Knowledge and Experience of Domestic Violence among Women in Kathmandu Metropolitan City of Nepal

Rajan Paudel

doi:10.23937/2474-1353/1510036

Abstract

Domestic violence has emerged as one of the global social and medical concerns, particularly in developing countries. It has affected women from all spheres of life. The consequences of domestic violence are well documented across the world; however, there is still scanty literature related to the domestic violence exploring its knowledge and experience among Nepalese women. Therefore, this study aimed to find the knowledge and experience of domestic violence among the Nepalese women living in Kathmandu, the capital city of Nepal.

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Domestic violence has emerged as one of the global social and medical concerns, in developing countries
Our study aimed to find out an association between the level of knowledge and experience and thedomestic violence among the Nepalese women in Kathmandu metropolitan city
The majority of the respondents were from Chhetri caste (Chhetri and Brahmin are considered upper caste in Nepalese society) among prevalent castes, accounting for 27.6%, and higher majority (79.5%) were the Hindus among religions

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Domestic violence has emerged as one of the global social and medical concerns, in developing countries. It has affected women from all spheres of life. The recognition of women as the second class citizens in the patriarchal Nepalese society, and the social value that puts husband at higher social status, and allows them to dominate their wives has escalated domestic violence against women in Nepal [3,4,5]. Domestic violence has affected women from all ages, background, class, caste, society, religion and nationality. Literature describes this as a result of women’s negligence, general ignorance and lack of understanding about domestic violence [6,7]. The low social position of women has been a key barrier in realizing their right, and to raise voices against their right violations such as from the day to day domestic violence

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