Domestic Violence against Women: Statistical Analysis and Legislative Solutions

Abstract

Violence against women contains many facets and beating wives is one of the most prevalent in Pakistan. The issue has been justified on state and private social level based upon religious and social arguments. Women empowerment and equal protection before law is guaranteed on both constitutional and legislative levels but effective implementation of these laws to gain equal living standards to wives is still a far cry. This paper aims to study the issue at different levels. It will define the domain of issue by statistical analysis based upon data provided by United Nation Global Data Base on violence against women and will probe into factors hindering the enforcement of state aspirations to protect women from violence at family level.