by Abdul Rahman

Created on: October 02, 2008

Introduction:

Being the weaker sex the women are always humiliated and their rights are violated by the male dominated societies. The women in past has been continuously subject to the Household torture and mal treatment by the male or Husbands. In Eastern Societies, it is more serious than western as in the Eastern Cultures the women are regarded as subject of Honor and Murdered in the name of honour,

Whereas in Western Countries, the women are not given their social and legal rights due to open Society. As The Evils occur from the society and the society is the made up of the group of the People living in that area. If the approach towards the women turns to be positive then they can be useful partners in the development Society and the Cultures. Because the nation is known by its Cultures which is inherited to them from their ancestors. But nowadays , the culture has no boundaries due to globalization which has really made the world a global village and every people living in any part of the world said to be the resident of the globe not only of the Country in which he lives in. According to some quotations,

"Violence against women has been well established as a universal phenomenon. Recent reports (Garcia-Moreno, 2000; World Health Organization, 1997) estimate that one of every three women around the globe has experienced violence in an intimate relationship at some point in her life. A significant impetus for international initiatives to prevent violence against women is provided by reports on the economic costs of violence. The World Bank (1993) estimated that in developing countries rape and domestic violence reduce the healthy years of life for reproductive age women by 5%."

"Some reports indicate that across the world issues that confront professionals working with women who have experienced violence have significant similarities "(Walker, 1999).

"The culture of violence theory (Wolfgang & Ferocity, 1967) proposed that beliefs that legitimize the use of aggression support the use of violence in relationships". Gelles and Straus (1979) extended this theory" to violence in the family and focused on beliefs that legitimize the use of violence with family members as factors that help maintain violence in the home".

"Those with lower occurrence of violence are characterized by attitudes and behavior that reflect greater gender equality and lack of community support for violence "(Levinson, 1989).

"Attitudes toward violence against women may differ across

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