Countries No Domestic Violence Law

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), about 40% of all female homicides around the world are made by intimate partners. One third of women all over the world are experiencing physical or sexual violence by the hands of her partner. According to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, approximately 3 million women are beaten by partners each year in the United States.

Despite widespread violence against women in their homes, there are no specific laws on domestic violence in dozens of countries around the world. For example, there is no ban on domestic abuse in Kenya, according to the US State Department, police in the country generally do not investigate cases of domestic violence but treat it as a personal matter of the family. In Lebanon, a debate over the final adoption of the law to make domestic violence a criminal became a controversy after a series of serious abuse cases were reported in the country this year.

Liesl Gerntholtz, Chairman of the Human Rights Watch Women's Rights Division explained why it is very important for countries around the world to adopt specific laws related to domestic abuse. Although Gerntholtz pointed out that normal criminal law prohibits violence, it pointed out that domestic cruelty should be considered a crime, but historically the government has ignored this problem and women are underreported. "As violence is very intangible, we need laws for judges, police and other authorities to discover it and bring a lawsuit," she said.

"Violence against women is very simple and complicated, and she will stop violence if perpetrators stop," she added.

The good news is that in recent years amazing progress has been made to ban domestic violence. Certain domestic violence laws have not been common for decades ago, but in many countries there is a law to deal with this issue clearly. For example, Saudi Arabia is a country known for limiting the rights of women and passed a landmark bill to prohibit domestic abuse in 2013.

Mr. Gerntholtz is one of the biggest challenges facing today, including the implementation of domestic violence laws, such as women going to police stations to report violence and protect themselves by receiving asylum I pointed out. The public's perceptions of domestic violence have improved significantly, but disgrace, being beaten by your brothers and husbands, remains a major issue.

World Bank Group Chairman Jim Young Kim responded to Gerntholtz's view at a humanitarian meeting this week in Washington, DC. "If domestic violence continues to pay insufficient attention, it will teach women that their value and abilities are lower than men," Kim said. "It affects their family, the community and the economy as well as they impair their ability to make choices and act independently."

In 2006, 89 countries, including 60 countries with specific domestic violence laws, adopted some legal prohibition of domestic violence, and more and more countries have a national action plan to block violence against women I will. In 2003, only 45 countries enacted specific laws concerning domestic violence.

Despite widespread violence against women in their homes, there are no specific laws on domestic violence in dozens of countries around the world. For example, there is no ban on domestic abuse in Kenya, according to the US State Department, police in the country generally do not investigate cases of domestic violence but treat it as a personal matter of the family. In Lebanon, a debate over the final adoption of the law to make domestic violence a criminal became a controversy after a series of serious abuse cases were reported in the country this year.

We analyze the scope and scope of domestic violence (emotional, economic, physical and sexual) and sexual harassment laws in schools and public places in 100 countries. The domestic violence law has been enacted in 76 of 100 countries (32 bills on sexual harassment in schools, 8 bills on sexual harassment in public places is only 8). It turned out that 24 countries have not enacted anti-VAW law, and only 44 countries are involved in various forms of violence. Experienced exclusion and alienation, as well as gender decline due to expansion of economic inequality, suggests an association between unfair economic policy growth and increased crime against women. Vandana Shiva (2013) argues that because of the integration of the traditional patriarchal structure and the capitalist patriarchal structure, violence against women is more cruel and more vicious (multiple and interrelated) forms It is arguing that.

Global opportunity structure to end international normative spread and policy change for violence against women in Asia