DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN

The main purpose of the present research was to explore "the causative factors of domestic violence against women which forced the women to join Dar-ul-Aman in Multan, District Multan. Mostly the women in Dar-ulAman faced a number of issues, family pressure, personal choice, fear, personality issues and some other family related issues. For the present study, nine cases were sampled from targeted population through the purposive sampling technique and interview guide was administrated by the researchers consisting on the following parts; a) Identification of respondent, b) demographic characteristics, c) Family factors, d) Relatives factors, e) Societal factors and Psychological factors. Case study method was used as a technique of data collection. Thematic analysis was done after the collection of actual data from the field. The major findings showed that the respondent's women were forced to join Dar-ul-Aman due to less parental support, family pressures, in-laws pressure, relatives, fear and threat. There should be equal participation of women in their life decisions and they also have certain parental, in-laws support for her better living.