In society, atrocities against women are not fresh phenomena. Women were generally seen since time immemorial as victims of masculine chauvinism and hostility. But in the last two centuries women have been stepping up to protest against their male colleagues’ attitudes and brutality as a result of the development of women’s education and some reforms in Bengal. Again, this offers the opportunity for women in and out of their homes to face new menaces. The National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) reports in India in 2016 that there are about 39 crimes committed against women every hour in India. Unfortunately, we have no unreported data. The NFHS-4 reports show that every third female in India since she was 15 years old has been subjected to some type of domestic violence that reveals the terrible truth. In terms of women’s security, India was also ranked the world’s most unsafe country. Women account for nearly 48% of India’s 1.2 billion population, but for decades they face the risk of sexual assault. In 2016, around 58,000 violations in India were recorded.
Many campaigners think things have become more difficult in recent years because women too often are encouraged to remain invisible, both culturally and socially. Girls are advised to speak not before men in many towns and the majority of rural India, they have to apply for permission prior to their departure, and married women cannot leave their houses without their husbands. The Government is taking steps towards self-defense training of girls in schools to safeguard their safety, since crime against women is increasing across the nation. Training should be conducted in all corners of the world from the outset. The training should be offered to government schools, colleges, girls’ hostels, hostels recognized by the Department of Social Welfare, BPL-listed women, slum dwellers, orphanage students, etc. The Nirbhaya Fund empowerment committee, under the Ministry of Women and Child Development, approved this suggestion in principle to include the self-defense training in the Curriculum.