Relevance of take back night movement in India
Rinson George
13eng5023
Gender Studies
Relevance of Take Back The Night Movement in India
Abstract
The origin and development of Take Back Night movement made an influence in the society. The same movement will enable the Indian society to bring awareness in the society about the plight of women. This paper is an attempt to explain the need of movements like this in India in the light of human rights and how they are denied to women.
Introduction
Take Back the Night is one of many women’s empowerment centric movements which is highly necessary as it draws attention to the plight of women around the world and highlight the need for justice for those who have endured sexual violence. Human rights are those minimum rights which are compulsorily obtainable by every individual as he or she is a member of human family, Very often we find that human rights are denied to women in India. This paper will speak about the origin of this movement in the Europe and why it is needed in India.
Relevance of Take Back Night Movement
According to the information available in the official website of The Take Back the Night foundation is a movement to reclaim the rights and safety of women. It began in 1970 in Europe and then spread to U.S. in 1976. The tittle may appear to be the freedom for women to move at night, but this movement fight against all kinds of violence against women. The motto of this movement is to shatter the silence and stop the violence. There were influences of this movement in India in its beginning. In 1978 there was a reclaim the night back movement in India as a protest against a rape of a woman on street. It was not repeated for a long time recently after 28 years a movement came up in Delhi against the rape and murder of a woman. This movement was accepted and appreciated all over the world as a movement against sexual violence.
Take back the night is necessary in India to highlight the plight of the women and to fight for the right of the women.
13eng5023
Gender Studies
Relevance of Take Back The Night Movement in India
Abstract
The origin and development of Take Back Night movement made an influence in the society. The same movement will enable the Indian society to bring awareness in the society about the plight of women. This paper is an attempt to explain the need of movements like this in India in the light of human rights and how they are denied to women.
Introduction
Take Back the Night is one of many women’s empowerment centric movements which is highly necessary as it draws attention to the plight of women around the world and highlight the need for justice for those who have endured sexual violence. Human rights are those minimum rights which are compulsorily obtainable by every individual as he or she is a member of human family, Very often we find that human rights are denied to women in India. This paper will speak about the origin of this movement in the Europe and why it is needed in India.
Relevance of Take Back Night Movement
According to the information available in the official website of The Take Back the Night foundation is a movement to reclaim the rights and safety of women. It began in 1970 in Europe and then spread to U.S. in 1976. The tittle may appear to be the freedom for women to move at night, but this movement fight against all kinds of violence against women. The motto of this movement is to shatter the silence and stop the violence. There were influences of this movement in India in its beginning. In 1978 there was a reclaim the night back movement in India as a protest against a rape of a woman on street. It was not repeated for a long time recently after 28 years a movement came up in Delhi against the rape and murder of a woman. This movement was accepted and appreciated all over the world as a movement against sexual violence.
Take back the night is necessary in India to highlight the plight of the women and to fight for the right of the women.
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