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This document include the questions and my references used in this project.

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This article explains what domestic violence is and what different type of abuse occurs in domestic violence. It also sheds some light on who the victims typically and connects it back to our society.

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This article talks about the 20 countries that have do not have domestic violence laws. Some of the countries are Haiti, Egypt, Pakistan, Armenia, and Congo. The police in some of these countries refrain from investigating domestic violence cases because they believe it should be treat as a private family matter.

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-          This website shows the awareness about intimate partner and sexual violence against women. It also shows the statistics for the abuse that occurs internationally between women and their intimate partners. This piece displays how the abuse affects children, the economy, and the health of the victims.

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Introduction

The United Nations defines violence against women as "any act of gender-based violence that results in, or is likely to result in, physical, sexual, or mental harm or suffering to women, including threats of such acts, coercion or arbitrary deprivation of liberty, whether occurring in public or in private life." (1)

Intimate partner violence refers to behaviour by an intimate partner or ex-partner that causes physical, sexual or psychological harm, including physical aggression, sexual coercion, psychological abuse and controlling behaviours.

Sexual violence is "any sexual act, attempt to obtain a sexual act, or other act directed against a person's sexuality using coercion, by any person regardless of their relationship to the victim, in any setting. It includes rape, defined as the physically forced or otherwise coerced penetration of the vulva or anus with a penis, other body part or object."

Scope of the problem

Population-level surveys based on reports from victims provide the most accurate estimates of the prevalence of intimate partner violence and sexual violence. A 2013 analysis conduct by WHO with the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and the South Africa Medical Research Council, used existing data from over 80 countries and found that worldwide, 1 in 3, or 35%, of women have experienced physical and/or sexual violence by an intimate partner or non-partner sexual violence (3).

Almost one third (30%) of all women who have been in a relationship have experienced physical and/or sexual violence by their intimate partner. The prevalence estimates of intimate partner violence range from 23.2% in high-income countries and 24.6% in the WHO Western Pacific region to 37% in the WHO Eastern Mediterranean region, and 37.7% in the WHO South-East Asia region.

Globally as many as 38% of all murders of women are committed by intimate partners. In addition to intimate partner violence, globally 7% of women report having been sexually assaulted by someone other than a partner, although data for non-partner sexual violence are more limited. Intimate partner and sexual violence are mostly perpetrated by men against women.

Risk factors

Factors associated with intimate partner and sexual violence occur at individual, family, community and wider society levels. Some are associated with being a perpetrator of violence, some are associated with experiencing violence and some are associated with both.

Risk factors for both intimate partner and sexual violence include:

lower levels of education (perpetration of sexual violence and experience of sexual violence);

a history of exposure to child maltreatment (perpetration and experience);

witnessing family violence (perpetration and experience);

antisocial personality disorder (perpetration);

harmful use of alcohol (perpetration and experience);

having multiple partners or suspected by their partners of infidelity (perpetration);

attitudes that condone violence (perpetration);

community norms that privilege or ascribe higher status to men and lower status to women; and

low levels of women's access to paid employment.

Factors specifically associated with intimate partner violence include:

past history of violence

marital discord and dissatisfaction

difficulties in communicating between partners

male controlling behaviors towards their partners.

Factors specifically associated with sexual violence perpetration include:

beliefs in family honour and sexual purity

ideologies of male sexual entitlement

weak legal sanctions for sexual violence.

Gender inequality and norms on the acceptability of violence against women are a root cause of violence against women.

Health consequences

Intimate partner (physical, sexual and emotional) and sexual violence cause serious short- and long-term physical, mental, sexual and reproductive health problems for women. They also affect their children, and lead to high social and economic costs for women, their families and societies. Such violence can:

Have fatal outcomes like homicide or suicide.

Lead to injuries, with 42% of women who experience intimate partner violence reporting an injury as a consequence of this violence.

Lead to unintended pregnancies, induced abortions, gynaecological problems, and sexually transmitted infections, including HIV. The 2013 analysis found that women who had been physically or sexually abused were 1.5 times more likely to have a sexually transmitted infection and, in some regions, HIV, compared to women who had not experienced partner violence. They are also twice as likely to have an abortion.

Intimate partner violence in pregnancy also increases the likelihood of miscarriage, stillbirth, pre-term delivery and low birth weight babies. The same 2013 study showed that women who experienced intimate partner violence were 16% more likely to suffer a miscarriage and 41% more likely to have a pre-term birth.

