domesticviolence

Pakistani Provinces Breaking the Silence on Domestic Violence

Image source: Arab News Pakistan, ‘In northwestern Pakistan, domestic violence up by 45% during coronavirus lockdowns’ (ANP, 15 March 2021) In northwestern Pakistan, domestic violence up by 45% during coronavirus lockdowns | Arab News accessed August 1, 2022. Introduction It is necessary to institutionalise measures to prevent and protect women, children, and other vulnerable people […]

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Status of Preventing Domestic Violence in Pakistan

Image Source: Grisly murder of diplomat’s daughter sparks outrage over femicides in Pakistan | Reuters Introduction Domestic violence, also referred to as “intimate partner violence (IPV)”, consists of a pattern of behaviour used to “gain or maintain power and control over an intimate partner” through “physical, sexual, emotional, economic or psychological actions or threat of

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