Indian Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act: Stumbling or Striving Ahead?

Abstract

v Abbreviations xviii Chapter 1: Introduction 1 Domestic violence, a journey from the private to the public sphere 8 Global agenda development on the issue of domestic violence 11 State response to address domestic violence 14 Chapter 2: Domestic violence in India: Women’s movement and state response .... 18 State responses versus feminists’ demands 23 UN Framework for model domestic violence legislation 28 UN framework influence on PWDVA 29 PWDVA compared to other Acts 31 Salient features of PWDVA 2005 32 Progress o\f Implementation of PWDVA 36