6 types of abuse… directed against the family

The Ministry of Community Development has identified six types of abuse that family members, or one of them, may be exposed to as a result of incorrect application of the concept of guardianship, guardianship, authority, or responsibility, warning against ignoring the rights of family members under the scope of protection, by pushing them to behave in a way that negatively affects their family members. Their decisions.

She explained the types of abuse within the “Family Protection Policy” that she prepared as a reference document, which brings together legislation, protection and intervention mechanisms, in addition to studies, research and statistics related to protecting the family from any form of violence.

The policy included forcing people to leave a job and manipulating the victim’s financial resources as violence and economic abuse. She also emphasized that preventing legitimate sexual intercourse with the victim, as a mechanism to control her behavior, is one of the forms of sexual abuse that requires intervention and protection.

The policy enumerated the forms of violence, which include: physical violence, verbal violence, psychological or moral violence, sexual violence, economic violence, and neglect (because of the damage and harm it causes).

The policy explained physical violence as any physical aggressive behavior that occurs against one person by another, within the same family, or performing any physically harmful behavior, or threatening it directly. This includes, for example, hitting, threatening to harm, or withholding physical needs.

Verbal violence is defined as any offensive language used to defame the victim, embarrass him or threaten him. These include, for example, using ugly and inappropriate names on phones, telling victims that they are unwanted, as well as agitation and screaming.

It defined psychological or moral violence as any behavior that exploits the victim’s weakness to confuse him and make him feel insecure. These include manipulating the victim’s nerves, intimidation, trying to control, criticism that undermines the victim’s self-confidence, humiliation, threats, and refusal to talk.

The policy detailed the details of sexual abuse, which is any behavior that includes sexual abuse, whether verbal or physical. These include using force or coercion, manipulating the victim, forcing her to have sex, preventing legitimate sexual intercourse with the victim, as a mechanism of control, and threatening the victim by publishing her pictures or exposing her using social media or other various means of publication. As for economic violence, the policy stipulates that it is any behavior that includes manipulation of the victim’s economic resources. Such as not allowing her to get money, or limiting it in one way or another, and causing the victim to lose her job.

As for negligence, she indicated that it is the negligence that appears evident in not providing basic needs, whether material, psychological, health, or educational, and not taking precautions and measures to prevent harm to family members, such as not obtaining identification papers, not following up on life’s affairs, and turning away from advice and guidance. .

– Psychological violence…

It is any behavior

Exploits weakness

The victim is notified

Insecure.