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    Domestic violence and abuse is a widespread problem in Pakistan that affects hundreds of thousands of women and girls each year. It most commonly takes the form of emotional, physical, and sexual violence perpetrated by male intimate partners and family members. However, domestic abuse can also include financial, verbal, cultural, and spiritual forms of violence. The highest rates are found in Punjab province, while Sindh has particularly high rates of honor killings. Causes include patriarchal social structures, lack of women's empowerment and education, and poverty. The government has established helpline services and is pursuing new domestic violence legislation to better protect victims.

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    Domestic violence and abuse is a widespread problem in Pakistan that affects hundreds of thousands of women and girls each year. It most commonly takes the form of emotional, physical, and sexual violence perpetrated by male intimate partners and family members. However, domestic abuse can also include financial, verbal, cultural, and spiritual forms of violence. The highest rates are found in Punjab province, while Sindh has particularly high rates of honor killings. Causes include patriarchal social structures, lack of women's empowerment and education, and poverty. The government has established helpline services and is pursuing new domestic violence legislation to better protect victims.

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    Domestic violence and abuse is a widespread problem in Pakistan that affects hundreds of thousands of women and girls each year. It most commonly takes the form of emotional, physical, and sexual violence perpetrated by male intimate partners and family members. However, domestic abuse can also include financial, verbal, cultural, and spiritual forms of violence. The highest rates are found in Punjab province, while Sindh has particularly high rates of honor killings. Causes include patriarchal social structures, lack of women's empowerment and education, and poverty. The government has established helpline services and is pursuing new domestic violence legislation to better protect victims.

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    Domestic Violence

    & Abuse
    What is Domestic Abuse ?

    • We define domestic abuse as an incident or pattern of incidents of


    controlling, coercive, threatening, degrading and violent behavior,
    including sexual violence, in the majority of cases by a partner or ex-
    partner, but also by a family member or carer.
    What is Domestic Violence?

    • Abuse becomes violence when it causes you to fear for your life.
    Violence impacts every part of us—physical, emotional, spiritual and
    mental. Violence takes control of our lives and bodies away from us,
    at least for a few moments
    • In the 19th century, the
    term didn’t even exist.
    It wasn’t until the 20th
    century that federal
    and state law defined
    and banned forms of
    domestic abuse
    against a number of
    designated victim
    groups.
    • Major change to the laws came with the Women’s Movement in the
    1970s. As a result, legislative bodies began to modernize their
    definitions, with the term “domestic violence” first being used in
    1973.
    • Although abuse does
    commonly occur
    between partners in
    an intimate
    relationship, the term
    can also describe
    abuse by a parent
    towards a child or
    between siblings. And
    while violence is
    certainly a type of
    abuse, other things
    like sexual abuse and
    emotional abuse are
    now recognized as
    domestic abuse
    behaviors
    Prevalence in Pakistan
    • In a study by Zakar et al., of 373 randomly selected married women of
    reproductive age interviewed in Pakistani ospitals, 60.8% reported as
    current victims of severe psychological violence with 15% having been
    victims in the past.
    Worldwide Survey

