Violence against Women in Democratic India : Let’s Talk Misogyny

Violence against women is framed within discourses on gender justice, human rights, health and well-being, partner violence, intimate partner violence, battered women, gendered violence, sexual assault, woman abuse, wife abuse, rape, aggravated rape, marital rape, date rape, among others. So common is violence against women that it is referred to, in some echelons, simply as ‘VAW.’ There are research centres, monthly academic journals, websites, and blogs devoted to violence against women. There are international organisations, such as the United Nations, regional organisations such as the European Union, sovereign states and provincial governments which have institutions to generate data and make policy to guarantee rights, freedoms, protection, and equal opportunities for women. There are international and local non-government organisations which access private and public funds with the mandate to construct safety nets for women.