Power Point Presenation on Domestic Violence. A social issue in our society..

1. Submitted to: Ma’am Safia
Date: 04-02-13

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Poem on “Abuse”
Definition
Types
Effects on Children's and on Adult of Ds
Victims of Domestic Violence
Solution
Ending Poem “I got flowers”

4. He pulls my hair
He slaps my face
He kicks me on the floor
I love him so much
So I don't have the strength
To walk right out the door
There's blood on my face
Everything hurts
& all I can do is cry
I made him mad
So this is what he does
I wish I knew his reason why
He says he's sorry
He takes me in his arms
He even starts to cry
My heart wont let me leave him
& it hurts too much to try
I tell him I forgive him
& that everything is fine
I wonder if this is how my life will be
From now until I die
For now at least because I know
It will happen again in time

5. Domestic violence is defined in the law as certain
criminal acts committed between persons of
opposite sex who live together in the same
household or who have lived
together in the past; or persons
who have a child in common
or are expecting a child
or persons related
to one another in the following
ways: spouse, child,
grandparent, former spouse, brother, grandchild,
parent, sister.

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Physical violence
Sexual abuse
Emotional and Psychological Intimidation
Verbal abuse and Threats
Stalking
Isolation from friends and family
Economic control
Destruction of personal property
Animal cruelty

7. EVERYONE &
ANYONE…

8. TYPES OF VIOLENCE
Physical:
pushing, grabbing, slapping, kicking,
hitting with an object, use of knife or gun,
acid throwing, burning.
Verbal:
shouting, making threats, calling
names, humiliating remarks (gestures).
Exercising control:
Isolating her from
her family/ friends checking on her, using
the children, economic control.

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Physically weak.
Dependency status.
Social tolerance of victimization.
Little whom they associate with.
Limited mobility

10.  80% of all Pakistani women are subjected to
domestic violence informal study conducted by
(women’s division)
77 stove burning cases in 1995 ( a letter from
Lahore “dawn” January 26th and 29th 1996)
Human Rights council of Pakistan reported 372
deaths of women due to domestic violence during an
8 month period (The News Karachi, Aug 5th 1994)
Study conducted by final year medical students at
AKU found 34% physical abuse in a sample of 150
women.

12. Children living in violent homes may have witnessed:
• verbal threats
• objects thrown
• threats with weapons
• sexual assaults
• suicide attempts and murder

13. 13-18 years
t Alcohol and drug abuse
6-12 years
t Running away
t Behave Early pregnancy and marriage
t in ways to reduce tension
t Attempt to control parental violence
t Suicidal thoughts and actions
t Feart Homicidal thoughts and actions
of being abandoned
t Feart Criminal activities
of being killed or
fear of themselves killing
tFear of their own anger
and other’s anger
t Eating disturbances
tInsecure and distrustful
of their environment
0-5 years
0-5 years
t t Physical Complaints
Physical Complaints
t t Sleep disturbances t Bed wetting
Sleep disturbances t Bed wetting
t t Excessive separation anxiety
Excessive separation anxiety
tClingy andand anxious
t Clingy anxious
t t Failure to thrive
Failure to thrive
13-18 years
13-18 years
t Alcohol and and drug abuse
t Alcohol drug abuse
t Running away
t Running away
t Early pregnancy and and marriage
t Early pregnancy marriage
t Suicidal thoughts and and actions
t Suicidal thoughts actions
t Homicidal thoughts and and actions
t Homicidal thoughts actions
t Criminal activities
t Criminal activities

15. Children From Violent Homes
Learn:
• It’s OK to make threats and hit/strike
when you’re angry
• Violence is the way to get what you want
• Grown-ups sometimes misuse their power
• Expression of feelings signifies
weakness
• “Don’t talk about violence!”
• “Don’t trust!”
• “Don’t feel!”

16.  Higher stress levels
 Higher levels of anxiety, depression and
psychiatric illness
 5 times more likely to commit suicide
 Experience twice as many miscarriages
 Reduced coping and problem-solving skills
 More somatic complaints such as
headaches and muscle and joint fatigue

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Anxiety
Chronic depression
Chronic pain
Death
Dehydration
Dissociative states
Drug and alcohol dependence
Eating disorders
Emotional "over-reactions" to stimuli
General emotional numbing
Health problems
Malnutrition

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Panic attacks
Poor adherence to medical recommendations
Repeated self-injury
Self neglect
Sexual dysfunction
Sleep disorders
Strained family relationships
Suicide attempts
Inability to adequately respond to the needs
of their children

19. IT’ S HARD
TO STOP
BECAUSE
IT’S HARD TO REPORT!!

20. Carolyn Thomas, a 34year-old former track
star was shot in the face
by an abusive exboyfriend who also
killed her mother. She
wears a mask-like
bandage to protect her
from infection and the
stares of those who are
unknowing of her
experiences.

23. Life
Begins
ANEW….

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Estimates range from 960,000 incidents of violence against a current or
former spouse, boyfriend, or girlfriend per year1 to three million women
who are physically abused by their husband or boyfriend per year.
Around the world, at least one in every three women has been beaten,
coerced into sex or otherwise abused during her lifetime.
Nearly one-third of American women (31 percent) report being physically
or sexually abused by a husband or boyfriend at some point in their lives
Nearly 25 percent of American women report being raped and/or physically
assaulted by a current or former spouse, cohabiting partner, or date at some
time in their lifetime
Thirty percent of Americans say they know a woman who has been
physically abused by her husband or boyfriend in the past year.
Intimate partner violence is primarily a crime against women.
Women accounted for 85 % of the intimate partner violence (588,490 total)
and men accounted for 15 % of the victims
While women are less likely than men to be victims of violent crimes
overall, women are five to eight times more likely than men to be
victimized by an intimate partner.

25.  Call the police
 Get support from a Domestic Violence Agency or
Emergency Shelter
 Get support from friends and family
 Get medical help
 Make a Safety Plan – there are many organizations working
contact them. Example: Kiran

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To improve the status of
woman within society
Changing perceptions
Education
Easy access to law and order
Stigma related to violence
Moral support of the victim
Emergency management

27. I GOT FLOWERS TODAY
Dedicated to all battered
women
By Paulette Kelly
I got flowers today!
It wasn’t my birthday or any other special day.
We had our first argument last night.
And he said a lot of cruel things that really hurt.
I know that he is sorry and didn’t mean to say the things
he said
Because he sent me flowers today.
I got flowers today!
It wasn’t our anniversary or any other special day.
Last night he threw me into a wall and then started choking me.
It seemed like a nightmare,
but you wake up from nightmares to find they aren’t real.

28. I got flowers today!
It wasn’t Valentine’s Day or any other special day.
Make up and long sleeves didn’t hide the cuts and bruises this
time.
I couldn’t go to work because
I didn’t want anyone to know - but I know he’s sorry
Because he sent me flowers today.
I got flowers today!
And it wasn’t Mother’s Day or any other special day.
Last night he beat me again,
and it was much worse than all the other times.
If I leave him now, what will I do?
How will I take care of the kids? What about money?
I’m afraid of him, but I’m too scared and dependent to
leave him.
But he must be sorry
Because he sent me flowers today.

29. I got flowers today...
Today was a very special day - It was the day of my funeral.
Last night he finally killed me - I was beaten to death.
If only I would have gathered the courage and strength to leave
him.
The women’s shelter could have helped me, but I didn’t ask for
their help.
So I got flowers today...for the last time.