The Psychological Counseling and Educational Counseling Unit at Dentistry College at Basrah University, held its guidance seminar entitled "Protecting the Family from Domestic Violence", to build a society free of domestic violence.
The seminar aims to shed light on the concept of domestic violence, its types, manifestations, causes, the most affected groups, identifying the motives that lead to domestic violence and identifying its effects (physical, behavioral, psychological, social), as well as shedding light on ways to prevent and treat domestic violence.
Colonel Shaaban Thamer Hamza from the Directorate of Tribal Affairs in Basrah, pointed out that the concept of violence is a behavior directed at intentionally harming others, or causing harm to others.
Violence against women and the family is a clear and explicit violation of human rights, as it prevents them from enjoying their full rights, and has serious consequences that are not limited to women only, but affect the entire society.
Mr. Jabbar Kazim Al-Helou, Chairman of the Supreme Commission for the Resolution of Community Disputes, also addressed the types of violence practiced specifically against women and the family, such as physical, verbal, psychological, sexual and economic violence. Physical violence, for example, is one of the most widespread types of violence and its practice against women takes several forms, including beating and harm, and is usually caused by her husband or a male member of her family. It results in significant health and psychological risks for the victim, and may sometimes cause the victim’s death as a result of excessive force. The symposium, in which Assistant Lecturer Ashwaq Jabbar Hamoud from the Center for Educational Guidance and Psychological Counseling, Colonel Ahmed Zaidan Al-Hamidi from the Basra Intelligence Directorate, Colonel Alaa Dhahi Khalifa from the Technology and Information Department, Colonel Wajdi Jassim Ghanem from the Technology and Information Department and Lieutenant Colonel Ahmed Hashem Najm participated, concluded with the necessity of ratifying the convention on the elimination of all forms of violence against Women, punishing anyone who practices violence against women and the family in accordance with laws and legislation, compensating women who have been subjected to violence for the damages they have suffered, developing a preventive approach and comprehensive legal, political, administrative and cultural measures, to enhance the protection of women from all forms of violence, and paying attention to the education sector to modify social and cultural behaviors, in addition to educating the family and increasing the awareness of its members of the importance of eliminating this violence, and sharing responsibilities equally between men and women to carry out the tasks assigned to them towards the family.
