CONTENTS:
1. INTRODUCTION 2. HUMAN RIGHTS AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE 3. DOMESTIC VIOLENCE 4.
GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE: HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES 5. VIOLENCE AGAINST CHILDREN, WITHIN
THE FAMILY AND IN SCHOOLS 6. SIMPLY IN VIRTUE OF BEING HUMAN: THE WHOS AND WHYS
OF HUMAN RIGHTS 7. THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF THE ELDERLY: ANEMERGING CHALLENGE 8.
FAMILY VIOLENCE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT IN INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES 9.WOMEN, DOMESTIC
AND FAMILY VIOLENCE AND HOMELESSNESS BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX
ABOUT THE BOOK
FAMILY VIOLENCE EFFECTS EVERYONE NOT JUST THE VICTIM. CHILDREN SUFFER TOO.
RESEARCH SUGGESTS THAT BETWEEN 80 & 90 PERCENT OF THESE CHILDREN ARE AWARE OF
THE VIOLENCE. CHILDREN WHO GROW UP IN VIOLENT HOMES GREATLY