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Women and Domestic Violence:An Empirical Study


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Domestic violence is a devastating social problem that affects every segment of the population. It includes many forms of violence and affects various parties including partners, parents children and extended family. This paper is focused on domestic violence especially against women. The paper also tries to find out the causes of domestic violence and the relation with women SHGs from the comprehensive documents.

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Women, Domestic Violence.
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Shashi Pandey
S.S. Khanna Girls College, Allahabad, India

Abstract


Domestic violence is a devastating social problem that affects every segment of the population. It includes many forms of violence and affects various parties including partners, parents children and extended family. This paper is focused on domestic violence especially against women. The paper also tries to find out the causes of domestic violence and the relation with women SHGs from the comprehensive documents.

Keywords


Women, Domestic Violence.

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