Gender Based Violence

Gender based Violence is a common term, we can hear nowadays. We generally consider violence as only physical injury or psychological trauma but it also includes the threat, blackmail etc. Gender based Violence includes any action that causes harm to the people in any form either physical or emotional or financial caused by one person to another based on gender. It is also one of the elements of Reproductive Health. Gender based violence is mostly seen in married couple but adolescents phase is also not behind in the violence. Gender based violence is of different types like Physical, Sexual, Psychological and financial. Physical Violence includes any Physical injury caused by beating or hitting with any thing that causes pain, bleeding, organ dysfunction etc. Sexual violence includes different types of sexual act done without the willingness of another person like touching body parts forcefully, rape etc. This can cause different types of problems like pain, Unwanted pregnancy, Sexual transmitted disease, Injury to genital organ etc. Psychological violence includes any type of Threat, scolding, insulting or dominating the people because of gender. This type of Violence may cause different types of psychological problems like stress, anxiety, Depression, Social isolation, deprivation in work etc. Financial violence includes any type of work that causes stress to person due to lack of money. In this type, the person may not fulfill the basic needs of other person who is totally dependent on him. It may include restrictions to food, clothes etc. All types of Violence are so scaring but Physical Violence is most common and can be the most dangerous sometimes as it may cause injuries from simple pain to death of the person. In Nepal, According to NDHS 2022, 23% women of age 15-49 have experienced physical violence and 8% have experienced sexual violence. Physical Violence in most of the cases are Domestic Violence caused by husband to wife. Major reasons for these types of violence are Gender inequality, financial dependency to men, Patriarchal society. Alcohol and drug consumption and lack of education to female are root causes for this type of Violence. These type of Violence not only causes the physical injuries but also causes the big impact on mind. The person who are violated feels low confident and are scared to come Infront of other people. The violence not only affects the person alone but also his/her Children and other relatives and leads to disturbances in relationship. To stop these kinds of violence, everyone should have to be aware about the causes, then only they can think of it's prevention. I think, Providing good education to Child and raising in good environment can teach the male, how to respect others and when the girls are also educated, they can be self dependent and protect themselves from domestic violence. To stop this violence, we should support the organisation working on this and raise awareness about its impact and the ways to stop this among people in communities.