Domestic Violence Against Women Insquatter Settlements (A Case Study ofKirtipurMunicipality-6)

Abstract

Domestic violence is a universal problem. It cut acrossall socialclasses, castes, ethnic groups religious groups and all nationalities. Thework war done to know the situation of domestic violence against women,to find out the different types of domestic violence and their causes, tofind out the effects ofdomestic violence against women, to make relevantto concerned authority. Well devised structure questionnaire are used tofor interview, in questionnaire, there are pre-coded and open question. The study was conducted inone big squatter settlement of KirtipurMunicipality-6. There study area was selected purposively.Out of 50HHs the researcher have taken 40 HHs.The study population consists ofmarried women, widow and separated of aged 15-49 years age groups.Higher proportion17.46percent of women interviewed are at the agegroups11-20and41-50years,40percent which is in intermediate agegroups. Among40respondents35percent are from oppressed caste like,Newar, Deula, Maharjan, Shahi, Dangol Nepali,Gurung7.5percent,Magar are 5percent, Rai and Tamang have same percent 7.5 jointfamily 57.5 Among40 respondents, most of the respondents are involvedin daily wages. According to field survey of squatter settlement the statusof awareness level of women's legal rights and social and communitybased organization is poor. Most of the respondents keep the incidentsecret for the sake of prestige. According to opinion of respondents the cause of violent behaviourdomestic violence is alcohol which is 47.5 percent, gambling 52.5 percentunemployment misunderstanding and marital problem. Gambling, In thestudy area two types of violence shown by the abusers. Physical violenceis 7.5 percent and psychological violence (verbal assault) is 92.5 percent. At last, it is suggested that local youth clubs, CBOs and NGOs willgive their attention in this field to prevent/eliminate DVAW. In addition toawareness and empowerment opportunity for educated women, strongpolitical commitment is required to be capacitated to impose adequatepunishment to perpetrators.