Challenges of Measurement of Violence Against Girls Child in Indian Society

In the presented research paper, the crimes being committed against girls in India and their protective measures will be analysed. Discrimination against girls in India persist from past till present. Even today, there are several sections of Indian society, where a girl child is considered as a liability. Though several privileges are given to the boys, often girls are restricted to confine themselves in the house they are given very little opportunities to learn and grow in life. According to United Nations Cyberschool bus paper on the girl child, at least one in three girls and women worldwide has been physically harmed or sexually abused in her lifetime. Female genital mutilation though not common in India affects millions of girls and women every year.

Sakshi a Delhi based NGO conducted a survey of 357 school girl children and revealed that 63% have experienced serious sexual abuse or rape, 29% had forced oral sex, squeezing of breast, and genitals. In 30% of all cases, the person behind the act was a family member. There is also a rise of sexual abuse in schools, where teachers molest their students sometimes in the presence of other children. Thus, if on one hand women are climbing the ladder of success, on the other hand she is mutely suffering the violence afflicted on her by her own family members. As compared to the past, women in modern times have achieved a lot but in reality they have to still travel a long way.