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Volume : III, Issue : V, June - 2013 VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN IN JAMMU CITY: A GEOGRAPHICAL PERSPECTIVE TAJINDER KOUR DOI : 10.9780/22307850, Published By : Laxmi Book Publication Abstract : Women constitute almost half of the total population of India; play a vital role in
socio-economic functioning of society. Since the inception of the human civilization
women have been an integral part of nature, society and culture. Half of the world's
population (known as better half) is women, but better half are great suffers in men
dominated society under men made laws. For countless centuries women in India has
been subordinated to men and socially oppressed. It is ironical that in a country where
womanhood has been put on pedestal for worship, incidence of wife battering,
molestation of women in various forms like rape, eve- teasing, abduction and bride
burning among keep on increasing year to year. An attempt has been made in this paper
to analyze the cases of violence against women in Jammu City of Jammu and Kashmir
State of India, its consequences, some important preventive measures for the eradication
of violence against women and for strengthening the position of women in the study area. Keywords : Article : Cite This Article : TAJINDER KOUR, (2013). VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN IN JAMMU CITY: A GEOGRAPHICAL PERSPECTIVE. Indian Streams Research Journal, Vol. III, Issue. V, DOI : 10.9780/22307850, http://oldisrj.lbp.world/UploadedData/2503.pdf References : - Agrawal, Sushila (1988): “Status of Women”, Printwell Publishers, Jaipur, India.
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