Freedom!
Safety! Respect! That’s all Indian women are still demanding even after the
brutal incident of 16 Dec 2012. Altough, India’s Daughter, NIRBHAYA brought up a
symbol of new aspiration in India, but the historical tradition about daily
nature of violence against women is actually way up in our society. The
condition is becoming from bad to worst. Despite the alarm of 16 Dec 2012 and
the several new law, crimes and violence against women continues to increase at
a faster rate and putting up a serious question: Is the safety of women in
India will soon be history?
The largest democracy of the world is
struggling very hard to ensure that women are safe. Everyday, be it newspaper or
any other media channel, we come across vast number of women suffering from
molestation, humiliation and sexual assault. The statistics shows that there is
6.4% increase in crimes against women from 2012. According to NCRB data, number
of rape cases in India was 33707 in 2013, the number of molestation complaints
increased by 440%. Around 706 rape cases were
recorded in 2012 and 1330 cases till October 2013 in Delhi. Considering
the latest statistics of NCRB, 93 women in India are being raped everyday. These
information shows that not much change has been seen. Crimes against women are never–ending. Just
a day afer the case of NIRBHAYA in Delhi, a 3 year old girl was allegedly raped in school, on the
17th of December 2012. The gang rape of a 22 year old lady by 13 men on
the orders of village elders in West Bengal as a punishment for the lady for
apparently "loving" a man from a different community has again
horrified the nation as was the case of Nirbhaya. These shameful acts in INDIA
is indeed a serious matter that requires urgent attention.
The Government of India passed the new
Criminal Law, Fast track courts were established in 2013 to speed up sexual
assault cases. 100 crores Nirbhaya fund has been announced for better safety of
women. Many safety measures like installing of GPS devices on all public buses, CCTV cameras at various places, appointment of lady police officers, home gaurds
in the night buses, 24*7 toll free numbers and so on has been introduced after
2012. But inspite of amendments in the legal sytem and adopting safety measures
in public transport, things have not improved. Due to lack of regular
attention, things are not functioning properly. Careless attitude of the
Government is somehow responsible for all this. Unfortunately, the hope is
slowly fading away. More to point, women accross India still live with the daily
fear of sexual assault. Nothing much has been changed on the streets as far as
the safety of women is concerned.
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