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What is family violence?
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Physical Abuse
The most commonly recognised form of family violence
includes: hitting, pushing, choking and slapping. Not all
women experience physical abuse. Other forms of family
violence can be just as harmful as physical abuse.
Sexual Abuse
Forcing anyone, including a spouse or partner,
to have sex or perform sexual acts against their will.
Abusers may say:
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If you love me you will do this for me
It’s your duty as my wife/partner
Emotional Abuse
Controlling a person through threats, humiliation
or manipulation. Abusers may:
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Undermine your ability as a mother
Threaten to harm or remove children
Use cultural practices like dowry to make
demands and create a feeling of shame if
they cannot be fulfilled.