ABOUT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
What is Domestic Violence
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Physical
- Slapping, choking, pulling hair, pushing, shoving, punching, kicking, biting
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Verbal
- Calling names, making racist remarks, intimidation, trivializing, criticizing, or belittling
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Sexual
- Forced sexual activity, forcing to watch pornographic movies, making sexual jokes
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Emotional
- Spreading lies, threatening to hurt them or children, causing fear by threatening deportation, destroying property or things precious to them, isolating them from friends, relatives or community members
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Economic
- Preventing them from getting job or education, not giving access to bank account and cash, making household decisions
FACTS
- Globally
- One out of every three women become victims of domestic violence
- Nationally
- Between 3 and 4 million women are battered each year in the U.S. 85 - 95% of all domestic violence victims are females
- Women between the ages of 20 -34 endure the highest rate of domestic violence
- Five women will be killed in an average of 24 hours by their partners
- Children are abused in more than half of all domestic violence cases
- South Asian Community in the U.S.
- Statistics from South Asian domestic violence organizations in the U.S. reflect that 1 in 5 South Asian families experience domestic violence at some time
- Incidence report by South Asian Women Organizations
- In Georgia, Raksha reported over 75% of 450 calls received in the first year were related to domestic violence
- In New York, Sakhi has provided services to over 3,000 women in ten years
