Women's security in india

Security of women in India.

Earlier,the status of women in India was very traditional.Very few women enjoyed freedom to seek education or any kind of training. A majority of them were viewed as second class citizen as men were the sole breadwinners of the family. All decision taking was in the hand of husbands.

After independence, the role of women changed due to industrialization. Many women began to leave their homes and start working , thus adding to the monthly income of the family. As a result women began to enjoy economic independence, their status in society rose and they enjoyed more dignity. Women today are no longer regarded as the inferior sex and enjoy more equality to some extent.

As a result of economic independence, there was a change in the structure of the family unit. We began to have more nuclear families. In such a step, the traditional role of women began to lose importance. Both husband and wife have a role to play and start living on equal terms.

Today women are present in almost all sectors, performing jobs once considered as male-oriented like police force, driving vehicles and management posts. Now women are considered better candidate for many jobs comparison to men.

The Indian society is now proud of outstanding women achievers like KalpanaChawla, SaniaMirza, BarkhaDutt, ShabanaAzmi and many more. With the achievement of all this, women now have so many opportunities that were once a dream.

The disturbing, increasing cases of sex crime against women are seriously alarming and brings about the questions of how safe are women in our societies today? From east to west India, the rising number of rape and assault cases on women cast doubts on the status and security of the ‘empowered, new generation’ women of India. And the sad fact is that most of the perpetrators of the heinous and cruel crime go unpunished and enjoy their respective lives, leaving the victim to suffer in public shame or disgrace.

Even in same states, the boast of 100% literacy and high respect for women, such barbaric acts take place. The involvement of politicians in rape cases in some states show that there is little the poor victim can do against such influential and powerful persons. Our system of talking these crime is also inefficient. Instead of encouraging the victim to register the complaint, she or her family members are threatened and dissuaded by the authorities against registering complaints. The delay in getting justice and the further inspection, examination and questions in police stations and courts makes the victim feel humiliated and this experience is as bad as going through the trauma once again.

And if any sort of rapist or murderers are caught and the evidence are clear against them it should be a capital punishment for sure. If they are guilty and found again with an appeal, why should they be allowed all legal rights and the associated cost to continue life? It’s for sure that the crime is committed deliberately. So??

So for the safety of women, more fast track course should be put up. And the criminals should be wiped out from the society everytime a new criminal borns.