VAW spikes women's suicide

Ramechhap, February 9

With increasing cases of Violence Against Women, more and more women have been committing suicide in Ramechhap of late.

According to statistics revealed by Ramechhap District Police Office, as many as ten women have committed suicide due to domestic violence in the first six months of this fiscal.

Cases of women committing suicide escalated as victims of VAW opted for suicide as their final recourse, said DPO Ramechhap DSP Mohan Pariyar. “This is the first time such a large number of women have committed suicide in such a short period of time in the district,” said DSP Pariyar.

Likewise, four cases of rape, one of polygamy and one related to child marriage have been reported at the DPO during the last six months and The number of VAW cases has reached 21 so far.

“Women commit suicide as their last resort due to extreme physical and mental torture.

The guilty persons, however, are freed after facing minimal legal charges. This trend had led to increase in domestic violence as well as suicides, said police.