Case 1 for teaching package on domestic violence
Case 1 for teaching package on domestic violence
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Professional and ethics related violence
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To show how professional women including
doctors and teachers and their families can be
targeted because they work with victims of
abuse
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ynaecologist in Afghanistan
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She provides healthcare to women suffering from abuse,
including rape and domestic violence
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Problems began when working in an
abortion
clinic seeing
girls who had become
pregnant after being raped by a male
relative
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Abortion essential for these girls as they would otherwise be
killed by their relatives or
community
members, as an“honour”
killing
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Threatening letters
and phone calls
sent to Dr
C
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Taliban
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Explicitly warn
that Dr C and family at risk and could be
killed
because of her work
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Her son is badly injured in the front yard of her house
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Required medical treatment for almost a year, moving
hospitals many times
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Left disabled with one leg shorter than the other, traumatised
by the incident with mental illness and bullied at school
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Lifelong ambition of being a footballer shattered
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22-year old brother killed in a grenade attack in front of her
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The threats to her family were reported to the government, but
nobody listened.
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Dr C realised that further incidents were inevitable,
moved her family and stopped doing abortions
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In some countries such as Afghanistan, violence against
women and girls is accepted as part of the culture
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Honour killings are not uncommon, and women can be
stoned to death because of ‘adultery’
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Despite women being the victims of sexual violence they
are blamed
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Education and empowerment of women, and education of
men and boys that violence against women is wrong, are
important first steps
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There must be a change in the culture towards gender
equality – the government must take responsibility, and
police must take action to protect women when violence is
uncovered
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Professionals who deal with victims of violence
must be listened to and protected
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Highlighting a harrowing case involving a gynaecologist in Afghanistan who faced threats due to her work with abused women. The module emphasizes changing cultural norms, empowering women, and supporting professionals dealing with violence.
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Case 1 for teaching package on domestic violence Name of presenter and institution
Aims and objectives To show how professional women including doctors and teachers and their families can be targeted because they work with victims of abuse
Case details Dr C is a Gynaecologist in Afghanistan She provides healthcare to women suffering from abuse, including rape and domestic violence Problems began when working in an abortion clinic seeing girls who had become pregnant after being raped by a male relative Abortion essential for these girls as they would otherwise be killed by their relatives or community members, as an honour killing Threatening letters and phone calls sent to Dr C from the Taliban Explicitly warn that Dr C and family at risk and could be killed because of her work
Case details Two years later Her son is badly injured in the front yard of her house Required medical treatment for almost a year, moving hospitals many times Left disabled with one leg shorter than the other, traumatised by the incident with mental illness and bullied at school Lifelong ambition of being a footballer shattered Six months later 22-year old brother killed in a grenade attack in front of her house The threats to her family were reported to the government, but nobody listened. Dr C realised that further incidents were inevitable, moved her family and stopped doing abortions
Learning points 1. In some countries such as Afghanistan, violence against women and girls is accepted as part of the culture 2. Honour killings are not uncommon, and women can be stoned to death because of adultery 3. Despite women being the victims of sexual violence they are blamed 4. Education and empowerment of women, and education of men and boys that violence against women is wrong, are important first steps 5. There must be a change in the culture towards gender equality the government must take responsibility, and police must take action to protect women when violence is uncovered 6. Professionals who deal with victims of violence must be listened to and protected
MWIAs training module on violence https://mwiaviolencemanual.wordpress.com/
