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Violence Against Women: Causes And Effects Of Violence Against Women

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Violence against women
Undoubtedly, violence against women becomes very popular nowadays. It is clear that many organizations have proved the violent actions against women in many countries. Many studies have been conducted in this respect in order to discuss this issue and determine causes and effects of women violence. The United Nations defines violence against women as "any act of gender-based violence that results in, or is likely to result in, physical, sexual or mental harm or suffering to women, including threats of such acts, coercion or arbitrary deprivation of liberty, whether occurring in public or in private life." (WHO, 2016) In addition, women around the world suffer from violence either from their husbands or from groups in those countries. Women in Asia and Africa are the best example for this phenomenon. Therefore, this study will discuss violence against women including causes of violence against women, effects of violence against women, examples of countries where women suffer from violence and ways to overcome and avoid violence against women and ways to treat this problem. The paper will also discuss what people think about violence against women and whether if it is existed.
In fact, many people think that violence against women is existed due to many factors. First, some men have inferior complex and they think that violence against women is justified for them in order to control women. Those men misuse women and hence they treat them badly. Second,

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