A report on Gender Violence in India breaks down the prevalence of violence and the types of violence that women are being subjected to.
A moving report titled Gender Violence in India by Prajnya shows that violence against women is on the rise in India.
An underreported problem
One important issue that the report discusses are flaws in the annual reports produced by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) about violence against women. For example, the NCRB often reports honor killings as torture or caste violence rather than gender violence because of the existing legal system. For this reason, the rate of violence against women may seem much lower than they actually are.
Prajnya’s report, however, uses new methodology and a variety of reports to provide a more accurate depiction of the crimes being committed against women in India. It draws attention to six kinds of violence: pre‐natal sex selection, child marriage and forced marriage, honor killings, dowry death, domestic violence, and rape.
Pre-natal sex selection
The report finds that pre-natal sex selection practices have resulted in at least 10 million missing girls, since ultrasounds and other sex‐selection tests became available two decades ago-‐a striking example of modern technology facilitating age‐old prejudices.
Child and forced marriage
According to the report, South Asia has the highest rate of marriages involving girls under the age of eighteen. Girls and women are often forced into marriage for a variety of reasons. Some include bringng families together for business reasons. Others involve family honor.
Honor killing
Honor killings or crime is committed in India (particularly in Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Tamil Nadu) in order to salvage the “honor” of a clan, community or family that has somehow been “violated.” Usually the violation occurs through the actions of a woman in the community choosing a husband, lover or boyfriend, against her family’s wishes. Breach of caste rules also lead to violence.
Dowry deaths
Dowry deaths occur when a woman is either murdered or driven to suicide because the family that she has married into demands a higher dowry (or money given by a woman’s family to her husband and in-laws). Since 2006, there has been an increase of 6.2 percent in dowry deaths in India. Nearly 25.7 percent of total such cases reported in the country were reported from Uttar Pradesh (2,076) and Bihar followed next with 14.5 percent (1,172).
Domestic abuse
Indian women are equally vulnerable to domestic violence. A total of 75,930 cases were reported in the country in 2007 with an increase of 20.3% over 2006 and 35.8% over the average of the previous 5 years (2002-2006).
Rape
Madhya Pradesh has reported the highest number of rape cases (3,010) accounting for 14.5% of total such cases reported in the country. Nearly 9.5% (1,972) of the total victims of rape were girls under 15 years of age, while 15.2% (3,152) were teenage girls (15-18 years). Nearly two-third were women in the age-group 18-30 years. Rapists were known to the victims in as many as 19,188 (92.5%) cases according to NCRB statistics for 2007. Neighbors figured as the most common of perpetrators: in 36 percent of the cases a neighbor was involved.
Further readings
Prajnya 16 Days Campaign Against Gender Violence Facebook Notes
Prajnya 16 Days Campaign Against Gender Violence
An anniversary of violence by Kalpana Sharma, The Hindu, 13 December, 2009
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Greetings from Bandhan!
Still there is no response from you regarding the global fund. Project has come but community with the community is not happening. Staffs are getting salary on the time but still there is no decision has come that we are getting project and where still do not know anything. We came to know that at last week of March we will come to know then after we came to know that we will get result in the middle of April but still there is no response from you and WBSAPCS too.
NACO and WBSAPCS is playing with the life of Transgenders and Hijras last many-many years and still they are playing with us and I do not understand that why others are not taking any step against these people? We are fade up with the duplicity and dirty politics. I remember that WBSAPCS and NACO always told us that they will not work with the individual organization, we have to come under that Network and they forced us many-many times. Now we have ATHB network then why NACO and WBSAPCS is not working with us?
UNDP and UNAIDS is taking staff of some people who do not raise voice of TG/Hijra. They have taken one person from the community and he is taking his own members of his own organization and UNAIDS is telling everywhere that they are working with the TG/Hijra community in India especially in West Bengal but the reality is completely different. They are only helping their own organization who has very good relation with each and they all misusing of money in the name of community in West Bengal and those organization are doing nothing for the community. There are many Transgenders are leaving house and becoming Hijra. They are going for castration. Many of them are bound to go for the Launda dance to Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. I have no project and cant give job to anybody so, my own members are becoming Hijra and going for the Launda Dance which all are document. We are unable to give them any kind of services so, they scattered here and there because of their livelihood. They are much violence but who will listen to them? They all are waited a lot but no any project has come for the TG/Hijra in West Bengal and working with/for our community. When it has been decieded that MSM, TG and Hijra are different then why MSM are interfering in the TG/Hijras matter? Why they will get project of TG/Hijra to MANAS Bangla? When we asked earlier that give us project at that time NACO and WBSAPCS said that we have to come under the MANAS Bangla then why not NACO and WBSAPCS is saying that for TG/Hijra project every organization should come under the ATHB? Why they are silent and not saying anything? All are corrupted so, nobody is saying anything to NACO, WBSAPCS, UNDP and UNAIDS.
Meanwhile Manas Bangla is working in all our outreach areas & claiming them to be their own. Our organization is suffering a loss of both human resource & work. Many of our members are lured to join Manas Bangla for work whereas we could not provide them any. We have informed everything to PSU & WBSAPCS. They have informed us that no organization will be supported individually & that we have to work within the network. But due to the animosity Bandhan is always denied entry or any role to play. Each of our valid statement against the role of Manas Bangla has actually gone against us. Plus which was the other organization thrown out along with Bandhan got their DIC in Kadapara for having good relation with PSU. For the last 5 yrs we are left in the woods. In this grave situation how long we can we survive?
