Women, violence and gender justice: a human rights perspective

Women have been the most vulnerable and weaker section of the society and are always been looked down as a commodity which can be used, re-used and abused. It is the momentous reality of the society that the women’s dignity is always battered and has always been ill treated ever since the beginning of the civilization. Women are at times deprived of their rights, beliefs and existence. Women have always been dependent on men for their livelihood and restricted only to certain places, mainly involved in domestic work since ages but in current time of globalization, the sphere of women has broadened and women are now well educated, working in all spheres of life and demanding equal status to men. Despite this development, access to education and employment and awareness of their rights, women are still faced with humiliation, discrimination, cruelty and violence at every step inside their home as well as at their work place. They are often dominated by men in the society and thus violence against women has also increased. The present paper focuses on the women violence and various other issues types and causes of women violence. Further this paper also analyzed the various legislation for protection of women against women violence.