VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN

VIOLENCE

Behaviour involving physical force, emotional strength, destructive natural force intended to abuse, hurt, damage, destroy, kill and an instance of Violent treatment or procedure which could arise from distortion, infringement, profanation, outrage, , turbulent or furious and often destructive action or force the violence of storm

.Legal term refers it as force against common right and public liberty.

RESTRICTION PLACED ON VIOLENT BEHAVIOUR

Restriction being placed on not publicly identifying the offender of violent behaviour or rape has made it easier for them to perpetrate more of the act.This is aimed towards encouraging the offended (victim) to easily come out and report the offender but is making the offender commit more assault and body harm.

Sexual Offences Act 2003 Schedule 2 .

This act was meant to remove stigmatisation of the offended person from further molestation, pressure, isolation, solitary, social distance and other vices.Sub Section 3(a) of the Amended Act 1992 states the category to includePublishing information which is not on the list and which attracts a penalty whilst it’s also an offence.This Act need to be remembered for proper identification of the offended (victim).The apex court should endeavour to remove all restriction on the offender of violence by publishing their details and keeping the records.

VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN ACT

ACCORDING TO WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION

¶This is a major public health problem and violation of women’s human rights

.¶ About 1 in 3 (35%) of women worldwide have experienced either physical or sexual intimate partner violence or non partner sexual violence in their lifetime

.¶ 38% of murders of women are committed by a male intimate partner.

¶ This violence arose from intimate partner which is about one third (30%) of women who have been in a relationship they have experienced forms of physical or sexual violence.

¶ Violence negatively affects women’s physical, mental, sexual and reproductive health and increase in the risk of acquiring HIV in some settings.

¶Men are more likely to perpetrate Violence if they have low education, history of child maltreatment, exposure to domestic Violence against their mothers, harmful use of alcohol, unequal gender norm including attitude of accepting violence and sense of entitlement of women..

¶ Women are more likely to experience intimate partner violence if they have low education, exposure to mothers being abused by a partners, abuse during childhood and attitude accepting Violence, male privileged and women subordinate status.

According to United Nations (UN)

It’s a gender based act of Violence that results or is likely to result in physical, sexual or mental harm or suffering to women including threat of such acts, coercion, arbitrary deprivation of freedom whether occurring in public or private.

INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE

This is behaviour by intimate partner or ex partner that cause physical, sexual or psychological harm including physical aggression, sexual coercion, psychological abuse and controlling behaviour.

SEXUAL VIOLENCE

This is any sexual act, attempt to obtain a sexual act or other acts directed against a person’s sexuality using coercion by any person regardless of the relationship to the victim.RISK FACTORS OF BOTH INTIMATE PARTNER AND SEXUAL VIOLENCE

¶ Lower levels of education.

¶ History of child maltreatment

.¶ Family maltreatment

¶ Antisocial personality disorder

¶ Harmful use of alcohol¶ Multiple partners suspected by their partners of infidelity

¶Attitudes that condones Violence

¶ Privilege that ascribe higher status to men and lower status to women.

¶ Low level of women access to paid employment.

HEALTH CONSEQUENCE

Physical, sexual, emotional Violence cause short and long term physical, mental, sexual and reproductive health problem for women.

¶ Incitation of homicide or suicide.

¶ Injuries

¶ Unintended pregnancies, induced abortion, gynaecological problem and sexually transmitted infection

.¶ Depression, post traumatic stress and other anxiety disorders, Sleep difficulties, eating disorders, suicide attempt

.¶ Headache, back pain, abdominal pain, gastrointestinal disorder, limited mobility, poor overall health.

¶ Childhood sexual Violence leads to increased smoking, drug and alcohol misuse, risky sexual behaviour in late life.

¶ it’s also associated with perpetration of Violence (male) and victims of Violence (female)

ERADICATION¶

Look before leaping

¶ Avoid too much association or familiarity

¶ Be security Conscious

¶ watch out for dark places

¶ Be friendly with neighbours but choose wisely

¶ Avoid building houses or renting apartments near deserted areas, bushes, uncompleted buildings.

¶ Avoid double date

A register should be open for sexual Violence offence s as well as it’s other vices.
The world is moving away from kidnapping to rape, molestation and Violence against women.

Violence leads to rape.