Violence and Maltreatment
Gender-based Violence
Gender-based violence against female gender (girls and women) is a crisis that affects the whole world or a pandemic that impact the one out of three females in their life. Close to 35 percent of women in the universe has an experience of physical or sexual violence. Also, 7 percent of women have been assaulted sexually by someone who is not their partner. Globally 38 percent of murders of the women are conducted by partners. Additionally, 200 million women globally have undergone female genital mutilation (Lee-Koo & Trojanowska, 2016). The issue of women violence does not only affect the families of but it impacts the social and economic cost of the country. In most countries, violence angst women are estimated to be at 3.7 percent of their GDP which is double compared to the fund most countries spend on education.
Many global organizations have come up with various agendas related to the issue. World Bank for instance has come up with programs that address the issue of gender-based violence. the programs include learning, research, investment and establishing collaborations with other shareholders across the globe. Also, the bank supports over $300 million in development projects to reduce gender-based violence against girls and women. Women have a right of living free from the crisis of this violence. This is greatly supported by an organization whose goals are to eliminate any form like discrimination which is against the female gender. “We partner with Governments, UN agencies, civil society organizations and other institutions to advocate for ending violence, increase awareness of the causes and consequences of violence and build the capacity of partners to prevent and respond to violence. We also promote the need for changing norms and behavior of men and boys and advocate for gender equality and women’s rights. UN Women supports expanding access to quality multi-sectoral responses for survivors covering safety, shelter, health, justice and other essential services” (Abu Awwad, 2016)
Child mistreatment
Physical or corporal punishment is greatly connected to an increasing overlay of the childhood maltreatment which includes physical, sexual and emotional abuse, emotional neglect, physical neglect, and exposure to Inactivated Polio Vaccine (IPV) immediately after the adjustment to the factors of socio-demographic such as a family history of dysfunctions and other forms of mistreatment (Afifi et al. 2019). Harsh physical punishments result in an increasing overlay of having Inactivated Polio Vaccine (IPV) in adulthood. Additionally, it is also crucial for the guardians that are the parents and also including the professionals working closely with the young children to realize that forms of corporal punishments such as pushing, hitting, plunging or shoving and slapping increases the like hood of physical, sexual and emotional abuse, emotional neglect, physical neglect, and exposure to Inactivated Polio Vaccine (IPV).
The parents or people who mistreat their children probably grew in families that mistreated them. Child maltreatment jeopardizes the health of families and society at large (Afifi et al. 2019). The study also states that children who were mistreated while growing up letter become violence in intimate relationships. There is a big relationship despite physical punishment being legal in some parts of the country such as North America. Similarly, most regions have banned any form of physical punishment in institutions such as schools. Physical punishment is ineffective as it being about adverse health issues related to cognitive, developmental and behavioural outcomes. Most abusive parents use physical punishment, unlike parents who are not abusive.
Reference
Abu Awwad, N. (2017). Re-integration of women survivors of gender-based violence: combating violence against women in Palestinian society.
Afifi, T. O., Fortier, J., Sareen, J., & Taillieu, T. (2019). Associations of harsh physical punishment and child maltreatment in childhood with antisocial behaviors in adulthood. JAMA network open, 2(1), e187374-e187374. Bahun, S., & Rajan, V. J. (2016). Violence and gender in the globalized world: The intimate and the extimate. Routledge.
Lee-Koo, K., & Trojanowska, B. K. (2017). Does the United Nations’ Women, Peace and Security agenda speak with, for or to women in the Asia Pacific? The development of National Action Plans in the Asia Pacific. Critical Studies on Security, 5(3), 287-301.