LAW SOCIETY
BOJANA BOGOJEVIC
Law and Corporate Governance Lawyer, Post-Grad Specialist for Corporate Governance, UN Climate Teacher, and Author
VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
1 in 2 women killed in the world was killed by their partners or families in 2017, while only 1 in 20 men were killed under suspicious circumstances; 71% of victims of human trafficking in the world are women, and 3 out of 4 were sexually exploited
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ince the dawn of humanity, a woman was always considered as the weakest link of society or as to use modern language weakest gender. From those earliest day’s women have fought for their rights, and unfortunately, that battle is still ongoing. Nowadays, the main question is violence against women. Unfortunately, in some cultures, it is normal behaviour, part of domestic violence and battlefield for gender equality. It has roots in culture, mythology but in modern societies in the year of 2020.main source is in the family. Very often, children will copy acts of their parents, grandparents, and because of that, they won’t see it as something wrong. Here I think about both sides. Often victim believes she should accept violence because her mother lived like that too. Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women was adopted without a vote by the United Nations General Assembly in its resolution 48/104 of 20 December 1993. Global statistics are relentless: 1 in 3 women experience physical or sexual violence during their lifetime, where the perpetrator is in most cases an intimate partner; Only 52% of women who are in a marital union or other community are free to make their own decisions regarding sexual intercourse, contraceptive use and health care; Around the world, 750 million females living today were married before their 18th birthday, while 200 Million of them underwent female genital mutilation;
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Violence against women is a serious cause of death and disability among women of reproductive age, as well as cancer. The number of domestic violence is increasing during the pandemic of COVID – 19, and the number of women calling services to find support has doubled. Forced lockdowns and restrictions of movement mean that women suffering gender-based violence are now trapped at home with their abusers at a time when support services are disrupted or inaccessible. The most common reasons why someone accepts to suffer violence are: lack of knowledge, fear, stigmatization, existential fear and distrust in obtaining adequate protection and assistance. Due to the above, the victims decide for a line of lesser resistance, they choose from two evils the one which is known to them. Domestic violence (intimate partner violence, domestic abuse, dating violence, spousal abuse, and intimate partner abuse) is any form of maltreatment that takes place in a heterosexual or homosexual romantic relationship between adults or adolescents. Domestic violence can manifest itself in various forms: PHYSICAL; SEXUAL; PSYCHIC; ECONOMIC.
