We're All in This Toghether: A Global Comparison on Domestic Violence and the Means Necessary to Combat It
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WE'RE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER: A GLOBAL COMPARISON ON
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND THE MEANS NECESSARY TO
COMBAT IT
Caitlin Mahserjian *
I. INTRODUCTION
There is one universal truth, applicable to all countries, cultures
and communities: violence against women is never acceptable, never
excusable, never tolerable.1 Statistics show that more than one in
three women around the globe are victims of domestic violence.2
Different cultural and socio-economic factors explain how and why
domestic violence is perpetuated, perpetrated, and how it affects
women globally. Regardless of differing approaches to combat it,
statistics demonstrate that women from continent to continent
experience similar rates of violence irrespective of social class, race,
or religion.3
This note will discuss the differing roles that governments play in
perpetuating domestic violence. Specifically, how absence of
legislation, insufficient legislation, and failure to enforce existing
legislation results in victims being left unprotected at the hands of
their government. This note will analyze and compare three specific
and diverse countries: the United States, the Russian Federation,
and the Arabic Republic of Egypt, by looking at each country's
constitution, criminal or penal codes, and international treaties.
Finally, this note will discuss how legislation and governmental
* J.D. Candidate, Albany Law School, 2016; St. John's University, B.S., 2012. I would like
to express my appreciation to the members of the Albany Law Review, to Professor Mary Lynch
for sparking my passion to write this note and guiding me through the process, and to both my
family and my boyfriend, Anthony, for their endless support and encouragement these past
three years.
1 WORLD HEALTH ORG., GLOBAL AND REGIONAL ESTIMATES OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN:
PREVALENCE AND HEALTH EFFECTS OF INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE AND NON-PARTNER
SEXUAL VIOLENCE 2 (2013), http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/10665/85239/1/9789241564625
eng.pdfua=l [hereinafter GLOBAL AND REGIONAL ESTIMATES OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN].
2 Violence Against Women: Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Against Women, WORLD
HEALTH ORG., http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs239/en/ (last updated Jan. 2016).
3 GLOBAL AND REGIONAL ESTIMATES OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN, supra note 1, at 18 fig.2
(depicting a global map on regional domestic violence rates).](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.journals/albany79&div=11&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)
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