Causes Of Domestic Violence And Abuse Against Women And Its Effects On Family Relationship In Four Selected Local Government In Nigeria

HAPTER ONE  INTRODUCTION  1.1                  Background of the Study  Domestic violence against women has been a norm in the society today and we have lived with it not having the feeling that it is wrong anymore (Godwin 2005).  Domestic violence is a product of long lasting unequal power relationship between a man and a woman that have resulted to the control over and discrimination against the women by the men and to the hindrance of the complete advancement by women. Violence against women continues to be global epidemic that kills, tortures and maims physically, psychological, sexually a…