If You Ever See Black Dot On Women`s Palm That Means She is Seeking For Help From Domestic Violence

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Oct 1, 2015

A new brilliant initiative has recently gone viral throughout the world. The initiative is known as the black dot campaign.
The campaign has already reached more than 5 million people on the facebook page.
According to the campaign a black dot is drawn on a palm if you are seeking any kind of help from domestic violence. If you ever spot it on the hands of someone remember she/he is seeking help. And calling the police might be a good idea.
At ”BADLEGA INDIA” we have faith in this initiative as it can help a lot of people suffering from domestic and sexual violence.

According to a National Family and Health Survey in 2005, total lifetime prevalence of domestic violence was 33.5% and 8.5% for sexual violence among women aged 15-49. The instance of violence was reported to be lowest among Buddhist and Jain women, and highest among Muslim women in India. A 2014 study in” The Lancet” reports that the reported sexual violence rate in India is among the lowest in the world, the large population of India means that the violence affects 27·5 million over women their lifetime.
Most of the cases of domestic violence occur to women between the age of 21 to 45. And India where the rate of domestic violence is pretty high such initiatives can help a lot of women needing help.

We would also like to tell you that one of the facebook user named Jenn Hunton posted the initiative on her page and she got a whopping 57,000 shares on the post.
She also added in her post that the campaign has already helped 6 women around the world. And can be useful in helping many others around.

Her Husband Raped Her In A Brutal Manner. The Supreme Court Refused To Help Her Because Of One Law

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Aug 11, 2015

The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected a woman’s plea to consider marital rape a criminal offence on the grounds that she was “espousing a personal cause and not a public cause.” That this was “an individual case”. The woman’s husband had allegedly resorted to sexual violence on many occasions. The judicial authority insisted it was not possible to order a change in the law for one person,Hindustan Times reports.

Yes, it might have been an individual’s case, but isn’t it also a case for wider consideration?

Source: Homegrown

The woman has claimed that the provision is a threat to her fundamental right to life and liberty. She also expressly stated that her husband had subjected her to dowry harassment and brutal rape involving torch lights, that led to serious injuries.

While one cannot question the judgement of the Apex Court, one can definitely dwell on the deeply rooted patriarchy in a law that overlooks rape just because “they are married.”

Isn’t this hypocrisy, India? Especially for a country where marriages aren’t entirely borne out of consent either.

Source: Media3.mic

“According to UN Women’s 2011 report, marital rape is a criminal offence in about 52 countries, including the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, France and neighbouring Bhutan. The report said 127 countries did not explicitly criminalise rape within marriage,” reports HT.

Back in March 2000, the law commission in its report to the government had recommended that forced intercourse in marriage should be considered a form of domestic violence as well. The Justice Verma committee that sat on rape laws after the “Nirbhaya” case had similar concerns.

However, the government, that interestingly pegs all its reform plans on “women’s safety” forgot to make the little change. Are we safe the day we get married?

Source: Youth ki Awaaz

We admit that sexual threat exists in families. That it exists in schools/colleges. Then why do we make this exception for marriages?

Is it because marriage is intrinsically a SEXUAL bond? Or should I say, bondage?

Source: India TV

We marry strangers in this country. And we trust our daughters to be safe with them. Daughters aside, we trust ourselves to be safe from them?

Please, India. Let’s understand one simple word across the board.

Consent.

Source: Womens web

It is time.

Source - Scoopwhoop

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