At this juncture we want an individual DIC & project if our work standard matches your requirements. A single person heads the work in offices like PSU & WBSAPS year after year. This has lead to biased decision making & the objective is lost in the bargain. At this crisis period we are not even empanelled under WBSACS. The network partners are empanelled under WBSAPCS in spite of being in a network. So they are going to be doubly benefited. What kind of game is this? This is a clear cut case of discrimination & biasness. After NACP-III these organizations would be getting support, skill development which they have accessed through the network & Bandhan is not even entitled to that.
Still your staffs are saying that Global fund is coming and this fund will come and work with the grass root of people but no project has come still and staffs of Global fund are continuously getting salary. Why discrimination with our community only especially with us.
I have registered RTI also regarding all this related to NACO and WBSAPCS. RTI Number is DHLTH/H/2011/00195. I am going for Hunger Strike and happy too that my ATHB family member is also with me in this movement. You all are sleeping and doing nothing with us. I hope you also must be feeling that how NACO and WBSAPCS plays duplicity and give project to only those organizations who has very good relation with them. They must be benefiting after giving project to those organizations.
Only Agencies and Organization get project who has very good relation with the them who is sitting in the higher chair in Delhi and playing with the TG/Hijra community. If you see MANAS Bangla misusedmoney many times and recent if you see where written document s also there and Secretary and Treasurer also accepted that Rs.4,30,000 had been stolen by someone with their duplicate signature and still the guilty person not been recovered and Finance department is saying that in that cheque Secretary and Treasurers sign were there. Koshish, Kolkata Rista and Jalpaiguri Uttarapan left MANAS Bangla because of this duplicity and dirty politics and they also informed NACO and WBSAPCS and everyone but no any step had been taken by them. Dont you think involvement of NACO and WBSAPCS are there?
Lots of evaluation is going on in West Bengal but if you see lots of our members had been asked to leave job MANAS Bangla. We faced lots of discrimination from you all rather than so called civil society.
This is the reason that we felt that time has come for the movement rather than the writing mails only. Now enough is enough, in the name of HIV you all abused/misused our name everywhere but not again. We died already because of all this but not any more.
Last 10 years we faced a lot and heard lots of promise from all. Now we are going for the Hunger Strike which is on 1st May onwards and I hope others will also join because it is the movement against corruption also.
Regards
Ranjit Sinha
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Ranjit Sinha
Wednesday 13th April, 2011, 6:22am
Greetings from Bandhan!
Lots of mails had been sent to you, WBSAPCS and NACO but no response from you all. Lots of politics had been played with us and you know everything and last 10 years we all are fighting for rights but still only assurance from you but nothing is happening. Earlier we applied for the Empanelment and at that time I had been told that I am late and this year when Jat Visited had been done but still there is no response from you. How long me and my community will wait where you are continuously supporting MSM people rather than Transgenders in Kolkata/Westbengal. Faced lots of problems and which is also going on but you people are sitting silently and not responding. It may be nothing for you sitting in the Government Sector but very difficult for us because last 10 years we have given our full time and we are not in that age also where we can go and work.
Now you started thinking about Transgenders in different district not in kolkata. For your kind information in Kolkata specially ATHBs member which are working in Kolkata their members and in their locality they not at all take services from MANAS Bangla then WHY WHY WHY you are not at all thinking of Transgenders in Kolkata?
Last many years only MSM people were benefited by you but no Transgenders at all. MANAS Bangla created many organizations and you are thinking to give them TI project in different district why? How long you all will discriminate us in this way? Why MSM people or MANAS Bangla are your favourite? You are helping and supportive for MSM in every where but not Transgenders or Transgenders group at all.
We are fadeup with WBSAPCS and NACO. I Ranjit Sinha is declaring here that I am going for Hunger Strike from 1st May at 10am onwards after celebrating the Transgenderss Day (30th April) which I promised to celebrate with/for my community against WBSAPCS and NACO. In Bandhan there is no members left because MSM TI continuously giving them placement and I raised voice many times but lots of politics played with me but nothing had been done by WBSAPCS and NACO at all, so I will sit alone and wishing others will also come and join. On 1st May, Labour Day I will start movement for our livelihood also. Why MANAS Bangla will be support by the WBSAPCS all the time? Why their own created organizations will get support from WBSAPCS all the time? I know MSM are favorites for you people and some staffs are corrupted in your institution and you know all this very well and which had been accepted by you in the meeting.
I am letting know this mail to ATHB also and requesting my network partners if they want then they can also come and sit with me for Hunger Strike(Beside Swastha Bhavan). Now enough is enough, time has come for the movement widely and raise our voice this corruption and corrupted people. I am expecting ATHBs support here because no one left in Bandhan because MSM are double benefited by WBSAPCS and in Global Fund too.
SO THIS HUNGER STRIKE AND AGITATION IS JUST BECAUSE DUPLICITY OF NACO AND WBSAPCS THAT THEY ARE PLAYING WITH THE LIFE OF TRANSGENDER/HIJRA THROUGH HIV/AIDS IN WEST BENGAL AND GIVING ONLY AND ONLY SUPPORT TO MSM PEOPLE FOR THIER PERSONAL RELATION /INTEREST AND BENEFIT IN THE NAME OF TRANSGENDER /HIJRA.
Regards
Ranjit Sinha
Bandhan