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 �Around the world at least one woman in every three has been beaten, coerced into sex, or otherwise abused in her lifetime by an abuser who is most often a member of her family� (Violence against women and girls still a global epidemic, 2000).
Domestic Violence is not an uncommon phenomenon; all of us have encountered or at least heard about somebody who was a target of domestic violence. It is defined as the threat or infliction of physical harm among past or present social partners regardless of the legal or domiciliary status of the relationship in which domestic violence occurs (Stark & Flitcraft, 1996). �Physical and sexual assault may be accompanied by verbal intimidation and abuse; destruction of property; isolation from friends, family, and other optional sources of support; threat to significant others, including children; stalking; and control over access to money, personal items, food, transportation, the telephone, and sources of care and protection� (Stark & Flitcraft, 1996, 214).
�Domestic violence is not limited to one class, country or religion, in fact, it is widespread globally, impacting on the physical and emotional health of women, threatening their financial security, and undermining self-esteem and the prospects of growing normally (Violence against women and girls still a global epidemic, 2000).
�Asian society is one of many societies in which domestic violence is socially accepted. Immigrant South Asian women are even more vulnerable to domestic violence than women in general because for immigrant women, the trauma associated with domestic violence is compounded with challenges of immigration and acculturation (Narayan, 1995).
References:
Narayan, U. (1995). Male-order brides: immigrant women, domestic violence and
immigration law. Hypatia. 10, 104-116. Retrieved March 3, 2003 from Infotrac Database
Stark, E., Flitcraft, A. (1996). Physicians and domestic violence: challenges for prevention. Women at Risk: Domestic violence and women�s health. California: Sage Publications, Chapter 2, p. 214 to 216
Violence against women and girls still a global epidemic (2000). Retrieved March. 3, 2003 from http://www.eurowrc.org/13.institutions/7.unicef/press.htm
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