Introduction:
In Ancient India women had a high place of respect in the society as mentioned in Rig Veda and other scriptures. Many grammarians like Patanjali and Katyayana have suggested that women were educated in the early Vedic Period , volumes can be written about the status of women and their heroic deeds. Owing to social, economic and political changes, the status of women has undergone changes. From 500 B.C., women’s status began to decline . Women in India faced confinement and limitations. Child marriages have come into vogue during the sixth century onwards . Many wicked and customs and traditions have stepped in which women were enslaved and tied to the boundaries of the house. The position of Indian Women further deteriorated …show more content…
Gender based violence against women are a worldwide phenomenon. There are various forms of violence against women. Sometimes it is before birth and sometimes in the adulthood and other phases of life. The UN Declaration on the Elimination of Violence Against Women State that:
“Violence against women is a manifestation of historically unequal power relations between men and women” and that “violence against women is one of the crucial social mechanisms by which women are forced into a subordinated position compared with men ”. The United Nations concerned since the organization’s founding on the subject of the advancement of women’s rights. Yet the disturbing global magnitude of female targeted violence was not openly acknowledged by the international community until December 1993, when the United Nations general assembly adopted the Declaration On the Elimination of Violence against women. The core document of Beijing Conference, the governments declared that “Violence against women constitutes a violation of basic human rights and is an obstacle to the achievements of the objective to equality, development and …show more content…
In 2014, the W.H.O. released a statement on the issue, approved by more than 80 civil society and health professional organizations worldwide. The statement concede to a growing body of research that shows pervasive patterns of women’s ill-treatment during labour and delivery—bodily and labour abuse, overlook and rejection, humiliation and punishment, coerced and forced care—in a array of health facilities from basic rural wellbeing centers to tertiary care hospitals. Moreover, the proclamation characterizes this ill-treatment as a human rights violation. It affirms: “Every woman has the right to the highest attainable standard of health, which includes the right to dignified, respectful health care throughout pregnancy and child birth”. The WHO declaration and the strong backing mark a vital turn in world maternal rights advocacy. It is a turn from the general health world of systems and resources in thwarting mortality to the close clinical setting of patient and provide in ensuring courteous care. Attention on women’s experiences of abuse and disrespect during facility-based childbirth opens new opportunities for maternal rights advocacy, including an commitment with bioethics and childbirth, but because it has to be inclined to focus on micro-ethical divergence within patient-provider relations and the utilization of new technology
In Ancient India women had a high place of respect in the society as mentioned in Rig Veda and other scriptures. Many grammarians like Patanjali and Katyayana have suggested that women were educated in the early Vedic Period , volumes can be written about the status of women and their heroic deeds. Owing to social, economic and political changes, the status of women has undergone changes. From 500 B.C., women’s status began to decline . Women in India faced confinement and limitations. Child marriages have come into vogue during the sixth century onwards . Many wicked and customs and traditions have stepped in which women were enslaved and tied to the boundaries of the house. The position of Indian Women further deteriorated …show more content…
Gender based violence against women are a worldwide phenomenon. There are various forms of violence against women. Sometimes it is before birth and sometimes in the adulthood and other phases of life. The UN Declaration on the Elimination of Violence Against Women State that:
“Violence against women is a manifestation of historically unequal power relations between men and women” and that “violence against women is one of the crucial social mechanisms by which women are forced into a subordinated position compared with men ”. The United Nations concerned since the organization’s founding on the subject of the advancement of women’s rights. Yet the disturbing global magnitude of female targeted violence was not openly acknowledged by the international community until December 1993, when the United Nations general assembly adopted the Declaration On the Elimination of Violence against women. The core document of Beijing Conference, the governments declared that “Violence against women constitutes a violation of basic human rights and is an obstacle to the achievements of the objective to equality, development and …show more content…
In 2014, the W.H.O. released a statement on the issue, approved by more than 80 civil society and health professional organizations worldwide. The statement concede to a growing body of research that shows pervasive patterns of women’s ill-treatment during labour and delivery—bodily and labour abuse, overlook and rejection, humiliation and punishment, coerced and forced care—in a array of health facilities from basic rural wellbeing centers to tertiary care hospitals. Moreover, the proclamation characterizes this ill-treatment as a human rights violation. It affirms: “Every woman has the right to the highest attainable standard of health, which includes the right to dignified, respectful health care throughout pregnancy and child birth”. The WHO declaration and the strong backing mark a vital turn in world maternal rights advocacy. It is a turn from the general health world of systems and resources in thwarting mortality to the close clinical setting of patient and provide in ensuring courteous care. Attention on women’s experiences of abuse and disrespect during facility-based childbirth opens new opportunities for maternal rights advocacy, including an commitment with bioethics and childbirth, but because it has to be inclined to focus on micro-ethical divergence within patient-provider relations and the utilization of new technology