After 59 years of independence, women still facing slavery in society. We call our self literate society, but still women are facing physical or sexual abuse by their husbands.
According to the survey done by National Family Health Survey-III reveals that 37.2 per cent married women had experienced violence by their husbands. Among all states of country, Bihar tops in women victims that are physically or sexually abused by their husbands. Survey says that lack of education is main reason behind it. Illiterate Women have suffered more spousal violence in comparison to literate women. Women in rural areas (40.2) are facing more violence as compared to urban areas (30.4). In Bihar, women in urban areas fared worse than those in rural areas. The percentage of spousal abuse in various states:
Rajasthan (46.3)
Madhya Pradesh (45.8)
Tripura (44.1)
Manipur (43.9)
Uttar Pradesh (42.4)
Tamil Nadu (41.9)
West Bengal (40.3)
Arunachal Pradesh (38.8)
In Bihar,While 62.2 per cent underwent the trauma in urban areas, it was 58.5 per cent women in villages. In case of metros, the fairer sex was better off in Delhi (16.3) and Mumbai (19.5). Can somebody tell up to how long women have face this abuses?
