Crimes Against Women Globally - A Spot On Gender Equality And Women Empowerment

Abhishek Arunkumar Happali, Reva University, Department of Legal Studies, Bengaluru

Introduction

Crimes against women is not a recent phenomenon and existed since ages and is not only restricted to any particular area region or country and has become a global problem and has turn out to be black spot on the gender equality and the women empowerment. The principle of gender equality is enshrined in the Constitution of India. In order uphold and implement the Constitutional Mandate, the State has enacted various laws and taken measures intended to ensure equal rights, check social discrimination & various forms of violence and atrocities. Although women may be victims of any of the general crimes such as ‘murder’, ‘robbery’, ‘cheating’, etc. only the crimes which are directed specifically against women i.e., gender specific crimes are characterised as ‘Crimes against Women and these includes Sexual harassment, Marital Rape, child abuse, human trafficking, etc. Children become victims of flesh trade which destroys their entire life and results into trauma and the post traumatic disorders.