Kerala women no longer passive to crimes against them: Report

Increasingly more women in Kerala are speaking out as well as waging a battle against the crimes committed against them at home, workplace or in public by those known to them or by complete strangers.

- ANU KURUVILLA @Kochi

The world's biggest crime mapping survey being conducted by the Kudumbashree's Gender Development Department in the state to identify crimes being committed against women and provide proper help to those affected has revealed the fact.

In Ernakulam, the mapping for the financial year 2024-25 was conducted in six panchayats namely Alangad, Kanjoor, Kuzhuppilly, Chendamangalam, Mudakuzha and Varappetty and covered 5,600 women aged between 18 and 48 years. It collected details about the various types of crimes committed against them, including economic, physical, sexual, verbal, mental, emotional and social, and found the number of women reacting against the crimes and reporting them had risen greatly.