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Women and Violence: An Analysis of Domestic Violence on Dalit Women in India

Author(s) Mr. Gunde Naveen
Country India
Abstract Vulnerably positioned at the bottom of India’s caste, class and gender hierarchies, Dalit women experience endemic gender-and-caste discrimination and violence as the outcome of severely imbalanced social, economic and political power equations. Their socio-economic
vulnerability and lack of political voice, when combined with the dominant risk factors of being Dalit and female, increase their exposure to potentially violent situations while simultaneously reducing their ability to escape. Violence against Dalit women is blatant proof of pervasive discrimination and exploitation against these women who are dominated by men in a patriarchal culture and against their caste based communities. According to a statement made by the National Commission for Women, "in the commission of offences against... scheduled caste Dalit women, the offenders try to establish their authority and humiliate the community by subjecting their women to indecent and inhuman treatment, including sexual assault, parading naked, using filthy language, etc. "Therefore, the main result of gender-based inequalities shaped and exacerbated by the caste system is violence, which acts as a crucial social mechanism to maintain Dalit women's subordinate position in society. Despite constitutional protections against discrimination based on caste and gender (Article 15(1)), the right to life and security of life (Article 21), and the directive to specifically protect Dalits from social injustice and all forms of exploitation (Article 46), this situation still exists in India today. Furthermore, the Indian government has passed a number of laws defending the rights of women and Dalits in recognition of the pervasiveness of prejudice and violence against these groups in society. The Scheduled Castes/ Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act 1989 is a crucial piece of legislation in this regard. The existence of laws alone will not be sufficient to guarantee the physical safety of Dalit women, nor will they be sufficient without coordinated efforts to emancipate the Dalit community and eradicate entrenched gender- and caste-based prejudices in ideas of (in)equality and (in)justice. The institutional forces—caste, class, community, and family—opposed to women's equal rights are strong and influence people's attitudes towards accepting chronic gender inequity, according to the Indian government, which has admitted as much. If human rights serve to validate human needs, then the needs of Dalit women for personal security, socio-economic development and social justice are priority areas for intervention.
Keywords Dalit Women, Discrimination, Violence, Dalit women, Scheduled Castes, Community.
Field Sociology
Published In Volume 8, Issue 4, July-August 2026
Published On 2026-07-12
DOI https://doi.org/10.36948/ijfmr.2026.v08i04.83226
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