Domestic Violence Against Women (A Case Study of Magar CommunityTangram VDC,Baglung)

Abstract

This study has been done on “Domestic Violence against Women in Magar Community”in Tangram VDC ward no 1, 2, 7 and 8.This study is conducted among 147 female. It is based on primary data. The problem of violence against women is spread in all over the country. The term violence against women refers to any type of harmful behaviordirected to women and girls which affect them disproportionately because of their sexstatus. The main Objective of this study is to find out the Knowledge and awareness of Magar women about “Domestic Violence Against Women’ to analyze the forms of responsible factor of violence and its degree in Magar community and to point out the major factor of violence. The majority of respondents are from the age group 25-29 and majority of there spondent living in the nuclear family. More then half percentage i.e.52.4 percent respondents are following the agriculture occupation. Out of total 147 respondents 83.7 % have knowledge about violence against women.Radio/ Television are the effective sources of information. All respondents have an experience of at least any forms of violence .Among them highest percentage(89.43 percent)of respondents have an experience of violence due to alcoholism.But it has seen that no one have an experience of dowry related violence. To control the any forms of DVAW women’s awareness about legal provision play vital role. Legal provision means ways to legal treatment if any women to be violated. There were fewer respondents who have knowledge of legal provision of DVAW I.e. 44.9 percent. Similarly 90.24 percent respondents have seen or heard events about DVAW in their friends or neighbor. The landholding property is bad where 8.2 percent respondent have their own landownership. Women in Tangram VDC of Baglung females are fully depend upon their husband or male person of the family. There are not responsible organizations to listen voices of victim women.They are deprived from information communication and education. So women want to women empowerment programs, women rights and involvement of women income generating programmes.