Some women and girls are raped or sexually abused by friends or relatives and criminal. Gang rape also occurs. Sexual violence falling short of rape, especially within domestic circles, is targeted at women. Husbands or boyfriends batters, verbally abuse, psychologically torture and emotionally abuse their spouses or partners. Physical abuse, rape and other forms of sexual abuse, and domestic violence generally, is a vicious expression of power over the victims and women.
Women suffer humiliation, pain and are stripped of their humanity.
Not only does the rape violate women s sexual virtue but it also carries with it a social stigma, which humiliates the victim. Violence against women is an issue that all men and women must address at all levels of society. As long as this violence is not contained, the ugly inequalities between men and women will forever remain a challenge to be over come. In closing let us look at a proposal that may help. There is no special law to deal with violence against women.