Domestic violence in India ||This article is written like a
personal reflection or opinion essay rather than an encyclopedic
description of the subject. (May 2013)| Domestic violence in
India is endemic and widespread predominantly against women.
Around 70% of women in India are victims of domestic violence,
according to Renuka Chowdhury junior minister for women and
child development. National Crime Records Bureau reveal that a
crime against a woman is committed every three minutes, a woman
is raped every 29 minutes, a dowry death occurs every 77
minutes, and one case of cruelty committed by either the husband
or relative of the victim occurs every nine minutes. This all
occurs despite the fact that women in India are legally
protected from domestic abuse under the Protection of Women from
Domestic Violence Act. Domestic violence, or Intimate Partner
Violence (IPV) as it is sometimes called, is a worldwide
problem. Cultural and household stress factors contribute to the
prevalence of domestic violence, and i