These forms of violence can lead to depression, post-traumatic stress and other anxiety disorders, sleep difficulties, eating disorders, and suicide attempts. The 2013 analysis found that women who have experienced intimate partner violence were almost twice as likely to experience depression and problem drinking.

Health effects can also include headaches, back pain, abdominal pain, gastrointestinal disorders, limited mobility and poor overall health.

Sexual violence, particularly during childhood, can lead to increased smoking, drug and alcohol misuse, and risky sexual behaviours in later life. It is also associated with perpetration of violence (for males) and being a victim of violence (for females).

Impact on children

Children who grow up in families where there is violence may suffer a range of behavioural and emotional disturbances. These can also be associated with perpetrating or experiencing violence later in life.

Intimate partner violence has also been associated with higher rates of infant and child mortality and morbidity (through, for example diarrhoeal disease or malnutrition).

Social and economic costs

The social and economic costs of intimate partner and sexual violence are enormous and have ripple effects throughout society. Women may suffer isolation, inability to work, loss of wages, lack of participation in regular activities and limited ability to care for themselves and their children.

Prevention and response

There are a growing number of well-designed studies looking at the effectiveness of prevention and response programmes. More resources are needed to strengthen the prevention of and response to intimate partner and sexual violence, including primary prevention - stopping it from happening in the first place.

There is some evidence from high-income countries that advocacy and counselling interventions to improve access to services for survivors of intimate partner violence are effective in reducing such violence. Home visitation programmes involving health worker outreach by trained nurses also show promise in reducing intimate partner violence. However, these have yet to be assessed for use in resource-poor settings.

In low resource settings, prevention strategies that have been shown to be promising include: those that empower women economically and socially through a combination of microfinance and skills training related to gender equality; that promote communication and relationship skills within couples and communities; that reduce access to, and harmful use of alcohol; transform harmful gender and social norms through community mobilization and group-based participatory education with women and men to generate critical reflections about unequal gender and power relationships.

To achieve lasting change, it is important to enact and enforce legislation and develop and implement policies that promote gender equality by:

ending discrimination against women in marriage, divorce and custody laws

ending discrimination in inheritance laws and ownership of assets

improving women's access to paid employment

developing and resourcing national plans and policies to address violence against women.

While preventing and responding to violence against women requires a multi-sectoral approach, the health sector has an important role to play. The health sector can:

Advocate to make violence against women unacceptable and for such violence to be addressed as a public health problem.

Provide comprehensive services, sensitize and train health care providers in responding to the needs of survivors holistically and empathetically.

Prevent recurrence of violence through early identification of women and children who are experiencing violence and providing appropriate referral and support

Promote egalitarian gender norms as part of life skills and comprehensive sexuality education curricula taught to young people.

Generate evidence on what works and on the magnitude of the problem by carrying out population-based surveys, or including violence against women in population-based demographic and health surveys, as well as in surveillance and health information systems.

WHO response

At the World Health Assembly in May 2016, Member States endorsed a global plan of action on strengthening the role of the health systems in addressing interpersonal violence, in particular against women and girls and against children.

WHO, in collaboration with partners, is:

Building the evidence base on the size and nature of violence against women in different settings and supporting countries' efforts to document and measure this violence and its consequences, including improving the methods for measuring violence against women in the context of monitoring for the Sustainable Development Goals. This is central to understanding the magnitude and nature of the problem and to initiating action in countries and globally.

Strengthening research and capacity to assess interventions to address partner violence.

Undertaking interventions research to test and identify effective health sector interventions to address violence against women.

Developing guidelines and implementation tools for strengthening the health sector response to intimate partner and sexual violence and synthesizing evidence on what works to prevent such violence.

Supporting countries and partners to implement the global plan of action on violence by:

Collaborating with international agencies and organizations to reduce and eliminate violence globally through initiatives such as the Sexual Violence Research Initiative, Together for Girls, the Violence Against Women Working Group of the International Federation of Obstetrician-Gynecologists (FIGO) and the UN Joint Programme on Essential Services Package for Women Subject to Violence.

(1) United Nations. Declaration on the elimination of violence against women. New York : UN, 1993.

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The United Nations defines violence against women as "any act of gender-based violence that results in, or is likely to result in, physical, sexual, or mental harm or suffering to women, including threats of such acts, coercion or arbitrary deprivation of liberty, whether occurring in public or in private life."

