About the Book: Conflict in the Shared Household : Domestic Violence and the Law
in India
Lawyers Collective, Womens Rights Initiative, prepared a draft law—The
Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act (PWDVA)—in consultation with
womens groups from across the country to ensure emergency relief to women facing
domestic violence. This law was passed by the Indian Parliament in 2005 and was
brought in force by the government on 26 October 2006. Conflict in the Shared
Household takes stock of the progress made towards achieving the objectives of
the PWDVA during the first decade of its implementation. It examines the nature
of structural inequality that perpetuates and condones