violence againt women

« I N TRODUCT IO N V io lence agai ns t women means al l v io len t i nd i v i d ua l or col lect ive behav io r based solely on a quest ion of gender.

Rela ted to gender stud ies ( the study of w ha t is gender speci f ic), t he resea rch ai ms to demons t ra te t ha t t h is t ype of behav io r is based on a socia l rep resen ta t ion of t he k i nd t ha t to le ra te or encou rage such a t tacks.

T hey a re associa ted w i t h fo rced ma r r i ages, forced p regnancy and forced abor t ions, fema le gen i ta l mu t i l a t ion, ston i ng, d isf igu remen t w i t h acid and othe r honor k i l l i ngs, domest ic v io lence and slave ry w i t hou t recou rse, rape of eth n ic cleansi ng, sexua l slave ry, and t rad i t iona l dep r i va t ion or pol i t ica l ly to le ra ted fu ndamen ta l f reedoms and h u man r ig h ts of women.

T he d is t i nc t ion of t h is t ype of v iolence is ou t of t he fem i n is t movemen t and t he developmen t of gender stud ies.

I t is d ispu ted, i n p r i nc ip le, by some i n te l lectua ls. I .

DEF I N I T IO N Many people, commun i t ies, h u man i ta r i a n or pol i t ica l organ iza t ions have sough t to denounce abuse or aggrava ted exist i ng solely because of a person belongs to a genus.

Usua l l y i t is women w ho a re t he v ic t i ms of w ha t is p resen ted as a col lect ive tendency and / or cul t u ra l to al low or encou rage t h is t ype of assau l t, assau l t recu r r i ng.

T he va r ious stud ies and pub l ica t ions to expose t h is to t he pub l ic a re speci f ica l ly i n tended to d is t i ngu ish and h igh l igh t t he gender d isc r i m i na to r y phenomenon i ncompa t ib le w i t h t he p r i nc ip les of h u man r ig h ts.

Conven t ion of t he Counci l of E u rope Conven t ion on t he p reven t ion and f igh t aga ins t v io lence agai ns t women and domest ic v io lence def i ne t he te r m "v iolence agai ns t women" shou ld be u nders tood as a v io la t ion of h u man r i gh ts and a fo r m of d isc r i m i na t ion agai ns t women, as any act of gender-based v io lence w h ich cause or a re l i kely to cause women ha r m or suffe r i ng physical, sexua l, psychological or economic na t u re, i nc lud i ng t h rea ts to engage i n such acts, coercion or a rb i t ra r y dep r i va t ion of l i be r ty, w he the r occu r r i ng i n pub l ic or p r i va te l i fe. I I .

T YPES OF V IO L ENCES A.

Domest ic v iolence T h is fo r m of v io lence is l i ved i n fam i l ies w he re t he man is st i l l considered supe r io r to women.

He re t he customs i nvolved.

T he membe rs of t he h usband's fam i l y ha rass t he i r beau t i f u l sister, daugh te r and he r chi ld ren.

T he h usband i mposes on smal l and big sis te rs of h is w i fe.

A f te r t he deat h of he r h usband, t he woman is d r i ven by he r h usband's fam i l y ( I ncl ud i ng t he beau t i f u l sis te rs) and al l goods a re conf iscated i nc l ud i ng t he sala r y of t he deceased.

T he w i fe wor ks longer t han t he man; she a l most d id no t rest w i t h i ts doub le wor kday (household, f ie lds, off ice, ma r ke t, i n te rcou rse t he n igh t ...).

She gets up early i n t he mo r n i ng to l a te.

I n some cases t he woman is ma r r ied too young w i t hou t h is pe rspect ive, early ma r r i age w i t h an elder ly person w i t hou t h is consen t.

T he i mposi t ion of polygamous ma r r i age, p refe ren t ia l ma r r iage concl uded i n advance w i t hou t t he i r consen t between cousi ns or u ncles and n ieces, nephews, aun ts, bl i nd obedience to man a re al l fo r ms of v iolence agai ns t t he woman.

T he woman is t ra u ma t ized by t he overbea r i ng behav io r and demand i ng of he r h usband (p r i de, supe r io r i t y complex, r i va l r y).

T he man decides alone a t home rega rd less of t he level of educat ion and occupa t ion by women i n society.

Some t r ad i t ions con t i n ue to i mpose FG M.

I ncest con t i n ues to be p rac t iced i n some cases. B.

V iolence i n t he wor kp lace and sexual ha rassmen t. »