How to Stop Women Abuse, Eve Teasing & Cyber Crime

The gender-based discrimination in the society is giving rise to the violence against women and girls. Everyday many women are facing the dirty comments, stares, unwelcome touch whenever they step out of the home. In every five minutes, a woman is sexually harassed. Every day women and girls have to contend with their life. The victim of eve-teasing can be anybody, of any age, anywhere and anytime. The perpetrator is mainly a man or a teen boy against a woman. Studies have shown that molestation and sexual harassment against women are still endemic. Even in many organizations women face the harassment. About 40-60% of working women face the antisocial behavior at the workplace. Lack of religious values, morality, ethics and disrespect of women are giving rise to the unsocial behavior in the society.

The new generation criminal activity like cyber flames, cyber flirting, cyber teasing, cyber cheating, etc. are increasing very rapidly not only in India, but all over the world. Most of the cyber crime happens in the social networking websites, public chat rooms, and online messaging application. The identity of many women is misused in the cyber crime. The cyber crime happens in many ways like cyber stalking, cyber pornography, email spoofing, etc.

Women should encourage registering a complaint, whenever they are facing any unlawful act in the society. We need to empower women through the useful tricks of self-defense so that they can utilize them at the time of emergency. About 48% of the women use pepper spray for their self-defense weapon. Studies have shown that the movies and television show featuring women as sex objects is responsible for raising the violence against women in the society. We should not support the movies and television shows, which provoke the people for doing the evil behavior against the women. The cyber crime should be controlled by using the strong password for every account. Women and girls who use social networking sites should set their user account settings to private.

The Power Angles of Women Power Line (teen volunteers of WPL) educate the girls and women not to tolerate the harassment and violence against them. If women tolerate the crime silently, we cannot put an end to the crime. We need to empower women so that they will come forward and fight for their rights. Women Power Line empowers women to fight against the harassment they face and encourages them to register a complaint against the anti-social behavior happening in their surroundings immediately. The Power Angles visit many rural areas and educate the women and girls with the modern technology, like mobile phones, internet, etc. and encourage them to use them. Therefore, the women and girls can immediately lodge a complaint to the Women Power Line 1090 against the offence they are facing.

The member of the Women Power Line does not portray women as a weak and helpless entity. The members of WPL empower women, provide strength and support them to bravely fight against the crime instead of silently ignoring them. Women and girls without hesitation, dial the number 1090 to register the complaint against the offences they face. The counselors of the Women Power Line system do not call the victim to the police station. Women and teen girls can register a complaint against the harassment they face by dialing 1090 number or by sending the message in the WhatsApp number 9454401090 of the Women Power Line. One can also register online by log into www.1090up.in. The Smartphone user can use the WPL application, i.e. Shakti app. With the help of the app "Shakti 1090", victims can record audio and video clip and send them to the police control. Women Power Line deals through the SMS and keeps posting their work progress to the victim concerning their complaint. Women Power Line immediately takes the strict measures against the offence. If the person repeats their actions, then the police can take legal steps against them. Since, the Women Power Line maintains the dignity of the female and ensures the safety at the time of emergency. WPL is gaining popularity among the girls and women. Many people appreciated the work of the Women Power Line.

Empower women Empower Humanity

Empowerment of women is necessary to strengthen the current status of the women in our Indian society. We need to be aware and develop some strategy to find out a path where women are considered equal to men without discrimination. Women empowerment can be achieved through educating women so that they can be a part of decision and suggestion of the society. But, it is also necessary that women need to be physically fit for taking challenges of the society and able to represent herself equal to men.

In the poor societies of India, physical labor done by men is more than women. Deforestation causing the depletion of the woods, so women have to cover more distance for firewood, water is polluted so; again they need to cover more distance in the search of water supply. They eat less; do not have any health knowledge and education. Women get low wages than the men, and they have also to bear the responsibility of children and taking care of their family.

There are so many crimes against women like domestic violence, dowry, and no share in the property rights. Some crime includes the sexual exploitation of women for the economic gain like adultery, prostitution, trafficking of the girl child, rape, murder and wrong confinement, etc. These crimes are not only ruining the life of a woman but also the status of a society.

In India, according to the National Crime Record Bureau (NCRB), about 1.5 lakh crimes against females are reported in a year out of which domestic violence cases are nearly 50,000. Women are considered weak and inferior whereas male member are the head of the family. Beating of women is the frequent violence against women in the rural societies. Similarly, when demand of dowry is not met, then the case of bride burning is common in the countryside. According to the Dowry Prohibition Act of 1961, Dowry is a social evil, but the practice of dowry is standard. It is a shame to mention here, the dowry demand cases are also seen in the higher middle class educated society. To eliminate this social evil from the country, government has to empower women economically so that they can protect themselves from the domestic violence and raise voice against dowry giving as well as taking.

In India, rape is one of the most growing crimes compared to trafficking of the girl child, kidnapping, and murder. In every one hour, two women are raped in India according to the report of National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB). In 2012, the number of reported rape cases was 24,923 and in the year 2013, it is increased to 33,707. Similarly, crime like eve teasing, molestation, and kidnapping of women are also rising in the country. Acid attack is the cruelest crime against the women. The attackers mainly target the face, neck and head in order to make a woman ugly or blind. Stalking is another dangerous crime, and most of the women are facing this issue every day.

As we know there are lots of crimes against the women, so we need to empower women. It is the duty of all the citizen to take initiative steps and protect the women of our country. Women power line number of Uttar Pradesh has been designed to protect those women, who are being harassed, molested and need protection. They can feel safe by dialing the number 1090 and can share their problems with the Power Angles (Special female police officers).