TY  - BOOK
AU  - Sharma, Kanika
AU  -  Gupta, Aashish
TI  - Violence against Women in India
SN  - 00129976
PB  - Economic and Political Weekly
KW  -  Bureau
KW  -  e National Crime Records
KW  -  National Family Health Surveys
KW  -  Violence against Women
KW  - Gender Inequality
N2  - Understanding trends in the extent of violence against women can be helpful in challenging violence against women and gender inequality. In this paper, we compare the incidence of violence, as measured in the National Family Health Surveys, to the reporting of violence, as compiled by the National Crime Records Bureau. We also shed light on heterogeneity in incidence and reporting across India's states. We find that violence against women is common, that most violence against women is not reported to the police, that violence by husbands is less likely to be reported than violence by others, and that the reporting of violence has not improved over the last decade and a half. These concerning findings highlight the urgent need for social and legal interventions to reduce violence against women, and to improve its reporting
UR  - https://www.epw.in/system/files/pdf/_/salix35310824nfhs-5kanika-sharma-aashish-gupta.pdf
ER  -