Violence against women is one of the crucial social mechanisms by which women are forced into a subordinate position compared with men. Violence against women and girls is a problem of pandemic proportions. At least one out of every three women around the world has been beaten, coerced into sex, or otherwise abused in her lifetime with the abuser usually someone known to her. Violence against women can fit into several broad categories such as: rape, domestic violence; sexual harassment, honor killings, dowry violence, female genital mutilation, marriage by abduction, forced marriage sexual violence and sexual slavery. In iolence against women is one of the crucial social mechanisms by which women are forced into a subordinate position compared with men. Violence against women and girls is a problem of pandemic proportions. At least one out of every three women around the world has been beaten, coerced into sex, or otherwise abused in her lifetime with the abuser usually someone known to her. Violence against women can fit into several broad categories such as: rape, domestic violence; sexual harassment, honor killings, dowry violence, female genital mutilation, marriage by abduction, forced marriage sexual violence and sexual slavery.