CHENNAI: "Years of my married life went on a toss when I came to know about my husband's relationship with another woman," says Ambika, her eyes filled with tears. She was asked to appear before women's protection cell with her 13dayold kid to testify her statement in front of the officials. Months passed like passing clouds as she tried to find a lawyer to fight the issue legally. Like most women, she is willing to rejoin with her husband, working as a driver in a nationalized bank. The ineffective enforcement act and everlasting case proceeding have made her a victim of the act.
People like Ambika comes to the police station or courts with loads of questions running in their mind regarding who to approach, what would be the verdict at the end. In most cases related to domestic violence the woman is victimized at various junctures leading to frustration and suicide. The gathering was organised to discuss the domestic abuse and violence, its alarming rise and women committing suicide in India. In a male dominant society, females voluntarily accepted certain works and started to keep up her angst and get suppressed, said Sp Thenpan dian, founder secretary of People for Human Rights. 'The issue of domestic violence starts from birth of a girl child; conducting a study in certain districts there is a change in birth ratio after government offered welfare schemes to encourage birth of girl child. Unfortunately the data from other districts shows a negative growth in birth ratio,'says Thenpandian. He recollects the decadelong legal battles and protest about the growing demand (lobbying) from male protection groups to scrap the law, citing reason of insecurity and discrimination in society.
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