Deepening the Dialogue - Strengthening Domestic Violence Policy and Charting A Way Forward

Abstract

Domestic violence is not a new phenomenon, but a sociocultural issue that has affected individuals across ethic divides, socioeconomic groups, and cultural beliefs systems. Within recent times, this phenomenon has caused an increase in awareness among policy makers as well as social activist groups as a result of the increasing incidence of homicide among women in intimate partner relationships.