Definition of Domestic Violence

Domestic violence covers not just physical beating but also verbal abuse (insults, humiliation), emotional abuse (threats), sexual abuse, and economic abuse (not providing money, controlling finances). It applies to wives, mothers, sisters, and any woman in a shared household.

• Husband threatens wife, withholds her salary, and verbally abuses her daily. This constitutes domestic violence.

Domestic violence includes physical abuse, sexual abuse, verbal and emotional abuse, and economic abuse against any woman in a domestic relationship.