Kashmir Domestic Violence

45-year-old Hadeesa says for the last 10 years she has been struggling to live with dignity and respect. A resident of Srinagar, she says early into marriage, her in-laws unleashed atrocities, her husband abandoned her, remarried and refused to pay any money to support her.

Jammu: As many as 2,818 people have been arrested in connection with domestic violence, including 41 people arrested in cases of 15 dowry deaths, in the last three years, Jammu and Kashmir government said on Friday. In a written reply to the question of PDP MLA Anjum Fazili, Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti said 2,818 people have been arrested in 1,6...

Government is mulling giving punitive powers to arrest, search and seize to National Commission for Women (NCW) in matters of domestic violence, police apathy and sexual harassment at work place and plans to extend NCW's jurisdiction to Jammu and Kashmir.

45-year-old Hadeesa says for the last 10 years she has been struggling to live with dignity and respect. A resident of Srinagar, she says early into marriage, her in-laws unleashed atrocities, her husband abandoned her, remarried and refused to pay any money to support her.

Jammu: As many as 2,818 people have been arrested in connection with domestic violence, including 41 people arrested in cases of 15 dowry deaths, in the last three years, Jammu and Kashmir government said on Friday. In a written reply to the question of PDP MLA Anjum Fazili, Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti said 2,818 people have been arrested in 1,6...

Government is mulling giving punitive powers to arrest, search and seize to National Commission for Women (NCW) in matters of domestic violence, police apathy and sexual harassment at work place and plans to extend NCW's jurisdiction to Jammu and Kashmir.