Contributing Factors of Domestic Violence Against Women: A Study of DAR-UL-Aman, District Multan, Pakistan

Women are neglected and discriminated in every aspects of life. In Pakistan women are considered as subordinate to their men by our traditions. Women are suffering in very sector; they don’t know about their rights, they are less educated. Millennium Development Goals and sustainable development goals focus is on gender equality and much legislation has been passed in favor of women rights but still in Pakistan women are insecure even in their homes. They are considered as subordinate to men and are not allowed to participate in any matter of life. The objectives of the present study were to know the prevalence and types of domestic violence; to identify the root causes of domestic violence; to know the contributing factors compelling women into Dar-ul-Aman. The present study was conducted in Dar-ul-Aman, District Multan, Pakistan. The population for present study was all the women who faced domestic violence and living in dar-ul-aman District Multan, Pakistan. For the data collection interview schedule was used as a tool. Majority 72% respondents told that their husbands take drugs and 28% respondents told that their husbands do not take any type of drugs. Greater part of the respondents 83% reported that they faced domestic violence by their husbands, 7% respondents told that perpetrator was father, 9% respondents told that other family members were perpetrators of domestic violence and 1% told that any other was perpetrator of domestic violence. About 29% respondents faced verbal violence, 63% respondents faced physical violence, 7% respondents faced sexual violence. The study concluded that there should be equal participation of women in their life decisions and they also have certain parental, in-laws support for her better living.