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35
percent Indian women suffer domestic violence: UN
Thursday July 07, 2011 06:22:06 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi: Around 35
percent Indian women suffer from physical violence at the hands of
their partners while nearly 40 percent men and women think that it
is sometimes or always 'justifiable' for a man to beat his wife, a
UN Women report said.
While the report, 'Progress of the World's Women' was released
Wednesday, the formal launch in the capital was Thursday.
The report also said that nearly 10 percent women were victims of
sexual violence.
A survey undertaken by an organisation called Sakshi, comprising
109 judges from district courts, high courts and the Supreme Court
found that a shocking 68 percent of the respondents felt that
provocative clothing was an invitation to rape, it said.
Talking about women in the work sphere, the report said that India
loses out an average 4.2 percent of its Gross Domestic Product
(GDP) in the absence of full labour force participation from
women.
UN Women assistant secretary general and deputy executive director
Lakshmi Puri, who was here for the launch, said: "India is a
vibrant democracy with a strong civil society. It has the
potential and the opportunity to use laws to improve the lives of
millions of women across the country."
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