Domestic Violence.

Domestic violence is the willful intimidation, physical assault, battery, sexual assault, and /or other abusive behavior as part of a systematic pattern of power and control perpetrated by one intimate partner against the other. It includes physical violence, sexual violence, psychological violence and emotional abuse. Its frequency varies but the one constant component of domestic violence is one partner’s consistent efforts to maintain power and control over the other.

Domestic violence is an epidemic affecting individuals in every community, regardless of age, economic status, sexual orientation, gender, race, religion or nationality. It is often accompanied by emotionally abusive and controlling behavior that is only a fraction of a systematic pattern of dominance and control. Domestic violence can result in physical injury, psychological trauma, and in severe cases even death. The devastating physical, emotional and psychological consequences of domestic violence can cross generations and lasts a lifetime.

There are some organizations setup and working to stop domestic violence namely,

1. American Bar Association Commission on domestic and sexual violence,
2. Asian and Pacific Islanders Institute on domestic violence,
3. Battered Women’s Justice Project,
4. Child Welfare League of America,
5. Equality Now,
6. Futures without violence,
7. INCITE! Women of color against violence,
8. Manavi,
9. Mending the sacred hoop,
10. No more,
11. The northwest Network and
12. V-Day.