The present demographic scenario of the country shows the rising trend of adult population. According to census report 2011, there are 60.3% people belonging to 15 to 59 years of age group and the percentage of people above 60+ age is 8.6%. Our country f...Punita GovilSwati Gupta...
The domestic abuse helpline numbers below may be labelled aswomen’s domestic violence helpline in India, but they should also work as men’s domestic violence helplines in India because violence does not distinguish between its victims. Please note: Anyhelplines for domestic violence in Indiaare...
Domestic violence, one of the most rampant forms of gender-based violence, was first recognised as a criminal offence in 1983 under Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). However, it was in 2006, after the enactment of Protecting Women from Domestic Violence Act 2005 (PWDVA), that ...
Domestic Violence against Women in India: A Human Rights ViolationWomen and girl children are often in great danger in the place when they should be safest within their families. For many, "Home" is where they face a regime of terror and violence at the hands of somebody close to them ...
BACKGROUND: Little is known on the influence of stressful psychosocial circumstances in predicting asthma. We examine the link between asthma prevalence and domestic violence (DV) in a nationally representative sample of adults and children in India. METHODS: Analyses were based on the 1998-99 cross...
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN INDIA: AN OVERVIEW The present demographic scenario of the country shows the rising trend of adult population. According to census report 2011, there are 60.3% people belonging to 15 to 59 years of age group and the percentage of people above 60+ age is 8... P Govil...
Domestic Violence Adam Fravel gets life in prison for Madeline Kingsbury's murder Adam Fravel, the 30-year-old southern Minnesota man convicted of killing 26-year-old Madeline Kingsbury, was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole on Tuesday afternoon....
Potential protection from violence has been suggested as an explanation for women’s preferences for more masculine partners. Previous studies, howeve
(Not) talking about sex: couple reports of sexual discussion and expression in Bangalore, India patriarchal norms remain entrenched and manifest themselves in persistent domestic violence and taboos around discussion of sex and condom use (Krishnan, Pande... J Mcdougall,J Edmeades,S Krishnan - 《...
Explores ways in which family members, in particular female kin such as mothers-in-law, contribute to the violence perpetrated by husbands against wives in Bombay, India. Theoretical perspectives of domestic violence; Domestic violence in India; Methodology of the study; Review of the role of men...