Abstract: As human beings individuals are entitled to human rights. Human rights are universal, indivisible and precious for them. But, today human rights are being violated in each sphere. Especially, women are badly victims of these violations and their lives have been affected even in domestic relationship. Innumerable women are victimized throughout world by domestic violence. In this paper, the problems at both global as well as local level have been highlighted. This is a part of Doctoral work carried on in four sample areas in the district of Balasore in the state of Odisha highlighting acute condition of domestic violence. For this study multistage purposive sample design has been undertaken. The work has been done on the basis of primary source. From the study, it is found that highest percentage of Muslim and tribal women are unaware of their human rights for which they face more cases of violation whether it is inside house or outside. It has been suggested that community based education and awareness should be made involving SHGs, NGOs and Civil society for checking this problem).
Keywords: domestic, dowry, empowerment, human rights, violation.
Title: Domestic Violence against Women as a Human Rights Violation: A Study of the District Of Balasore
Author: Dhirendra Kumar Jena, Prof (Dr.) Shyam Sundar Acharya
International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research
ISSN 2348-3164 (online), ISSN 2348-3156 (Print)
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