Women Violence and Discrimination of Assam in the Medieval Society

• Author(s): Pranjal Pathak
• Paper ID: 1711177
• Page: 414-416
• Published Date: 10-10-2025
• Published In: Iconic Research And Engineering Journals
• Publisher: IRE Journals
• e-ISSN: 2456-8880
• Volume/Issue: Volume 9 Issue 4 October-2025

Abstract

Violence against women (VAW), also known as gender-based violence, is violence primarily committed by men or boys against women or girls. Such violence is often considered a hate crime. VAW has an extensive history, though the incidents and intensity of violence have varied over time and between societies. Violence against women and girls is a problem of pandemic proportions. At least one out of every three women around the world has been beaten, coerced into sex or otherwise abused in her lifetime, with the abuser usually known to her. In medieval Assam, women's experience of violence and discrimination was complex, showing both relative freedom due to tribal influences and strict patriarchal norms, particularly in upper-class and lower Hinduized society. The royal women held significant influence; the society also saw limitations like restricted mobility and the promotion of the senior disciple, chaste and devoted wife. In this paper an attempt has been made to explore the women's violence and discrimination of Assam in the medieval society.

Keywords

Women, Violence, Discrimination, Medieval Society, Equality, Assam.

Citations

IRE Journals:
Pranjal Pathak "Women Violence and Discrimination of Assam in the Medieval Society" Iconic Research And Engineering Journals Volume 9 Issue 4 2025 Page 414-416

IEEE:
Pranjal Pathak "Women Violence and Discrimination of Assam in the Medieval Society" Iconic Research And Engineering Journals, 9(4)