Hello everyone, thank you for having me.

My name is Nurul Aqilah Binti Abd Ghani from

group 10 and my matric number is 294305. I am going to be speaking to you today about
Household Violence Towards Women in Malaysia.

To begin, household violence is defined as thread or physical, sexual, psychological or

emotionally violent act. Also, any kind of violence others with the intention of injuring or
demonstrating power and exercising control over another intimate partner. Women form
the largest group of victims and it is usually deliberate but not always.

Examples of abusive behavior :

1. Physical.
Hitting, slapping, shoving, grabbing, pinching, biting, hair pulling are types of physical
abuse.

2. Sexual.
Coercing or attempting to coerce any sexual contract or behavior without consent.
Sexual abuse also includes, but is certainly not limited to, marital rape, attacks on
sexual parts of the body, forcing sex after physical violence has occurred or treating
one in a sexually demeaning manner.

3. Psychological or emotionally violent.

Undermining an individual’s sense of self-worth or self-esteem is abusive. This may
include but is not limited to constant criticism, diminishing one’s abilities, name-
calling or damaging one’s relationship with her children.
Causes of household violence :

- Failed to control anger, which is lost judgement until he was willing to hit his partner
- Fragile religious beliefs
- Financial problems, which is having argument, basically from low income family
- Unhealthy lifestyle, like alcohol consumption, drugs or gambling
- Heavy workload at his office
- Raised in an abusive environment
- Has wrong or bad perspective towards women
- Disagreement between each other

Effects of household violence :

- Injuries to any parts of body (such as : bruises, wounds, broken bones that cause
permanent disability and death)
- Psychological or mental effects (such as : depression, anxiety, fear)
- Prone to self-harm or suicide

So how to overcome this problem are you can get :

- Get counseling
- Undergo rehabilitation treatment
- Join a support group
- Make a police report if widespread
- Plan a safety route to get out from the bad situation