Domestic Violence Against Women- Its Causes, Effects and Remedies

Abstract

Violence against women, of late, has become a global problem. Women of all races, ethnic groups, classes and nationalities are affected by it. It has recently emerged as a life-threatening problem for individual women and as a grievous problem for societies. Violence impacts the lives of millions of women globally in all socio-economic and educational classes. It cuts across cultural and religious barriers and hinders women’s right to fully engage in society. Violence against women takes a discouraging variety of forms, from domestic offense to rape, to childhood marriages and to practices like female circumcision. All these deny the most fundamental human rights. Crime against women is not a recent phenomenon in Assam. In Assamese society, as per available written records of social organization and family, women have been subjected to ill-treatment, humiliation, torture, and exploitation. These records exhibit repetition of incidents of rape, abduction, torture and murder of women. Yet, sadly enough, literature on social problems or on criminal violence have not given much importance on female victims of violence. There are not much attempts made to explain why both the public and the academicians alike have ignored for so long the hard fact that women have continuously been ruthlessly exploited in our society. The aim of this article is to find out the types,causes,effects and remedies of domestic violence against women and its remedies.