Today, violence against women is one of the common problems in the domestic and international communities. This issue when it becomes important that we find this phenomenon with its various dimensions can be carriers of the consequences, which in turn, causes the instability and insecurity of social and family foundations. The method used in this study is descriptive-analytical and data collection is library method, that author by analyzing the collected material deals with the reasoning and conclusions. In this study to investigate violence against women in Iranian law has been manifested the factors involved. According to the study, factors such as culture, economy and society are effective in the intensity and violence against women, that …show more content…
In terms of age, women were at different ages and their ages were more varied, from 20 to 50 years. Although, most of them were in the age group of 30 to 40 years. (43.4%). Age of married women was different and comprised of early marriages (under 14 years) to marry between the ages of 30 to 40 years. The majority of them were married aged 18 -25 years of age (47%), and due to the age of marriage and age at the time of the interview, also different length of the marriage in the case of some women, less than one years and the number was more than 20 years. The majority were married in length from 10 to 20 years. Women's educational level, there was a large dispersion were illiterate to university educated with a bachelor's degree. Nearly half of women (51%) were educated to high school level and half another (49%) had a level of high school and higher and license. The surprisingly in this women was very high percentage of employment. 44% of women at the time of the interview were employed, and mainly, worked as a teacher and employee. Working women, who have income from their work, but other women without employment had earnings from other sources. In addition, half of the women had their own income, but its revenues were classified as medium and low. Individual characteristics of husbands were also fits women. The majority of men were married in the age class 20 to 25 years (47%). However, in a few cases, there was a significant age difference between the couple, but as usual, the difference in age between 5 to 10 years. Any of women was not older than her husband. The level of education of men, like women, was dispersed from illiterate to higher education. But the highest level of education for men was higher than women. In the sample studied, there were men with a master's degree (engineering
The main objective of this article to see is domestic violence courts are meeting their goal to improve quality and process of the criminal justice response. An interview was done with justice stakeholders and the accused to know the impact of the courts. The two main principles of domestic violence courts are to provide early intervention to low risk and offenders and right prosecution for the serious offenders. By interviewing the accused the research found out that most were satisfied with what type of treatment they were offered by the court. There were some comments by the accused that domestic violence courts are biased in favor towards the victims.
Institutional violence goes beyond violence towards women, however, a majority of the institutionalized violence happens towards women. Media, sports culture and pornography all multi-billion dollar industries have the potential to lead individuals to commit violence acts towards women. The media with regards to advertisements and commercials, present women in an objectifying manner and sometimes contain words that may hint at sexual mindset. Athletes are taught to be tough, however that mindset does not always stay on the field. Some athletes that have the potential to continue professionally attract a lot of attention from fellow classmates and fans all around the country.
The purpose of this document is to show that women are helping in duties outside the household. This is important because this was unconventional at the time. Additonally, there is a chart that shows that there was a significant increase in jobs held by women in professional fields such as clerical, professional, service, and sales workers which shows that women were climbing up the ladder in terms of jobs. This increase in women in the workforce is further confirmed with the drop in jobs such as household, factory, and farm workers (Doc 3B). Women are now taking on more professional jobs that were typically for men and that alone is a significant change.
Today violence against women is an uncontrollable phenomenon, which is a direct result of the rapid urbanization, industrialization and structural adjustment programs which are changing the socio-economic scenario of our country. "Violence against women is a manifestation of historically unequal power relations between men and women, which have led to domination over and discrimination against women by men and to the prevention of the full advancement of women" (United Nations Declaration1993) Domestic violence has attracted much attention of the sociologists in India since the decades of 1980s. Violence affects the lives of millions of women, worldwide, in all socio- economic and educational classes. It cuts across cultural and religious barriers, threatening the right of women to participate fully in society.
In 1900, only six percent of women that were married worked, instead these women were housewives and took care of the home and children. However, fifty percent of non-married women worked, but they likely stopped working once married. Only thirty-three percent women that were divorced or widowed during this time worked, and those that did worked out of need. These percentages are compared to an eighty-six percent of men, married or not, that were employed during this time period.
Many were completing tasks that equivalent the men’s task at the time such as wood chopping or hard work in mills and fields. This significant work difference in types of tasks displays the divide between the physical jobs they had to deal with. One had family household duties to please their husbands. The other had to work in order to earn a wage and a living for themselves in strenuous jobs. The women groups had treatment differences.
The article, Domestic Violence Advocacy, is related to the Criminal Justice System in many ways. The process of the domestic violence Advocacy started by identifying the problem facing the society and its implication to the society. This was started by a group of experts, ranging from lawyers, activisms, social and political sectors. The process went to the second stage where the investigations were done through interviewing people to get to the root of the problem and understand how domestic violence was affecting the society and individuals. The next stage was that the issue was discussed based on the facts and opinions obtained from the investigation and considered legal or illegal in the society.
Women and the Revolution: Warrior Sisters When the Islamic Republic of Iran was formed they did it partially thanks to the efforts of the women behind the movement. A young Marjane Satrapi describes watching the demonstrations in her novel. She depicts women standing on one side supporting the veil, while being countered by another group of women chanting for freedom (5). Women in the Iranian revolution seemed to befuddle feminist in Western civilizations. Massive numbers of Iranian women stood behind the Islamist fundamentalists donning their veils in opposition to the Shah while confirming their identities as true Muslim women (Zanedi 88).
In a lot of countries, gender plays a big role in the labor market. For instance, in America, the middle full-time compensation for ladies is 77 percent of that of men [4]. In any case, women who work low maintenance make more than men who work low maintenance [4]. Furthermore, among individuals who never wed or have children, women make more than men [4]. It might be hard to explain such contrasts.
In her conventional view, a woman must support her husband by creating an organized home and nurturing him. Women are not only in charge of doing the housework and childcare, but they have their own individual dreams they want to reach. It is discriminatory towards women when they live under the social expectations of being uneducated and a supported wife. From the textual support, it is evident that women struggle to reach their individual goals under a male-dominant society that require women to be
(2011). There is the examination made of two categories of women: Macro level (homogeneous group) and Micro level (heterogeneous group). The purpose of this study was to have better understanding of the gender pay gap that has existed all over the world for many years and has not been solved.
In the 1920’s women began to work in shopping markets and marketing jobs (Hearne 4). Between 1920-1940, the amount of female workers had almost doubled. 25.4 percent of the jobs women had (Bingham, “The Period…” 1). Young women were beginning to choose an education before marriage.
The women’s participation on the workforce, firstly, has improved significantly now. Gauchat et al. (2012) explain it with the fact that the effects of the economic and political liberalization are
Administrative Organization The Office on Violence Against Women is effective at coordinating the national strategy and delegating authority to the states to encourage an appropriate local response to intimate partner and sexual violence. Its independent status within the Department of Justice is a source of organizational strength in policy making and program administration. However, its imposition of intensive reporting requirements on grant recipients risks detracting from the national capacity to provide victim-centered services and develop effective enforcement strategies that combat intimate partner violence, sexual assault and stalking. Planning STOP grants facilitate planning and coordination of collaborative strategies to better serve
In many cases, women are the primary sources of family income, and are engaged in all types of activities such as paid domestic work as well as informal industrial jobs, trading and service. Unemployed poor people are often led