Nearly half of the India’s population still believe that a husband has all the rights to physically assault his wife, according to the pre-Budget Economic Survey 2017-18 presented by the government.
The survey revealed that only 54% of Indians believed that wife beating is not acceptable, and the rest of Indians think that a husband beating his wife is quite normal and such a practice is acceptable in marital relationships.
However, there is an improvement of 3.5% in perception a decade. Back in 2005, wife beating was acceptable to 50.4% of the country's population.
The analysis, according to the Economic Survey, is based on the Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) datasets from 1980 to 2016. The Survey has datasets at household level.
Both women and men were asked detailed questions on gender-related attitudes. The National Family Health Survey (NFHS) 2015-16, which feeds into the DHS survey, has been combined with international DHS datasets, for the study. Previous DHS/NFHS datasets for India are available for the following periods: 1992-93, 1998-99, and 2005-06.
This dismal statistics overshadow the government's emphasis on women's empowerment. In fact, this year's Economic Survey was themed around women's empowerment and the document was printed in pink colour.
Moreover, this scenario prevails despite implementation of Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act (PWDVA), passed in 2005. In the 10 years since the PWDVA was passed, over 10 lakh cases have been filed across the country under sections pertaining to "cruelty by husband" and dowry harassment, according to National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) data.
Cases registered under the abetment of suicide of women, collected by the NCRB since 2014, increased by 34%, from 3,034 in 2014 to 4,060 in 2015, data show.
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Hopefully no one thinks it's okay to bang 9 year olds...
Disgusting
that may be 13% of this 46% the rest are his supporters what do you have to say to those sick minds.
Those who are opposing Triple Talaq bill and Modi's purity of mind, will included in the above statistics. They are believing, they have the right to beat thier wife
If people's mentality is like that then why you are blaming Modi. Many Muslim women made statements that Triple Talq bill will help them.
Great headline... meaningful
Feku wants to "PROTECT" only muslim women?
Women have the right to defend and attack if anybody torturing them
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