By: Amninder Kaur

Crimes Against Women

“Every minute a crime against women

occurs”

Female Infanticide

Discrimination

Sexual harassment

Dowry

Domestic violence

Facts

Female literacy percentage: 64.6%

Female drop out percentage at Secondary Education level : 47.9%

10 million girls are killed in 2o years.

Difference in wages of men and women in some industries : 60%

8233 women killed in 2012 for dowry

21,397 rape cases occur every year

70% women face domestic vi0lence

What can be the silver lining

Creation of awareness about their rights among women.

Elimination of discrimination against girl child by awareness programmes.

Self protection method.

Strict enforcement of relevant legal provisions.

Let’s make our nation into one where every woman could held her head high.