Violence against women occurs both at home (within the family) and in the public sphere (rape, robbery, etc.). To best help women, we need to stop treating public and private violence as separate issues.
A great deal of attention is placed on domestic violence (or violence within the family) and its effects on women and girls. At the same time, violence against women and girls extends into the public sphere (such as sexual harassment, rape, robbery) and a great deal of good work is happening in this areas well . I suggest that violence against women and girls in the public and private spheres are not separate issues and as such, should not be treated separately in our work to eliminate violence against women and girls.
Violence against women and girls in the public sphere directly influences and reinforces attitudes about the vulnerability and objectivity of women and girls within society as a whole. These attitudes are taken into the home and enacted in personal relationships in the private context.
Simultaneously, violence against women and girls in the private sphere creates a set of norms for male-female relations in public. Thus, women and girls are more afraid in public space due to their experiences of violence at home. Violence against women and girls in public is also perceived as normal and deserved when it is a continuation of violence in the home.
For these reasons, it is important to address violence against women and girls in both the public and private spheres. How do we bridge this gap? What kind of practices and policies approach violence against women in both spaces? How can we develop a dialogue and awareness-raising strategy that encompasses all forms of violence against women?
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Yes we know that domestic violence is perpetrated against women and we mobilize to stop such crime, but what about our male counterparts who suffer the same fate by the hands of "the weaker sex," the woman. We need to be symphatetic to their fate and highlight the fact that women can and are abusers,and as such men should be given the same caring treatment metted out to women who are victims and we should also mobilize to stop Domestic Violence agaist men.
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chhaya malwade
Thursday 11th March, 2010, 3:16am
women either educated or not a issue but both are victims of sexual violence in society. so, there is need to speek openly about it and need to create a awareness about their rights given by law.
Both in private and public sector though women more efficient in hre work but till today also she not ready to speak and fight against crime in society.
"THERE IS NEED TO BREAK THE SILENCE."