Domestic violence takes many forms including physical, sexual, verbal, psychological, and economic abuse. It affects a woman's overall health and can negatively impact children who witness it. Common myths exist that men who abuse are uneducated or that women provoke the violence. Risk factors include isolation, witnessing violence as a child, prior family violence, financial dependency, and alcoholism. The Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act of 2005 provides legal protections and recourse for victims, including counseling, protection and residence orders, monetary relief, and custody arrangements. IPC 498A is also intended to protect women from harassment in their marital homes.
Most studies indicate that between 1,500 to 1,700 women are killed by men each year.
“Violence against women is a key element in this new global war, not only because of the horror it evokes or the messages it sends but because of what women represent in their capacity to keep their communities together and, equally important, to defend noncommercial conceptions of security and wealth.”
Domestic violence against Men, Women and ChildPazhaneraajaa G
It is a group presentation which describes the domestic violence faced by Men, Women and Child in India. This presentation is done based on the facts collected from various sources.
Most studies indicate that between 1,500 to 1,700 women are killed by men each year.
“Violence against women is a key element in this new global war, not only because of the horror it evokes or the messages it sends but because of what women represent in their capacity to keep their communities together and, equally important, to defend noncommercial conceptions of security and wealth.”
Domestic violence against Men, Women and ChildPazhaneraajaa G
It is a group presentation which describes the domestic violence faced by Men, Women and Child in India. This presentation is done based on the facts collected from various sources.
This ppt throws light on all aspects of domestic violence. It also shares a true story about a lady ho is a victim of domestic violence . I have tried to explain about domestic violence highlighting women and children and also suggested ways in which one can help a women who is the victim of domestic violence . I hope this will be helpful to the victims.
However one should know that even boys can be subjected to such violence.
This is one little step i would like to take to stop domestic violence. I hope that someday this violence stops and every lives happily together
Domestic violence is the obstinate terrorization, physical stabbing, battery, sexual attack, and other abusive behavior as part of an organized model of power and control perpetrated by a close partner against another.
Domestic violence: Through the Eyes of a SurvivorCassie Walker
This is a brief explanation of domestic violence, what it is, the damage it can do, and ways to help or get help. This has been created through the eyes of a survivor.
Domestic Violence Act 2005 in English
Published by Human Rights Law Network(HRLN), a division of Socio Legal Information Centre(SLIC). For more details about our works, visit us at http://hrln.org
This ppt throws light on all aspects of domestic violence. It also shares a true story about a lady ho is a victim of domestic violence . I have tried to explain about domestic violence highlighting women and children and also suggested ways in which one can help a women who is the victim of domestic violence . I hope this will be helpful to the victims.
However one should know that even boys can be subjected to such violence.
This is one little step i would like to take to stop domestic violence. I hope that someday this violence stops and every lives happily together
Domestic violence is the obstinate terrorization, physical stabbing, battery, sexual attack, and other abusive behavior as part of an organized model of power and control perpetrated by a close partner against another.
Domestic violence: Through the Eyes of a SurvivorCassie Walker
This is a brief explanation of domestic violence, what it is, the damage it can do, and ways to help or get help. This has been created through the eyes of a survivor.
Domestic Violence Act 2005 in English
Published by Human Rights Law Network(HRLN), a division of Socio Legal Information Centre(SLIC). For more details about our works, visit us at http://hrln.org
Dr. K. Wendy Freed, M.D.
Consulting psychiatrist for Miller Children's Hospital Abuse and Violence Intervention Center in Long Beach, CA
March 13, 2007
Domestic violence presentation by maitriWinnie Singh
Domestic Violence is an offense which should not be accepted. It is an affront to human dignity,
degrades a human being, and should not be tolerated. Thus, doing everything possible to prevent
incidents of domestic violence and dealing
effectively with both victims and offenders when incidents do occur, is not only
the right thing to do, it is a necessity. Taking care of all members of the
family is an institutional value crucial to the
success and health of any nation. Providing a safe and wholesome environment for
families is a key quality of life which should be the objective of any man.
