Koderma (Jharkhand), Oct. 18 (ANI): Women in Koderma, Jharkhand, held an exclusive session at a special court to address the issue of crimes against women.
Indian authorities have also struggled to combat rising crimes against women, including domestic violence, molestation, trafficking and rape.
Speaking to a reporter, member of women court, Geeta Devi said that all those cases which are related to crime against women are solved here.
"We take cases related to women like when males hit a females, when their mother-in-laws does not treat them well, hit them and does not give them food, when women are burnt due to dowry, when women are kicked out of their houses, we deal in such cases," said Devi.
India has robust gender laws, but they are hardly enforced, partly because a feudal mindset is as prevalent among bureaucrats, magistrates and the police as it are elsewhere. Politicians are also unwilling to crack down on customary biases against women for fear of losing conservative votes.
The special court takes a decision after hearing the matter from both the sides.
A victim, Anju appreciated the work of the special women court.
"I have full faith in women court; they have proved that there is no such problem which does not have a solution," said Anju
India's women are discriminated against, abused and even killed on a scale unparalleled in the top 19 economies of the world, according to a new poll by the Thomson Reuters Foundation.
Age-old customs such as payment of hefty dowries at the time of marriage and beliefs linking a female's sexual behaviour to family honour have made girls seem a burden.
A girl's fight for survival begins in the womb due to an overwhelming desire for sons and fear of dowry, which has resulted in 12 million girls being aborted over the last three decades, according to a 2011 study by The Lancet. (ANI)
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