[Reader-list] two thrid married indian women victims of Domestic violence

[Inder Salim]

what is domestic violence ?
http://www.ijcm.org.in/article.asp?issn=0970-0218;year=2008;volume=33;issue=2;spage=73;epage=76;aulast=Kaur

Domestic violence can be described as the power misused by one adult
in a relationship to control another. It is the establishment of
control and fear in a relationship through violence and other forms of
abuse. This violence can take the form of physical assault,
psychological abuse, social abuse, financial abuse, or sexual assault.
The frequency of the violence can be on and off, occasional or
chronic.

"Domestic violence is not simply an argument. It is a pattern of
coercive control that one person exercises over another. Abusers use
physical and sexual violence, threats, emotional insults and economic
deprivation as a way to dominate their victims and get their way".
(Susan Scheter, Visionary leader in the movement to end family
violence) [3]

The Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 says that any
act, conduct, omission or commission that harms or injures or has the
potential to harm or injure will be considered domestic violence by
the law. Even a single act of omission or commission may constitute
domestic violence - in other words, women do not have to suffer a
prolonged period of abuse before taking recourse to law. The law
covers children also. [4] Domestic violence is perpetrated by, and on,
both men and women. However, most commonly, the victims are women,
especially in our country. Even in the United States, it has been
reported that 85% of all violent crime experienced by women are cases
of intimate partner violence, compared to 3% of violent crimes
experienced by men. [5] Thus, domestic violence in Indian context
mostly refers to domestic violence against women.
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Two-third married Indian women victims of domestic violence: UN

http://www.expressindia.com/news/fullstory.php?newsid=56501

Domestic violence can be described as the power misused by one adult
in a relationship to control another. It is the establishment of
control and fear in a relationship through violence and other forms of
abuse. This violence can take the form of physical assault,
psychological abuse, social abuse, financial abuse, or sexual assault.
The frequency of the violence can be on and off, occasional or
chronic.

"Domestic violence is not simply an argument. It is a pattern of
coercive control that one person exercises over another. Abusers use
physical and sexual violence, threats, emotional insults and economic
deprivation as a way to dominate their victims and get their way".
(Susan Scheter, Visionary leader in the movement to end family
violence) [3]

The Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 says that any
act, conduct, omission or commission that harms or injures or has the
potential to harm or injure will be considered domestic violence by
the law. Even a single act of omission or commission may constitute
domestic violence - in other words, women do not have to suffer a
prolonged period of abuse before taking recourse to law. The law
covers children also. [4] Domestic violence is perpetrated by, and on,
both men and women. However, most commonly, the victims are women,
especially in our country. Even in the United States, it has been
reported that 85% of all violent crime experienced by women are cases
of intimate partner violence, compared to 3% of violent crimes
experienced by men. [5] Thus, domestic violence in Indian context
mostly refers to domestic violence against women.

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