Domestic violence and women’s health in India
Hindustan TimesGender-based violence or violence against women and girls is regarded as a global pandemic that affects one in every three women across their lifetime. The 1993 United Nations Declaration on the Elimination of Violence Against Women defines ‘gender-based violence’ as “an act that results in, or is likely to result in, physical, sexual, or psychological harm or suffering to women, or coercion or arbitrary deprivation of liberty, whether occurring in public or private life.” The focus of this paper is Domestic Violence—the most common form of GBV against women. In one 2005 study, South Asian women in the US reported that domestic violence reduced their sexual autonomy and increased their risk for unintended pregnancy; many suffered abortions. A recent review of women from the US, India, Brazil, Tanzania, Spain, Sweden, Norway, Australia and Hong Kong found that domestic violence was associated with an increased risk of shortened duration of breastfeeding. Also in Bangladesh, demographic health surveys show compromised growth in children born to women suffering domestic violence.
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