SAFETY OF WOMEN

IN METROPOLITAN

CITIES

In India even in the 21st century, women cannot step

out of their house at any given time, assured of her

physical and sexual safety. Everyday women in this

society face more problems than men. The fear of

violence and teasing restricts a woman’s anatomy,

curtails her mobility and her ability to work and

participate in social activities. Even today in India,

women can’t move at night in secluded places and

even at daytime at crowded places. Hundreds and

thousands of incidents of physical / sexual abuse and

culturally justified violence happens every day to

women in this country.

Rape is the fastest growing crime in the country today

and as many as 18 women are assaulted in some form

or the other every hour across India. Over the last few

months cases of rapes and assault have made it to the

headlines with alarming frequency. Mumbai watched

with shame as an ugly mob attacked women on New

Year’s Eve. In Latur a 14 year old was raped and killed

by four young men. In Konark four men were charged

with dragging a woman out of a bus and gang raping

her. It is an ordeal simply to file a police report and the

investigations thereafter have been stories of apathy

and down right humiliation meted out to the victims.

Where convicted, punishments have ranged from

capital punishments to a day in jail.

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Equally horrific are news reports of foreign

tourists being sexually assaulted. An American was

molested in Pushkar, a British journalist raped in

Goa, Canadian girls attacked in Kumarakom to list

the few instances. It looks like that India as a

nation has ceased to know how to treat women as

human beings who have a right to dignity and

safety. The crime against tourists is against our

culture of “atithi devo bhava’ Government has

decided to meet and discuss with the state

government the safety of women tourists as a

reaction from the fear that such incidents will

impact India’s image.

Despite the trauma women across all classes are

reporting crimes such as rape and assault and do not

feel helpless or abandoned by family or society as was

the prevalent case before. Society is changing and

government is forced to take action as it has run out

of excuses such as society’s mindset or class divide.

This is the story not only in India but in most of the

other countries as well. Now we the women are the

agents of change. Lets not remain silent. Lets not give

up. Every woman who is silent is with a voice unheard.

So please speak out. And that will bring the change.

Bring an end to this bloodshed and humiliations.

We will never live just for the sake of living as

mere survivors. But as real winners of this world.

We are born to live, live in peace, live in unity,

live in justice and make lives.

If you want something you never had, do

something you have never done…..

Don’t go the way life takes you, Take life the way

you go….

Remember, You are not living because you are

born!!!

You are born to live …….

PUBLIC OPINION

ABOUT SAFETY OF

WOMEN IN

METROPOLITAN

CITIES

DO U REALLY THINK THAT WOMEN ARE SAFE

IN METROPOLITAN CITIES?

YES: 14%NO: 86%

HAVE U EVER NOTICED GIRLS BEING TEASED BY

BOYS?

YES: 76%NO: 24 %

R U AWARE OF ANY MOBILE APP THAT PROVIDES U

SAFETY?

YES: 10%NO: 90%

ARE U AFRAID TO GO OUT LATE NIGHT(FOR GIRLS)?

YES: 75%NO: 25%

WILL U ALLOW UR SISTER OR ANY FEMALE FRIEND TO GO

OUT LATE NIGHT(FOR MALE)?

YES: 15%NO: 85%

ARE SHORT DRESSES WORN BY GIRLS RESPONSIBLE FOR

RAPE CASES?

YES: 16%NO: 84%

DO U THINK GOVERNMENT IS DOING WELL TO

PROVIDE SAFETY TO WOMEN?

YES: 36%NO: 64%

WHERE DO U THINK WOMEN R MOSTLY TEASED BY BOYS?

CROWDED AREA: 8%LONELY AREA: 12%ANY AREA: 76%OTHERS: 4%

CAN U TRUST UR MALE RELATIVES REGARDING

SAFETY OF FEMALE FAMILY MEMBERS?

YES: 88%If yes then,ALL OF THEM: 6%SOME OF THEM: 16%NO: 12%

WHOM DO U CONSIDER FOR ALL THE CRIMES RELATED TO WOMEN?

WOMEN: 4%MEN: 12%GOVERNMENT: 8%SOCIETY: 68%OTHERS: 8%

WHERE DO U THINK THAT CRIME AGAINST WOMEN ARE

COMITTED MORE?

RURAL: 8%URBBAN: 16%BOTH: 76%

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