Violence Against Women

Violence against women is a major public health and the biggest human rights problem in India. Violence is a behavior in which a powerful person abuses and takes advantage of less powerful persons. Violence against women is mostly a gender-based and sexual-based violence. Indian culture assumes that men are superior to women. We read many…

Eliminating the Marital Exemption Defense for Charges of Spousal Rape Washington, like many states, rejected being married as a defense against first and second-degree rape in the 1980s (Barnhill & Kennedy-Begen, 2006). Yet until 2013, if the rapist was a spouse, ‘But we’re married!’ was a perfectly adequate defense in Washington State for the charges…

Gender based violence occurs at individual level in relationships, household level, at community level and in the society. It perpetuates the stereotyping of gender roles that precludes human dignity of an individual and hinders human development by affecting human health, self-esteem and livelihoods. (UNHCR, 2003 P7). Global issues such as deepening poverty, food insecurity, high…

Many women are suffered and do not have the same right as men in our society. They are limited on their ability to express themselves, therefore, sometimes that drove them to depression or other mental illnesses. One of the main reasons that some people do not respect women is the mentality that the entire society…

I believe pornography promotes violence against women. Pornography is more than wickedness for men, it promotes violence in relationships. Pornography suggests a misleading and impractical way of approaching the opposite. It is a misleading and impractical idea about the man and woman’s connection. Pornography makes a female a figure really an anonymous person. In my…

Gender-based violence is a common phenomenon in a society that is rooted in gender inequality, and it continues to be one of the most notable human rights violations that intersect all cultures, race, ethnicities, and status (Nutsukpo). Gender-based violence, also referred to as violence against women, is “violence that is directed against a woman because…

Women today are facing numerous challenges and problems, not only them, but so are our indigenous people and Latinx community. Some of the main challenges that they all face in society includes discrimination and marginalization. Despite various human rights activists and non-governmental organizations to abolish and eliminate discrimination and marginalization of women and other races,…

My motivation to peruse a graduate study in social work stems from my experience with social workers. I have volunteered alongside social workers but also been on the received services from social workers. Through my work, volunteer, and personal experience I have been exposed to some hard challenges and witness people overcome them with the…

In U.S violence against women is one of the main issues which still exist today, and being women still considered punishment in our society In US, one in three women experiences physical, sexual or emotional violence in her lifetime; one in five experiences rape. Yet, while every woman is at risk, some human rights violations…

Have you ever heard the term rape culture while watching the news or seen it while scrolling through social media? Chances are you have. Rape culture is a phrase most Americans have heard countless times but may not truly understand what it represents. According to Marshall Universities Womens Health Center, rape culture is “an environment…