(Video) Rajya Sabha TV (RSTV) The Big Picture: Eroding Family Values & Crime

Topic: Eroding Family Values & Crime

Guest:

V Rajyalaxmi (Sociologist, Janki Devi Memorial College)
Namrata Gupta (Counselling Psychologist & Motivational Speaker)
Rekha Sharma (Chairperson, National Commission for Women)
Rekha Agarwal, (Advocate, Supreme Court)

Topic Description:

Crimes against women have been in focus over the past few weeks, with several heinous ones being reported across the country. There was uproar in Kashmir after a 3-year-old was raped by her neighbor in Bandipora district. While the police promptly arrested the accused, protesters are demanding capital punishment in the case. Days after the gruesome crime, just 50 kilometers away in Ganderbal district, another minor was allegedly raped. Meanwhile, in Rajasthan, a young Dalit woman was allegedly raped before her husband in Alwar. On April 26, the woman alleged that a group of youth stopped the couple who were on a motorcycle and gag raped her. They also filmed the incident. Elsewhere in Uttar Pradesh's Hapur, horrific details emerged of the alleged prolonged sexual assault of a 20-year-old woman who has claimed that she was thrashed, tortured and raped by multiple men over a period of years starting 2014. The woman's husband said that the couple approached police multiple times but were turned away. These are just a few incidents that have been in the news in recent days. On International Family Day today we will analyse the role of the family in tackling crimes against women