Showcase local resources or organizations that can provide help.
Slide 12: Advocacy and Social Responsibility
Encourage the audience to take an active role in advocating for change.
Highlight the importance of social responsibility in addressing these issues.
Slide 13: Conclusion
Summarize key takeaways from the presentation.
Reiterate the importance of sensitizing and handling social issues for health and family development.
Slide 14: Questions and Discussion
Open the floor for questions and engage the audience in a discussion.
Slide 15: Additional Resources
Provide a list of recommended readings, websites, and support organizations for further information.
Slide 16: Thank You
Thank the audience for their attention and participation.
Share contact information for follow-up inquiries.
Slide 17: References
Cite sources and references used in the presentation.
Slide 18: Contact Information
Display your contact information and encourage the audience to reach out for more information or assistance.
Slide 19: Q&A Session
To acknowledge that Sexual abuse is common
It is also frequent in men , which is left under reported
To identify and counter the patient’s negative cognitions
To improve the patients Social Support .
Group therapy or other support by women who have faced similar abuse may be helpful.
Mandatory reporting of all cases of sexual abuse is necessary to help to stop the further abuse.
October is time for raising domestic violence issues within our communities. It is extra special to survivors like me for people to help spread the facts about domestic violence instead of letting rumors fly around.
India’s elderly population has grown vastly over the last 40 years. Among India’s current population of 90 million elderly persons, 54% of people aged 60 or older are widows. An estimated 5,000 abandoned and destitute widows live in Vrindavan (Mathura, India). Maitri provides daily mid day meals, nutritional supplements, clothing and facilitates health care, which includes cataract surgeries, breast cancer screening, treatment of major diseases, to 500 elderly, abandoned widows. Maitri also ensures their respect and dignity in death by performing funeral services as per their religious needs.
With your support, we look to scale the programme to reach 1,000 elderly and abandoned women by 2013.
For more information visit: www.maitriindia.org
MAITRI is a humanitarian and developmental NGO established in 2005. Its mission is to
establish basic health, promote education and restore human rights to empower India’s
vulnerable populations. Maitri defends human rights and strengthens communities through
individual and community empowerment with advocacy, education, community-based program
development, and networking. Maitri is committed to improving the quality of life and dignity
of the vulnerable populations it works with, which include:
● Destitute and marginalised widows
● Migrant workers and their families
● Underprivileged children
Protection of women from domestic violence act 2005Winnie Singh
MAITRI is a humanitarian and developmental NGO established in 2005. Its mission is to
establish basic health, promote education and restore human rights to empower India’s
vulnerable populations. Maitri defends human rights and strengthens communities through
individual and community empowerment with advocacy, education, community-based program
development, and networking. Maitri is committed to improving the quality of life and dignity
of the vulnerable populations it works with, which include:
● Destitute and marginalised widows
● Migrant workers and their families
● Underprivileged children
● Members of uniformed services and their families
2. MAITRI is committed to facilitate Citizenship Rights, Human
Rights of the vulnerable, Dignity and Respect to the abandoned,
Destitute and elderly widows in Vrindavan
Maitri is committed to End Violence Against Women. Maitri’s aim
is to reduce domestic violence against women, and promote
happy and healthy homes
ABOUT MAITRI
3. Understanding
Domestic Violence
Any form of abuse causing harm or injury to the physical
and/or mental health of the woman or compromising her life
and safety.
