Sinha Parul, Gupta Uma, Singh Jyotsna, Srivastava Anand
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Era's Lucknow Medical College, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Department of Respiratory Medicine, KGMU, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Indian J Community Med. 2017 Jul-Sep;42(3):134-137. doi: 10.4103/ijcm.IJCM_276_15.
Violence on women has been present in our society since times immemorial. The ethics, the values, the morals, the culture of the society has been framed in such a way or we can say structured in such a way so as to promote exploitation of this segment which is in reality the root of the society. The concept of STRUCTURAL VIOLENCE was introduced by Johan Galtung in 1969. It refers to a form of violence wherein some http://www.studylecturenotes.com/social-sciences/sociology/370-social-institution-definitions-a-structure-of-social-institution social institution may harm people by preventing them from meeting their basic needs. Violence against women has taken the form of a global epidemic which has taken its toll on the physical, psychological, sexual and economic life of the female. Johan Galtung in "Violence, Peace and Peace Studies", 1969 has rightly remarked "when one husband beats his wife, there is a clear case of personal violence, but when one million husbands keep one million wives in ignorance, there is structural violence". India has been slow in its pace for action against violence on women, but the brutal gang- rape of a 23 year old Delhi girl on December 2012 aroused the Indians from their deep slumber on this issue. Structural violence is a demon against women that is devouring the society. The combined efforts of Government NGO's and most important, the sufferers of this violence, the women have to take a major step to fight this dragon.
自古以来，针对妇女的暴力行为就一直存在于我们的社会中。社会的伦理、价值观、道德和文化以这样一种方式形成，或者可以说以这样一种方式构建，从而助长了对这一实际上是社会根基的群体的剥削。“结构性暴力”这一概念是约翰·加尔通在1969年提出的。它指的是一种暴力形式，即某些社会机构可能通过阻止人们满足基本需求来伤害他们。对妇女的暴力行为已演变成一场全球流行病，对女性的身体、心理、性和经济生活都造成了损害。约翰·加尔通在1969年的《暴力、和平与和平研究》中正确地指出：“当一个丈夫殴打他的妻子时，这是明显的个人暴力行为，但当一百万丈夫让一百万妻子处于无知状态时，这就是结构性暴力。”印度在采取行动打击针对妇女的暴力行为方面步伐缓慢，但2012年12月一名23岁德里女孩遭到的残酷轮奸事件让印度人在这个问题上从沉睡中惊醒。结构性暴力是危害妇女的恶魔，正在吞噬社会。政府、非政府组织，最重要的是，这种暴力行为的受害者——妇女，必须共同努力，迈出重大步伐来对抗这头恶龙。
