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Women Safety in India: Still a Major Concern?

Women Safety in India - An Unending Struggle? – BloggerBunny

Protection of women in India has become a crucial issue. We cannot assure the safety of the women nowadays because if we read a newspaper or go on social media, the news of girls getting raped by cab drivers, acid burning, child marriage, domestic violence, molestation is flooded from different parts of India. Such incidents have created fear and fright among young girls and women. They don’t feel safe in their own country. In rural areas, the conditions are worse where women are burned and killed by in-laws or tortured for dowry. Moreover, female infanticide is still practised in some remote areas.

The most dreadful event that the country faced was the Nirbhaya gang-rape incident. To curb such horrendous crimes against women, the government has passed laws for women’s safety. They are Child Marriage Restraint Act 1929, Hindu Marriage Act 1955, Dowry Prohibition Act 1961, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 1886, Indian Divorce Act 1969, Equal Remuneration Act 1976, Prohibition of Sex Selection Act 1994, Protection of women from Domestic Violence Act 2005, Sexual Harassment of Women at Work Place Act 2013 etc. and many more.

How to Ensure Women Safety in India?

Everyone requires to determine and willingly agree that every person has the freedom to feel safe. Indian constitution states that every person is even before the law. But unfortunately, it is not practiced everywhere. Women and girls around the world should be given access to education, freely walk at any place, reach to hospitals, the opportunity of choosing a career, freedom of choice of marriage partner and also the freedom to wear their own choice of clothes. They should not be punished for the selection of garments, friends, and other extra-curricular activities.

Education is the demand for the hour to eradicate such problems and to help individuals in the nation recognize and respect limits, and approval in order not to dishonor women’s rights. As individuals, we can regard each other with respect. Let us stand as active bystanders where we stop sexual violence and interfere if any such incidence happens anywhere with the women. Most importantly, do not perpetuate it.

Role of the Government:-

The Government must ensure that the law in force is activated. What is the point of having women’s security law if the order is definitive and inhibiting? There is a requirement to improve the infrastructure to secure women’s freedom. Notwithstanding the production of various efficient laws and ordinance by the Government of India to trade with and set assaults against females, the volume and repetition of sins against females are growing daily. The state of women in the country has been metal assault and offensive in the past few years.

Women’s belief in their protection in their country has decreased. Women are in questionable conditions for their security and anxiety while going everywhere or outside their houses (such as office, market, etc.). We should not criticize the government, because it is not just the duty of the government to safeguard women but of every citizen of India, especially the people who require it. Research that put India as the most unsafe place due to its raised incidence of sexual violence, deficiency of access to trial in rape instances, child wedding, female feticide and trafficking in human beings. India surpassed nations that have a high rate of women’s criticism.

The safety of women in India is a significant concern today. We cannot say that women are safe in India by going through crimes against women in the past few years. Women feel frightened to move out and roam around by themselves.

Some Major Safety Tips:-

  • Self-defense routines are the first and foremost method that every woman must be mindful of and have sufficient self-defense practice for their security.
  • Women need to be mindful of some efficient defense techniques, such as crotch kicks, blocking punches, etc. Usually, most women should be trained well to recognize the issue.
  • Women should at once limit any situation that they feel wrong about.
  • Escape and operate is also an excellent way to mitigate some of the risks women face whenever they are in trouble.
  • They should never travel alone with an unknown person in some strange location.
  • Women must know and feel their dynamic power and practice it subsequently. They should nevermore think that they are more insecure than men and get some self-defense practice.
  • Women should be alert to interact with someone on the Internet in cyberspace.
  • Pepper spray can also be used as a self-defense tool, but it may be not effective for some people who cannot be harmed by even full-face spraying. It may not obstruct the attacker; thus women should not depend completely on it and use other methods as well.
  • Women should carry all the emergency numbers with them to tell their family members and the police immediately, in case of any emergency.

Conclusion:-

Though we had a woman prime minister, a woman president and a woman finance minister, and a woman defense minister, still we have a gender non-inclusive legislature primarily. At 12%, India is one of the stragglers among its associates in the portrayal of women in Parliament.

Free India represents women as half of the population, which is observed in the Chinese bureaucracy. The situation is not very promising yet in the state of the judiciary, where, as a nation, we are glorifying only the first instance of three female judges sitting in the 68-year tale of the nation’s Supreme Court. Notwithstanding repeated crimes against women and young girls, India still does not have a wide database of physical offenders. Registration and information systems for sex offenders have been created around the world over the past 20 years. Since 1994, 18 more countries have launched new laws on the recording of sex offenders.

Women, in the past years, have made an extraordinary contribution to the world whether she is Mother Teresa, Marie Curie, Virginia Woolf, Betty William, and the most present one is Malala Yousafzai. They fought for their freedoms and stood up for their convictions against all the odds. Few more women such as Kalpana Chawla, Sania Mirza, Saina Nehwal, Indra Nooyi, etc. are the examples in the history of India, who broke down all the obstacles in their routes to progress and impact.

Women empowerment in the nation encourages equality between women and men and supports women by allowing them with power and courage to be the decision-maker of their individual life. Women’s empowerment in India has achieved power with the support of women’s welfare organizations by giving them all the required support.

Estate Planning

In these unprecedented times, one thing we know for sure is that life is very unpredictable. One might think that they have years left to worry about ‘what happens to family when I’m gone?’ but everything could change in just seconds. Hence, it is important to plan before and be ready for any uncertainties.

Estate refers to all kinds of assets one owns. It includes financial assets, tangible personal assets (vehicles, art, collectibles), immovable property and intellectual property.

Estate planning refers to the process of transferring wealth from one generation to another. The most common ways of doing this is through Nomination and Joint ownership. However, both these methods are legally disputable. Let’s look at some effective Estate Planning tools-

Will

Will is a legally accepted document and allows one to make decision to transfer wealth after their demise. However, Will is public and controlled by court. Changing or modifying will becomes difficult with time, in case the owner becomes mentally or physically challenged with age. It can lead to rivalry between the beneficiaries.

Trust

Trust can be used in place of Will. It forms a legal relationship where one party holds property for the other. However, it can effectively help in avoiding probate process (validation of Will) and expenses. Trust can be public or private and is controlled by the family only. However, this implies that the Trustee can misuse assets of Trust.

It can also be used as a firewall or shield to separate assets. It implies that if the owner becomes bankrupt, lender cannot seize assets under the Trust. Moreover, it reduces estate tax on transfer of assets.

It is recommended to have a combination of Will and Trust as they nullify each other’s demerits. Using Trust, one can avoid probate process and expenses and keep things private and out of court. It also allows you to modify the terms at any time and all assets under the Trust are protected. However, one can also use Will to avoid misuse of assets by the Trustee.

Lifetime Gifts

Lifetime gifts refers to the wealth transferred during life to near and dear ones. It is exempted from tax within a limit. For transfer of immovable property, a gift deed has to be made.

Power of Attorney

It is a legal arrangement where one party authorises the other to act on their behalf. This can include two types- Financial and Medical. Financial POA lets your agent make decisions about your money and property. For example, your agent could pay your bills, make bank deposits, collect your retirement benefits, and sell or rent your real estate.

A medical POA (also called a healthcare POA) lets your agent make important healthcare decisions on your behalf. These decisions could be about your treatment options, medication, surgery, end-of-life care, and more. Without a medical POA, your loved ones could be left trying to guess what kind of care you want to receive. There’s also a possibility you’d receive different care than you would’ve chosen for yourself.