Any Harassment for dowry or to meet any other unlawful
demand
Threat to cause injury or harm
Forms of Domestic Violence
1. Physical Abuse
2. Sexual Abuse
3. Verbal Abuse
4. Psychological/ Emotional Abuse
4. Economic Abuse
5. Myths About Domestic Violence
Myth 1 Men who abuse their
partners are uneducated, socially
inept and outwardly aggressive
Myth 2 Women often provoke
violence
Myth 3 Alcohol and drug abuse
cause abusive behavior
Myth 4 Men abuse their female
partners because they are
mentally ill
Myth 5 Women who stay in
abusive relationships are crazy;
they must enjoy being abused,
otherwise they would leave
6. RISK FACTORS
• Isolation from family and support systems
• Witness to violence during childhood/at the
field
• Prior history of violence within the family
• Financial dependency
• Incompatibility (change in the outlook)
• Alcoholism
• Mismatch of career options
• Role expectations
• The anxieties about control, and consequently
the violence, flare up most before and after
deployments, as soldiers lose and then try to
reinstate control.
7. Challenges
-Women often hesitate to
report abuse because
they fear the impact it
will have on their family
life
-Many women still don't
know that the law gives
financial and physical
protection as well as a
right to live in her marital
home her under the
domestic violence act
2005
8. Dealing with Domestic Violence
• Identification: Victim has to identify herself
• Accessing help through forums, support groups, help
lines
• Talking to trusted families and friends
• Taking the help of a NGO or police
• Protecting their rights by using the
“Protection of Women from
Domestic Violence Act, 2005”.
9. Impact of Domestic Violence
• Overall health of the woman and the family
• Aggression impacting children’s mental health
• Abusive and violent home can give children
wrong messaging ‘that it is OK to be abusive-
For Boys’ and ‘it is ok to accept abuse- for
girls’
10. PROTECTION OF WOMEN FROM
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ACT, 2005
• Section 14: Counseling
• Section 18: Protection Orders
• Section 19: Residence Orders
• Section 20: Monetary Relief
• Section 21: Custody Order
• Section 22: Compensation Order
• Section 23: Interim/ Ex parte Orders
• Section 31: Penalty for breach of protection order by
respondent
11. IPC 498 A
Passed by Indian Parliament in 1983, Indian
Penal Code 498A, is a criminal law (not a
civil law) which is defined as follows,
“Whoever, being the husband or the relative
of the husband of a woman, subjects such
woman to cruelty shall be punished with
imprisonment for a term which may extend
to three years and shall also be liable to fine.
The offence is Cognizable, non-
compoundable and non-bailable.”
• IPC 498A was introduced to save women
from harassment.
12. For more information, please contact:
Maitri India
J -92 Anant Ram Diary
RK Puram Sector 13
New Delhi 110066, India
www.maitriindia.org
email: winnie.singh@maitri.org.in
24 hour Helpline: 8010512345/ +91.9810132908
Editor's Notes
Physical Abuse:Injuries include black eyes, cut lips, bruising, fractures, deafness, blindness, internal bleeding, missing teeth, persistent ill health, miscarriages, and injuries to a foetus and death. It can include slaps, shoves, pushing, being thrown across the room or down the stairs, kicking, stamping, strangulation, burns and scalds, being attacked with weapons such as knives, household objects, firearms etc internally as well as externally. Sexual Abuse: behavior that is intended to intimidate and Persecute. takes the form of threats of abandonment or abuse, confinement to the home, surveillance. threats to take away custody of the children destruction of objects. isolation, verbal agression and constant humiliation.Economic Abuse: coerced sex through threats intimidation or physical force forcing unwanted sexual acts or forcing sex with others. Forcing a woman to look at pornography or any obscene pictures Any act of sexual nature to abuse, humiliate or degrade a woman's’ integrity.Verbal Abuse: Name calling. Any kind of accusation on a woman's character or conduct. Insults for not bringing dowry. Preventing a woman from marrying a person of her choice. Any form of threat or insults for not producing a male child.Psychological/Emotional Abuse: behavior that is intended to intimidate and Persecute. takes the form of threats of abandonment or abuse, confinement to the home, surveillance. threats to take away custody of the children destruction of objects. isolation, verbal agression and constant humiliation.Economic Abuse:Acts such as the denial of funds.Refusal to contribute financiallyDenial of food and basic needs.Controlling access to health care, employment, etc.