INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Kathmandu, May 1
Women are more prone to domestic violence as 65 per cent of total gender-based violence against women were perpetrated by
Over 53 per cent of domestic violence against women was committed by husbands, according to a report.
The report by Women Rehabilitation
Centre shows that it recorded 1,749 VAW cases final year
Of them, 1,140 women, who had also filed complaint of VAW at police were subjected to violence by their husbands, while 130 women suffered
social violence.
The report said that over 62 per cent of rape cases recorded at WOREC were perpetrated by people the women victims knew,
such as neighbours and family members
Nepal Cop record shows that a total of 1,480 rape and attempted rape cases were reported final year.
Women activists said the report has
backed the age old claim that VAW starts inside home
Dhana Kumari Sunar, a woman activist and former member of the National Women Commission, said that above 80 per cent of VAW occurs inside
homes.
Talking about the ways to curb VAW, Sunar said, &Although there might much be a degree shot remedy to eliminate VAW, the most
important degree is to make both men and women realise that any sort of physical, mental or emotional violence must much be taken for
granted.&
She added that the long-held cultural practice and societal norms do much accept degree kinds of offensive action to be VAW.
Early
marriage among women has been reported as one of the main causes of VAW
The report shows that 35 per cent of those women who suffered VAW from family members were married before the age of 16.
Similarly, 59 per
cent of such women had married between the age of 16 and 23.
Sangita Timsina, VAW campaign coordinator at WOREC, said, &Although the country
has adequate rules and regulation to check all forms of VAW, the implementation mechanism is very weak
This has resulted in increasing cases of VAW.&
Women activists stress that real action against VAW should start at home.
