Kathmandu, 7 December : The cases of violence against women (VAW) have been on rise lately in the country, with as many as 1,002 such cases recorded last month of Kartik, according to the Ministry of Women, Children and Senior Citizen. The study conducted by the Nepal Police and the Ministry showed of the total VAW cases recorded last month, 177 were related to rape, 75 related to polygamy, 5 child marriage, four allegation of witchery and six related to illegal abortion. State-wise, State no 2 recorded the highest cases of VAW standing at 341.
People’s News Monitoring Service
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