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Protesting; In this method, public rallies and demonstrations were held by women to raise their voice against violations of law affecting them.
Raising awareness;  This helped in creating public awareness on women's rights issues through street plays, song, and public meetings.

When people not treated equally or with respect indulging in discrimination. It happens when people or organisations act on their prejudices. Discrimination usuallytakes place when we treat some one differently or make a distinction.

The 2003-2004 Education Survey revealed that a huge chunk of enrolled students drop out of school in the middle and the secondary school, particularly during the transition from class 1 to 2 and between 8th, 9th and 10th. A greater percentage of the drop outs were in Secondary school. What was also highlighted was the fact that most of these drop outs were females.

Note: We must understand that at a pan India level, it is the Supreme Court which is entitled to formulate guidelines, and not a particular High Court which mostly looks only after the state that it represents.

Women's Movements have taken a prominent place in the Modern era. Such movements attempt to bring equality, freedom, basic civic rights etc for women who have been victims of gender discrimination ever since. Many activists and organizations have launched several women's movements in order to spread awareness regarding the issue of gender discrimination, fight this discrimination and demand justice wherever required. In India, such activities have been brought under the ambit of the Feminist Movement of India.

In 2005, with the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, domestic violence was defined broadly as any form of violence against women in the domestic sphere by her biological relatives or her husband and his relatives. Any form of physical, mental, emotional, sexual, verbal or economic abuse was to be treated as Domestic Violence. Thus, both mental and physical abuse in the domestic sphere form a part of the the legal definition of Domestic Violence.

Pressure from the family and society points towards their negative influence on a person. Teasing or bullying is one such evil that refers to provoking an individual using unfair verbal or physics tactics. Demands made by elders, is also a form of pressure as it can manipulate the subject indirectly because of societal pressure. Both of these are forms of harassment.

Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 was passed in 2005. This law was implemented in 2006. This gave women protection from domestic violence.

Campaigns to fight discrimination and violence against women are an important part of the women's movement.Campaigns have also led to new laws being passed. Efforts made by the women's movement led the Supreme Court to formulate guidelines in 1997 to protect women against sexual harassment at the workplace and within educational institutions.

In the 1980s, women's groups across the country spoke out against 'dowry deaths' - cases of young brides being murdered by their in - laws or husbands, greedy for more dowry.Women's groups spoke out against the failure to bring these cases to justice. They did so by coming on to the streets , approaching the courts, and by sharing information.