    • According to various national surveys, the percentage of women who


    were ever physically assaulted by an intimate partner varies
    substantially by country: Barbados (30%), Canada (29%), Egypt (34%),
    New Zealand (35%), Switzerland (21%), United States (33%
    Percentage of abusers
    • According to the CDC, 1 in 4
    women and 1 in 7 men will
    experience physical violence
    by their intimate partner at
    some point during their
    lifetimes. About 1 in 3
    women and nearly 1 in 6 men
    experience some form of
    sexual violence during their
    lifetimes.
    Surveys
    • A survey carried out by the Thomson Reuters Foundation ranked
    Pakistan as the third most dangerous country in the world for women,
    after Afghanistan and the Democratic Republic of Congo
    Which province show more cases of
    domestic Violence in Pakistan
    Pakistan: Punjab records highest number of
    cases of women abuse.
    Whereas Sindh becomes notorious for
    escalating honour killing cases of women
    With 111 such cases in 2021 and 88 in
    current year.
    Over 380 women Complained About kidnapping, abduction , rape and
    murders . Further complain pertaining to property matters including
    inheritance matters of property stood at 1 ,424.Complaints around
    family issues involving divorce, khula ,maintenance or custody of
    minors by women in Punjab came to around 1050.
    Types of Violence
    Physical Violence. Physical violence occurs when someone uses a part of their
    body or an object to control a person’s actions.
    Sexual Violence. …
    Emotional Violence. …
    Psychological Violence. …
    Spiritual Violence. …
    Cultural Violence. …
    Verbal Abuse. …
    • Financial Abuse
    • Highest among them is
    emotional violence (26%),
    followed by physical
    violence (23%). Pakistani
    society is predominantly a
    patriarchal society, a
    system in which power
    relationships are
    dominated by men and in
    which women are kept
    subordinate in a number of
    ways
    Causes of domestic Violence in Pakistan.
    • The factors associated with
    domestic violence in Pakistan
    are low-economical status of
    women, lack of awareness
    about women rights, lack of
    education, falsified beliefs,
    imbalanced empowerment
    issues between males and
    females, male dominant social
    structure and lack of support
    from the government.
    Is it gender specific
    One study of 96 cases of domestic abuse recorded by the police found
    that men are significantly more likely to be repeat perpetrators and
    significantly more likely than women to use physical violence, threats,
    and harassment.
    Most common causes of domestic Violence are,

    Poverty and unemployment.


    Education.
    Young parents.
    Relationship Retention Behavior.
    Historical Factors.
    Cultural Factors.
    • Self Defense
    Gender Based Violence
    • Domestic Violence is the
    most common type of
    gender-based violence. In
    most contexts, domestic
    violence is used to describe
    intimate partner violence
    (IPV): violence that occurs
    between two individuals in an
    intimate (sexual and/or
    romantic) relationship.
    Violence against women and girls (VAWG)

    Violence Against Women and Girls


    (VAWG) is a subset of gender-based
    violence, focused—as the name implies
    —specifically on GBV directed at women
    and girls. VAWG includes many types of
    violence, from female genital mutilation
    to psychological abuse. Its most extreme
    form is femicide.
    Femicide
    • Femicide is the killing of a woman because of her gender, and it is the
    gravest form of gender-based violence.
    Reported Cases
    • More than 700 million worldwide have experienced
    intimate partner violence and/or sexual violence during
    their lifetime (UN Women).
    • 13% of women experienced intimate partner violence in
    the last 12 months (UN Women).
    • 7% of women were sexually assaulted outside of their
    intimate relationship (World Bank).
    • 137 women are killed by a family member each day (UN
    Women).
    • 38% of murders of women are committed by a male
    intimate partner (World Bank).
    • Just 40% of women who experience violence seek help; and just 10%
    seek help from the police (UN Women).
    Laws and Legislations.
    The bill for Domestic Violence (Prevention and Protection) Act 2020 has
    been introduced in the National Assembly by Ministry of Human Rights
    on 8th of July 2020, with the aim to ‘establish an effective system of
    protection, relief and rehabilitation of women, children, elders and any
    vulnerable persons against domestic violence’.

    According to the bill, if an offence falling under the PPC is committed in


    a domestic relationship, the crime shall be punishable as under the
    PPC.
    • A fine ranging from Rs20,000 to Rs100,000 would also be imposed on
    the perpetrator of domestic violence, that would be paid as
    compensation to the aggrieved person. In case of default in payment
    of fine, the perpetrator may be awarded three months imprisonment.
    Government of Pakistan Ministry of Human Rights.

    Every woman/girl has the right to live her life safely and free of
    violence," the ministry stated in a tweet, adding: "Help us end violence
    against women and girls with our national 1099 helpline app."
    • The ministry urged people to raise their voices and report any act of
    abuse or violence.
    Helpline number
    • The helpline number where women register their complaint in
    Punjab is 1043.
    • The National women’s helpline Center is 1099.
    • In previous year National women’s helpline received a total of 1890
    complaints from women across Pakistan.
    • In Sindh , Suhai organization works for the women and girls who face
    abuse or harassment or becomes a victim of honour killing.

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