A One Year Review of Domestic Violence In A Women of Lahore . A Study At FMH

Abstract

Objective: Women and children are often in great danger in the place where they should be
safest: within their families. Those affected by domestic violence experiences a
hidden"homelessness".
Material and Methods: A cross-sectional descriptive study from April to June 2012 at Fatima
Memorial hospital, Shadman Lahore. The total population of Lahore is 10,000,000. The sample
size 384 women .Inclusion criteria is married women 18-50 years old , resident of the community >
3 years.
Results: A total of 384 women were included in the study,82% had different types of
violence,37% had physical violence from husband .Infertility and not giving birth to a son were two
other reasons for violence found in our study.
Conclusion: The levels of physical, psychological violence were high as compared to sexual
violence, confirming it's a universal phenomenon existing worldwide in all communities.There
should be the laws passed and implemented in the society against the domestic violence so that
women can also play a healthy role in the development of the country and there family and we
appear as a successful nation on the globe of the world.