ABSTRACT
Studies have shown that globally domestic violence accounts for nearly one quarter of all recorded crimes. Women have been subjected to various forms of violence ranging from rape, battering, trafficking and even murder. Although the degree differs from society to society, the occurrence has profound and destructive consequences including psychological, physical, emotional and social disorders. The fact that domestic violence prevails across all strata of the Nigerian society is no longer debatable. Despite the spirited efforts made by the world bodies such as the United Nations (e.g. Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Convention on Civil and Political Rights) and Nigeria’s constitutions to eliminate discrimination and violence against women, and promote the idea of freedom, equality and justice, the Nigerian woman is often violated and without apology. Getting justice for a woman who is abused at the family level is most times difficult and wrongly treated by the law, leaving the victim dejected, rejected and dehumanized. is research provides information about domestic violence in Nigeria and has as its objectives to facilitate the activities of professional counselors such as clergy, educators, social workers and law enforcement agents as mediators working on behalf of women’s rights in Nigeria.
This study looked into the domestic violence in the family and how the rights of women are been abused, it is made up of five chapters
Chapter one consist of the various relevant preambles to the study, including introduction, background of the study, statement of problems, aims and objective, research question, area/ scope of the study, significance of the study as well as hypothesis.
Chapter two is basically concerned with review of available literature on the subject and those related to the topic
