Victimization of women and children

IN
VICTIMIZATION
OF
WOMEN AND CHILDREN

INTRODUCTION
 Violence against women and children is a serious
public health concern, with multiple levels of
society.
 Although violence is a threat to everyone, women
and children are particularly susceptible to
victimization because they often have fewer rights
or lack appropriate means of protection.
 The women and children are affected in various
crimes.
 In some societies certain types of violence are
deemed socially or legally acceptable, thereby
contributing further to the risk to women and
children.

DEFINITION OF
VICTIMIZATION
• Victimization means where
one person being made a
victim due to another person
who damages the physical or
psychological state of
mind of the victim by
different ways of assault such
as murder, rape, sexual
molestation, bullying and

WOMEN
 a person assigned a female sex at
birth,
 Or a person who defines herself as a
women.
CHILDREN
 Noun: Child
 A young boy or girl who is not yet an
adult

Types of crimes commonly
Prevalent in India Against women
and Children
 Female foeticide
and infanticide
 Gender
discrimination
 Domestic
Violence
 Dowry
 Acid Attacks
 Child Marriages/
Forced marriages
 Sexual offences
1. Rape
2. Molestation
3. Trafficking
4. Forced
prostitution.

Violence against women
The term violence against women means any act
gender-based violence that results in, or is likely to result
in, physical ,sexual or psychological harm or suffering to
women and also financially, including threats of such acts,
coercion or arbitrary deprivation of liberty, whether
occurring in public or private life.
The causes of violence against women include:-
•The unequal distribution of power and resources
between men and women; and
•an adherence to rigidly defined gender roles and
identities i.e., what it means to be masculine and
feminine.

Reason for victimization of
women
•The unequal distribution of power and resources
between men and women; and
•an adherence to rigidly defined gender roles and
identities i.e., what it means to be masculine and
feminine.
•Family stress contributes to physical abuse. Stress may
result from unemployment, frequent moves, social
isolation from friends or family members, or ongoing
family violence.

Violence against Children
abuse and neglect in the family, incest, sexual
abuse, infanticide; bullying and other forms of
violence in the school; corporal punishment;
psychological aggression; child trafficking, sale
of children, child sexual exploitation and other
commercial sexual exploitation of children; child
labor;

Reason for victimization of
children
The reason for children includes violence
Poverty and young, single parenthood are
associated with higher risks of physical abuse.
Family stress contributes to physical abuse.
Stress may result from unemployment, frequent
moves, social isolation from friends or family
members, or ongoing family violence.

How can be they victimized in
society and family?
Society
Women and girls experience and fear
different forms of sexual violence in
public spaces, from unwelcome sexual
remarks and gestures, to rape and
femicide. It happens on streets, in and
around public transportation, schools,
workplaces, public toilets, water and food
distribution sites, and parks.

Family
Women and children are affected in
their families, relatives and
neighbours like sexual harassment,
mental cruelty , family issues,
marriage also one of the main reason
to include women as a victim,
because dowry plays a major role in
women life i.e., as dowry death. The
children suffers from sexually abuse,
forced to work for family situation i.e.,
as child labour.

New categories of crime in 20th
century
social networks
The most cyber crime committed against
women and school girls are cyber blackmail,
threats, cyber pornography, posting and
publishing of obscene sexual content, stalking,
bullying, defamation, morphing, and the
establishment of fake profiles.
The total cyber crime incidents have gone up
by 18.4% but the number of cybercrime cases
against women has gone up by 28%, as shown
by National Crime Record Bureau.

Drug
 Peer pressure is a strong factor in
starting to use and misuse drugs,
particularly for young people. Lack of
family involvement. Difficult family
situations or lack of a bond with
parents or siblings may increase the
risk of addiction, as can a lack of
parental supervision.

Women and the law
The Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, 1956.
The Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961.
Protection of Women from Domestic Violence
Act, 2005.
The Sexual Harassment of Women at
Workplace (PREVENTION, PROHIBITION and
REDRESSAL) Act, 2013.
The Indecent Representation of Women
(Prohibition) Act, 1986 Etc.,

Children and the law
The Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection) Act
(2000, amended in 2015)
 The Prohibition of Child Marriage Act (2006)
The Protection of Children from Sexual
Offences Act (2012)
 The Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation)
Act (1986) E.t.c.,

CONCLUSION
There is an inequality is playing in our society,
the women and children are majorly affected in
different ways in the society. They got justice but
there is no solution to stop , victimizing the
women and children.
Violence against women and children is a
universal phenomenon and takes many forms.
Besides being a violation of human rights, it has
far reaching medical and psychological effects
on battered women and children and is also a
community health issue. By exposing this evil
phenomenon and implementing the proper
measures, we can curb it further and may be one
day eradicate it all together

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