Why assam molestation happened

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Women's World Boxing Championship pushed back to March Opposition boycotts Assembly proceedings to protest Kerala govt's refusal to reduce tax on fuel. However, due to such black moles in society, women are now forced to battle for their protection. Because of situations like this, parents are hesitant to allow their daughters leave the house. In the footage, the accused guy is seen wearing a face mask and helmet, which he finally had to remove as a mob of furious residents gathered nearby.

The girl eventually reported the incident to the police. They remarked it was really brave of her to stand up to such disgusting behaviour. The trend of increasing crimes against women in Assam is also noted in gender-based violence data collated in the National Family Health Survey-5 NFHS , released in December Assam's rate of crimes against women is higher than the Indian average--in , Assam's crime rate per , female population was nearly thrice the Indian average.

Do the increased numbers suggest an increase in crime, or in reporting of crimes? Both, say activists from women's groups, who have released a Women's Manifesto putting forward several demands to political parties and candidates to include prevention and mitigation of crimes against women, among other gender-based demands, in their election promises in poll-bound Assam.

Assam police, however, attribute the increase in crimes to higher reporting due to increased empowerment of women in the state. Women in rural Assam report fewer crimes, due to fear and financial dependence on spouses, say the police. More rural than urban women, however, reported spousal violence in India's third-most rural state, per NFHS Several women's rights activists we spoke to said these reasons for under-reporting in rural areas were true for women in urban Assam as well.

They said the NCRB statistics are only the "tip of the iceberg" of crimes against women in Assam, and that some of the rise in violent crimes against women and girls could result from a backlash as women increasingly challenge patriarchal values in the state. Saying that women are unsafe in both private spaces including their homes and workplaces, and public spaces including public transport, roads and markets, the manifesto demands: the establishment of women's safety committees at the panchayat, district and state levels; extension of the reach of the women's helpline to the remotest corners of all Assam districts; and effective implementation of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, , The Assam Witch Hunting Prohibition, Prevention and Protection Act, and Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal Act, , and of the revised state Victim Compensation Scheme.

Increasing domestic cruelty, kidnapping and molestation. The increasing trend of violence against women seen in the CCTNS data has also been captured in the NFHS, India's largest household health survey, which periodically collects nationally representative data on health and gender-based violence.

More rural women in Assam reported spousal violence Crimes against women in Assam are growing at a faster rate than the national average, and crime rates are higher than the all-Indian average, NCRB data show. In , Assam's crime rate per , female population was nearly thrice the national average.

It was higher than Delhi's, which firmed up its reporting infrastructure after the Nirbhaya gangrape case. In contrast Delhi, which accounts for 1. High rates in both rural and urban Assam. There are large intra-state variations in the rate of crime against women per , female population in Assam, according to NCRB data from Darrang district in north Assam has a crime rate of , nearly twice the state average of In , Kamrup district was divided into Kamrup East and Kamrup Metropolitan district; the latter also have higher than average reported crimes against women.

However, NCRB reports do not yet reflect the split in the districts and therefore, they have been excluded from our district-wise analysis see chart below. The districts reporting a high crime rate against women spread over the state, and are diverse in terms of the ethnicities and religious affiliations of their residents, according to Census An increasing population can lead to rising crime rates, studies have shown.

The NCRB data for Assam, however, do not indicate a corresponding increase or decrease between population size of districts and crime rates against women. The Women's Manifesto , pointing to evidence of women's social discrimination in Assamese society, "where support services are denied to them both in villages and cities", has demanded the establishment of women's safety committees at all levels from the panchayat to district and state levels.

NCRB statistics reflect only those crimes that are reported to law enforcement agencies "and recorded through all stages of actions on the cases", says a statistics ministry report. Women are more aware.