What NFHS-5 Says About Violence Against and Empowerment of Bihar s Women
Why did rates of spousal violence drop by 5% in five years? What factors explain this, and what factors, if any, play truant?
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Women14/Mar/2021
On December 12, 2020, the Government of India released partial data from the fifth National Family Health Survey (NFHS-5) for 17 states and five union territories of India.
Compared to five years ago, in 2019, 1.6 million women in Bihar didn’t face abuse from their husbands. In other words, spousal violence dropped by 5% in five years. This drop in numbers, particularly in a state thought to be developmentally ‘backward’, is significant from the point of view of women’s rights and health.
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