Essays on Abused Women

Australia, being both a country and a continent, is home to different races of mankind. And among the white people that we have known as the common faces of Australians today, Indigenous or Aboriginal people also occupy a space. Aboriginal people were the primary inhabitants of Australia before its colonization in late 1700s by the European mariners (Australian Government, 2008:web). Up until this day, Australian Indigenous population is struggling very hard to preserve the culture they once established. Nowadays, Indigenous people of Australia, closely adhering to their culture, are the modern faces of poverty and discrimination in the land they once considered ...

Introduction

Mother to Mother Initiative is a community based women empowerment organization that will target poor single mothers and other vulnerable women. The organizational activities will be run and coordinated by professional women willing to volunteer their time to help their vulnerable counterparts. The concept of Mother to Mother is based on the reality that only a woman who is a mother can understand the length to which another mother can go to, to provide for her children. It is therefore easier for a woman empathize with poor, abused, disabled, unemployed or depressed women who are still struggling to fend for their families. ...

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Introduction

No matter how hard we try to believe that we are living in a developed country and we are literate and modern people, studies show that we still are not free from the shackles of domestic violence. In a survey conducted by the US National institute of Mental Health, 42.8% of women were victims of domestic violence yet they still were in that abusive relationship. What defines a relationship as abusive? Is it only physical or are there more forms of abuse? So why do women choose ...

The primary purpose of this paper is to explore how trauma patients can receive counseling in an effective way. It will describe the methods that counselors in Pakistan are recommended to take. Counselors have to be sensitive to the physical, social, psychological and spiritual dimensions of the trauma experienced. The paper will take into consideration the context of the clients and challenge to find ways of reaching out to these women and provide such effective support, as may be found in other countries in the region such as India and Bangladesh. In this way, the aim is to examine ...

Introduction

Prostitution is an age old profession existing in the world from immemorial time. In the US as per the estimation made by the Prostitutes’ Education Network, over 100,000 American women are involved in the profession (Dionne 2013). Women's right activists consider prostitution a sinful act that undermines the integrity and dignity of women by victimizing them to sexual, physical, mental and emotional abuse. In the context of millions of young girls and women being exploited all over the world for commercial sex trade, it is a matter of great dispute whether or not the profession should be made legal. Over ...

Introduction

Domestic violence can be best described as “the power misused by one adult in a relationship to control another. It is the establishment of control and fear in a relationship through violence and other forms of abuse.” In most cases domestic violence takes of the form of physical abuse or battery, psychological abuse, social abuse, financial abuse and sexual abuse. It must also be mentioned that domestic abuse is not just an act but a continued pattern that normally takes the aforementioned forms. However, the frequency of domestic violence varies from occasional to recurrent. To this effect, frequent occurrence of domestic violence ...

INTRODUCTION

Domestic abuse is still a major problem for many women, particularly in the United States. Alaska is no exception; according to the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence, women have a 25% chance of experiencing some form of domestic abuse in their lifetime (2005). Domestic abuse can cover myriad offenses, from physical violence to emotional abuse, and even sexual abuse and rape. When in an abusive relationship or having endured some form of domestic abuse, it can be difficult to find a place to turn to. In Alaska, with its smaller population and greater sprawl, it can often make it hard for women ...

Background of the Research

The research paper is fundamentally about the comparison of Compassion Fatigue and PTSD patients. The research main objective it to go along with or reject this hypothesis: People suffering from Compassion fatigue will experience similar physiological changes as those suffering from PTSD. By working towards this hypothesis, the research can be able to compare and contrast CF to PTSD and recognize how the two are related. In order to verify and distinguish the relation between these two phenomena, it is essential to know what the research will be looking for. First, it is essential to have the invariable values ( ...