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Mishra D. Indian J. Public Health Dev. 2019; 10(9): 107-111. |
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(Copyright © 2019, R. K. Sharma) |
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In one of the shocking and bizarre incident recently a eight year girl, Asifa was gang-raped by a group of men before she was killed in Kathua, located in Jammu and Kashmir. This incidence created huge protest in the social media and many celebrities as well as common people took to social media to display their anger and disgust. Violence against women takes place in various forms which cannot be confined to one state or a nation. It is not bound by any religion, caste or social status. Abusing Woman is a regular phenomenon which occurs in many homes which many choosing to ignore considering it to be a trivial matter. "Without anyone's knowledge she gets heartbroken and falls mentally sick sometimes leading to suicides or even murder thereby affecting her physical and mental health which ultimately leads to disastrous consequences on children and family. Rights of a woman are restricted and she is confined within the vicious circle of blames, humiliation and segregation. Various studies, research and surveys are being conducted on regular basis on gender violence"1. With the advancement of technology and development of the smart phones, women are falling prey to online violence at an alarming rate. The studies show women are victims of various types of violence and social media contributes to an increasing rate of violence against women falling prey to trolling, body shaming etc. This paper would aim at making a theoretical study from the following angles: An Introduction of the Social Networking sites and Gender Based Violence, An analysis of some shocking incidents of Gender Violence that made it to the headlines, How do women fall prey to social networking sites, remedial actions to be taking for preventing such measures and a conclusion. © 2019, Indian Journal of Public Health Research and Development. All rights reserved. Language: en |
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human; Women; mental health; suicide; Violence; female; training; safety; decision making; Mental health; social network; education; abuse; awareness; sexual harassment; mental disease; victim; social status; Harassment; Article; social media; Social media; sexual violence; gender based violence; cyberattack; online harassment; Social Networking sites |