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20pc women in K’taka slapped by husbands

And Other 80% of women will SLAP their husbands, and no Protection LAWS for men.

BANLGAORE November 11, 2008: Home is no more safe custody for women in Karnataka. One out of every five married women in Karnataka undergone sexual and physical harassment from their husbands, revealed National Family Health Survey (NFHS-3) for the year 2005-06.

According to the report, released last week, stated that one in five (20per cent) of women in Karnataka ever married have been slapped by their husbands. Between 7-9 per cent of women report having their arms twisted, hair pulled, punched with the fist or beaten up. Eight per cent of women report spousal emotional violence and only one per cent of women have initiated violence against their husband.

The report said that more than half of all Indian women believe that husbands can beat wives if they have “an appropriate reason” and 37 per cent admit to being victims of spousal violence. The percentage of physical or sexual violence of women was highest in Bihar - 59 while lowest in Himachal Pradesh - six. A high percentage of women experienced sexual and physical violence was found in Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh - 46, Tripura and Manipur - 44, Uttar Pradesh and Tamil Nadu - 42, West Bengal and Assam - 40. In fact, small states such as Meghalaya (13 per cent), Nagaland (15 per cent) Sikkim (16 per cent), Kerala (16 per cent), Goa (17 per cent) reported less number cases, the survey pointed out.

The report says that in the State an overwhelming 57 per cent of abused women have neither sought help nor told anyone about their violence. Only about 29 per cent who have experienced violence have sought help to end the violence.

While seven per cent of abused women have sought help from the police, much higher than the national average of only two per cent, the report pointed out. The report says that 20 per cent of women in Karnataka in the age group of 15-49 have experienced physical violence, and three per cent have experienced sexual violence.

However, the prevalence of spousal violence declined with women’s education from 29 per cent among women with no education to 6 per cent among women with 10 or more years of education. Women employed for cash are more likely than other employed or not employed women to have experienced violence, the report says.

Women whose mothers were beaten by their fathers are more likely to be in abusive marriage themselves. 33 per cent of women whose mothers experienced spousal violence have themselves experienced spousal physical or sexual violence, compared with 16 per cent of women whose mothers did not experience spousal violence, the NFHS-3 report says.

Women with husbands who consume alcohol are more likely to experience spousal violence. Thirty-four per cent of women had suffered injuries as a result of spousal violence. For most women who have ever experienced spousal violence, the violence first occurred within the first three years of their marriage.

The report was prepared by conducting interviews with 6,008 women and 5,528 men in Karnataka

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