Violence against women

It is good to know that domestic violence has now been incorporated into human rights movement. This obliges the activist groups and society at large to get their act together in carrying forward a cause that has so far been the most neglected one among the human rights issues.

We fully endorse the view that the first thing must be done first which is to identify the families facing domestic violence and taking up programmes to raise the level of awareness at the household level. It may not be an easy task because violence is perpetrated on women and children by their near and dear ones against whom the victims would not like to speak out. Secondly, charity must begin at home in that professional organisations should address domestic violence concerns among its own members of the staff.

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Then it merits maximum attention that the violence issue is embodied in the education curriculum. The media in the fitness of things must consciously also portray positive image of women.

The human rights groups movement has indeed gained some momentum. In this context, it is not only desirable but also necessary that rather than depending on the donor agencies in carrying forward their task the rights activists are thinking of moving forward by mobilising their own resources.