Study the Causes and Effects of Violence Against Rural Women in Assuit Governorate | ||
| Assiut Journal of Agricultural Sciences | ||
| Article 13, Volume 48, 1-2, February 2017, Pages 557-572 PDF (411.56 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/ajas.2016.3898 | ||
| Abstract | ||
| man, woman participates in developing process. She is responsible for raising responsible future generations. She is the wife who manages home. She is the mother, sister, daughter and wife. In spite of that woman is exposed to some kinds of violence from man (husband, father, brother, etc.). This violence takes various forms, including physical, psychological, sexual, economic. Circumcision. early marriage. denial of education, denial of inheritance and inequality between the boy and the girl in Education. Violence against woman, in almost all societies, is a very complicated issue. It is a worldly problem that exceeds cultural and geographical boundaries. The rural society is greatly influenced by this problem. The woman in Assiut governorate (place of study), like woman allover Egypt, is expised to some forms of violence. Through real statistics taken from family court in Assiut governorate it is clear that the problem of violence is in continuous growth. As a result it was important to have a study about all forms of violence against rural woman in the governorate, know the reasons and the circumstances of this violence, woman`s reaction, what the results of this on her and her children, and try to find solutions to limit violence against her. Data have been collected from rural ladies who have problems in the family court. The result shows us a relevant physical, psychological, sexual, economic violence. Results showed a variety of reasons pushing man to treat her violently like: customs and traditions, religious conceptions misunderstanding, bad behaviors, nervous, avarice, Parental involvement, husband character weakness, work stress, Lack of employment opportunities, poverty, and illiteracy. Woman's known reactions are crying, and leaving husband's home and going to her familiy's home and as a result she becomes sad, lack of self confidence and hatred to all men. Women saied that children is the victim of this violence whether the couple divorced or not. The children become in a ver bad mode, lack of self confidence, always Vulnerable to disease, failure in school and fear from others. As the results show, Woman is exposed to violence from her own family members; from her father, brother, and mother like: discrimination between boy and girl in treatment, early marriage, obligatory marriage, and circumcision. Results also showed that Women are harassed in the streets, transportation, hospitals, and governmental offices in Assiut governorate. Of the most important solutions to address violence against women are good education, the right religious education for children, men in the family have to know their role, the existence of strict laws to punish the husband or the harasser and the female literacy. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Violence Against women; Forms of violence; The causes of violence; The Effects of Violence | ||
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