Eve-teasing in the Panjab University Campus: A study of girls hostel students

The elevation of women status and role has undergone a sea change in the last couple of decades. The strict adherence of the right to equality and educational economic independence has done the trick. Today, it is projected that women stand tall in every sphere of life yet not secure enough physically, mentally and emotionally from their counterparts. The statistics are reflecting the same as there is decline in sex-ratio, health, literacy rate, work participation and political participation among women. Day in and day out there are headlines of victimization of women in one way or the other, be it dowry or dowry death, molestation or rape, physical torture or physical abuse, eve teasing and such endless list of violence against women. Eve-teasing is not a victimless crime as it appears on paper. It has resulted in deaths, and when it goes unchecked could lead to public humiliation of women even in broad daylight. In the backdrop of this scenario, an attempt has been made to study the Violence Against Women among the girl's hostel students of Panjab University Chandigarh with special reference to Eve teasing.