The Social Dimensions of Domestic Violence

The University Student as a Model

Abstract

The international community began to pay increasing attention to the issue of violence following the issuance of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, where Article 5 stipulates the right of individuals not to be subjected to torture or cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment. The issue of violence against women has garnered particular attention, with efforts starting at the Nairobi Women's Conference in 1985, resulting in the adoption of the Nairobi Document as an action plan to combat violence against women. Similarly, the Vienna Conference on Human Rights in 1993 emphasized the need to eliminate violence against women in both public and private life. This was followed by the United Nations Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women in 1993, which defined the standards for violence against women and urged governments and the international community to take necessary action. Several international conferences, including the Cairo Conference on Population and Development and the Beijing Women's Conference, were held to address all forms of violence against women, adopting future strategies to combat this phenomenon and achieve gender equality.