Violence against women in cyber world: a special reference to India

Violence against women is a violation of human rights and not a new phenomenon. It is always taking it shapes time to time in Indian history. With the passage of time, many feminists fought against women violence and for their empowerment in the society, but there is no end of her vulnerable life and her exploitation. Thanks to the information technology which brought a great revolution in the communication space for making world a ‘Global Village’ and giving equal realization of rights to women. Invention of World Wide Web, mobile phones and tabs etc. changed women's standard of living. Although, these inventions came with huge benefits for us, but it too has some negative effects on our life and created great threat which is generally known as Cyber Crime. Mostly, cyber crimes take place against women who can be easily exploited. Due to lack of evidences and fear of defamation, identifying criminal is very hard. Cyber violence has exposed women to cyber defamation, sexual harassment and abuse, pornography, email-misrepresentation etc. Women receive sexual and disturbing massage from unknown emails and phone numbers which may be the result of their harassment and can disrobe her before society at large, which takes her to the brink of committing suicide. This paper presumes the cyber violence against women, how it is impacting their social life in the context of India. It highlights the reasons and forms of cyber crime and explores some suggestions how to curb cyber crime against women.