Children and domestic violence Maji Sutapa Alumni, Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development, Sriperumbudur, Tamilnadu, India Online published on 22 January, 2016. Abstract Domestic violence is a major unrecognized problem. In India, as many others countries, child protection continues to remain largely unaddressed. India has the world‘s largest number of sexually abused children. It has also the largest number of working children. Physical abuse especially corporal punishment, in the name of disciplining, continues unabated. There is no legal definition for ‘child abuse’ in any national legislation; people have difficulties in acknowledging and recognizing existing different forms of violence against children who are powerless, vulnerable at home itself. Due to absence of a legal provision to deal with neglect, abuse and violence against children at home, many such forms of violence do not get ever enumerated. Children suffer both direct and indirect violence and abuse at home as gendered power relation, the caste subjugation, witnessing parent violence and so on. The present study is reflection of various set of qualitative and quantitative secondary data sources to facilitate the in-depth analysis of different domestic violence; causes, effects of domestic violence and witnessing on the life of the children, which can raise awareness about the issue, give suggestions, views to reduce domestic violence. Top Keywords Children, Domestic violence, Powerless, Vulnerable, witnessing domestic violence. Top |