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Statistics: Domestic Violence in Ontario

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Statistics: Domestic Violence in Ontario

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This article show the statistics of domestic violence in Ontario from the years 2002 – 2011. Some of the topics that the stats were based on are why the abuse was not reported to the police, domestic violence is a gender based crime, how age is a factor in domestic violence.

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Ending gender-based violence

Economic empowerment and security

Increasing women's economic security is a key factor in improving the well-being of women and their families. The province funds projects that provide skills, knowledge and experience to women to increase their economic security.

What we do

develop strategic policy and programs that work to advance women's equality and economic independence and prevent violence

fund programs and services to increase women's economic security and help women and their children live free from violence

help women and children access programs and services through more than 200 community social services organizations across Ontario

help women and children find emergency shelters, crisis and support services, counselling services, transitional and housing support services, province-wide crisis help-lines, Indigenous-specific programs and supports to reduce violence against Indigenous women and children

Significant dates

We recognize significant dates to promote awareness throughout the year including:

Human Trafficking Awareness Day on February 22

International Women's Day on March 8

Sexual Assault Prevention Month in May

Sexual Harassment Awareness Week from June 1 to June 7

Gender Equality Week during the fourth week in September

Women's History Month in October

National Day of Action for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls on October 4

Person's Day on October 18

Woman Abuse Prevention Month in November

Transgender day of remembrance for Ontario on November 20

United Nations International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women on November 25

National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women on December 6

Contact us

Women's Issues
College Park, 6 th floor, Suite 601-D,
777 Bay Street
Toronto, Ontario M7A 2J4

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Ending gender-based violence Increasing women's economic security is a key factor in improving the well-being of women and their families. The province funds projects that provide skills, knowledge and experience to women to increase their economic security.

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This video shows two victims of domestic abuse speaking up about traumatic abuse altercations with their intimate/past partners. This video motivates other victims to speak out about their situations, so that justice can be served to the perpetrators. Speaking out is a key action to do when it comes to abuse because it brings more awareness about the topic.

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Domestic Abuse Victim Opens Up About Her Relationship - Real Stories

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Gemma discusses the night she was attacked by her ex boyfriend. Want to watch more full-length Documentaries? Click here: http://bit.ly/1GOzpIu Behind Closed Doors was produced by True Vision Productions. If you wish to find out more the people featured in this documentary then go to http://truevisiontv.com/foundation Follow us on Twitter for more - https://twitter.com/realstoriesdocs Instagram - @realstoriesdocs Content licensed by Digital Rights Group (DRG).

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Domestice violence is when one partner in an intimate relationship abuses the other. The abuse can be physical, sexual, emotional/verbal or a combination of all three

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This picture represents verbal abuse and how just because the abuse is verbal, doesn’t mean the word don’t affect people the same way that physical abuse does. In this course we talked about how abuse is not only physical, but it can be verbal, emotional, and mental abuse as well. Put-downs are still verbal abuse, so people should always be aware of what they say to other because we don’t know what the other person is going through.

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This picture represents how abuse victims don’t talk out about their violent partners. In this course we learned about how abuse victims are put in situations where they can’t or they don’t speak up and tell someone about their abusive relationships. Sometimes women don’t tell anyone because, they are scared, threatened, have no one to tell, and may have nowhere to run to.

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This picture represents stereotypical physical domestic abuse, where the male partner threatens the female in the relationship. In this course, it was stated that the perpetrators of violence towards women are almost exclusively men, but that doesn’t mean that men aren’t victims of physical domestic abuse as well. About 1 in 7 men, and 1 in 4 women have been victims of physical abuse by their intimate partners.

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This video is an example of someone who is wrongly influencing women or intimate partners that abuse is a sign of love which in my opinion is incorrect. Abuse is never ok and nobody should be pushing abuse as a positive act. As discussed in the course, some abuse victims don’t tell anyone about their ongoing situation, and part of the reason is because they are too ashamed to. When people promote abuse, it can cause the victims to not speak out because they may feel that they wont be taken seriously.

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18-Year-Old: ‘If Your Boyfriend Hits You, It's A Sign Of Love'

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This video is an example of emotional abuse. Emotional abuse is a form of abuse, characterized by a person subjecting, or exposing, another person to behavior that may result in psychological trauma, including anxiety, chronic depression, or post-traumatic stress disorder. This form of abuse occurs in a domestic setting regularly between intimate partners, family member and/or friends.

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