
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