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Domestic Violence Against Women And Its Impacts On Children's Development
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CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background to the Study
One of the
major agents of socialization in the family and it’s the smallest unit
of the society. The family is the first and most important agent of
socialization because that is the place a child has he/her first
encounter in life and its plays a major role in the development of the
child. Psychology has proven that the brain of a child is blank like a
white board and whatever that is written inside it, stays and contribute
to the growth of the child either in a good or bad way. Activities that
go on in the family between husband and wife affects a child negatively
or positively. Research has shown that one of the factors that affect a
home nowadays is domestic violence among couples. The higher percent of
this violence is majorly against the wives in the home due to one
reason or the other and it has become a trending issue. Domestic
violence is a controversial issue which makes its assessment quite
difficult.
Over the time, the term has borne various definitions.
According to Amnesty International, Nigeria (2005), it as an act of
threatening, harassment or violence of any kind either psychological,
physical, sexual or emotional between adults involved in a relationship
or previously involved in one, regardless of their sex gender. Violence
against women includes also domestic violence, rape, sexual assault,
human traffic, genital mutilation and forced marriage.
Many women
experience different kind of domestic violence from their husbands
ranging from physical abuse such as beating, slapping, using of objects
on the woman, suffocating, etc. Sexual abuse is another kind of domestic
violence women experience in their homes such as forced vaginal
penetration, anal penetration, oral stimulation, forced exposure to
material or explicit sexual activity. violence against women includes
any spoken, physical or sexual act meant to violate either body or
identity of a woman regardless of her age, race, ethnicity or country.
Dutton
(1992) defines physical violence as any behavior that involves the
intentional use of force against the body of another person and that may
cause physical injury, injury and / or pain. The author defines sexual
abuse as any unwanted sexual intimacy imposed on an individual by
another. The issue of domestic violence according to research has led to
the death of many women. Some were injured severely, some pregnant
women lost their babies while some were disabled. In 1994, statistics
from the justice office shows that about 92% of domestic violence cases
in the world involved women.
Wopadovi (women against domestic
violence) 2014, domestic violence threatens many Nigerian families and,
unfortunately, increases in our society. It makes women feel less of
themselves and reduces their dignity of person in the society. Every
country frowns on the issue of domestic violence including Nigeria. In
section 42 of 1999 constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (As
Amended), guarantees all Nigeria including women, the right from
discrimination on basis sex. Also, Section 34 guarantees every citizen
the right to dignity of human person which in it subsection (a) it
forbids torture and inhuman or degrading treatments, subsection (b) it
forbids the subjection of anybody to slavery or servitude yet violence
against women continues unabated, unchecked and this has been blamed on
the loopholes in our laws, some of which undermine the provision for
equality in the constitution. One thing about domestic violence is that
it can happen to anyone irrespective of their social status, race,
religion or education.
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]This study was carried out to examine domestic violence against women and its impact on children development using Ibadan North Local Government Area of Oyo State as case study. Specifically, the study examined how the psychology of a child is impacted upon by domestic violence in the family, investigate the various forms of domestic violence women experience, and examine the academic consequences of domestic violence against women on a child. The study employed the survey descriptive research d ... Continue reading---
