VAW in India

The National Family Health Survey (NFHS-4) suggests that 30 percent women in India in the age group of 15-49 have experienced physical violence since the age of 15.
The report further reveals that 6 percent women in the same age group have experienced sexual violence at least once in their lifetime.
About 31 percent of married women have experienced physical, sexual or emotional violence by their spouses.
Violence/Crime against women is increasing every year. According to NCRB report, it has reached a peak in 2018. Close to 3.78 lakh cases of crimes against women were recorded in 2018, the highest since gender-wise classifications were initiated in 1992 by the NCRB.
In recent years, more than 560 cases of rape reported in Delhi. Violence against Indian women is increasing and has widespread and deep roots in social psyche.
As per World Health Organization (WHO)findings about 1 in 3 (35%) women worldwide have experienced either physical or sexual intimate partner violence or non-partner sexual violence in their lifetime.
Violence against women – particularly intimate partner violence and sexual violence– is a major public health problem and a violation of women’s human rights.
Globally, 38% of murdersof women are committed by a male intimate partner.
Violence can negatively affect women’s physical, mental, sexual and reproductive health, and may increase the risk of acquiring HIV in some settings.