(Encarta Dictionary 2002 page 1983)

Violence against women occurs in many different forms and in many different places throughout the world. Over twenty percent of the world’s women have been physically or sexually assaulted by a man. And every year two million girls ages five to fifteen are trafficked, sold or coerced into the commercial sex market, including prostitution. A London based institute stated that women everywhere are more inclined to be assaulted or harassed not by strangers but by their partners, neighbors, family members and colleagues. Stereotyping abusers as minorities or underprivileged society members are also a mistake considering that abusers emerge fro

In Iraq, violence against women occurs but little is known about its extent. The government refuses to provide any details toward the issue but there have been reports of a growing amount of incest and gang rape. The culture and country emphases very little pressure toward exercising ones human rights, especially in public. The economic destitution of the country has also forced many women and young girls, as young as ten years old into prostitution. The country also passed a 1990 decree which grants immunity to men who kill their mothers, daughters, and other female family members who have committed ‘immoral deeds.’

m all different types of nationalities and social strata. The most common type of Violence against women is domestic violence which wasn’t even declared a breach of human rights until 1993. Domestic violence can be not only physically traumati

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