The United Nations (UN) declared the 25^th of November as the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women at its General Assembly, on February 7, 2000. The need to officially designate this International day was due to the increasing and unending violence against women worldwide. As per the Declaration on the Elimination of Violence Against Women by the UN General Assembly in 1993, violence against women is defined as, “any act of gender-based violence that results in, or is likely to result in, physical, sexual or psychological harm or suffering to women, including threats of such acts, coercion or arbitrary deprivation of liberty, whether occurring in public or in private life.” Violence against women (VAW) has also been stated as one of the most devastating human rights violations.

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Citation: Limalemla Jamir and Nilanjana Ghosh. “Violence Against Women: Where Does India Stand Today?”. Acta Scientific Women's Health 3.11 (2021): 04-06.

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