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'Women should know legal aspects of domestic violence'
Coimbatore,
Nov
12:
Delivering
a
lecture
on
'Domestic
Violence
in
India',
Kiran
Bedi,
a
former
Indian
Police
Service
officer
said,
"Dependence
and
lack
of
empowerment
led
to
women
experiencing
domestic
violence.
To
overcome
the
menace,
they
should
know
the
legal
provisions
of
the
Prevention
of
Domestic
Violence
Act
of
2005
for
prevention
if
not
for
punishment."
The
function
was
organised
by
the
Coimbatore
Advocates
Association
and
Rotary
Coimbatore
Spectrum.
A
PhD
scholar
who
had
done
her
thesis
on
'Domestic
Violence,
Drug
Abuse
and
Alcoholism',
Ms
Kiran
Bedi
said
that
emotional,
physical,
biological,
psychological
and
financial
dependence
of
women
had
turned
women
gullible
victims
of
domestic
violence.
The earlier legal provisions such as Section 498 A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) served the needs of women going through agony and torture it never helped in combating the problem completely. In fact, in the north there were more women accused in domestic violence against women, i.e., daughters-in-law being harassed by mothers-in-law and sisters-in-law.
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