Domestic Violence and Child Welfare in Katoogo Nama Sub-County Mukono District

Chapter One 1.0 Back ground of the study 1.1 Historical perspective Worldwide, domestic violence has been having an impact on child bringing. In most families, statistics show that about 42% homesteads are not stable due to domestic conflicts which has caused under development and poverty, (UNESCO, 2000).It is imperative to note that even Aids is spreading at a high rate due to domestic violence since married couples do not trust each other, however this has not been confirmed through research of which the study intends to assess. Domestic violence began long time ago but as the world becomes modernized; it is increasing day and night and it is therefore suspected to have an effect on child welfare. The coming of modernity has affected the community in such a way that it led to domestic violence in many families of the world especially in developing countries; (Uganda Media Centre, 2009).Femaies want to have equal rights with males in their homesteads and this is expected to be the major cause of domestic violence in forms of fighting between the couples, divorce and disrespect of one another, (Grote, et al 1998). 1.2 Conceptual Perspective Domestic violence refers to the violent acts inflicted on a person with in the familyjUK, 2008).Forms of domestic violence include physical abuse like wife battering, psychological or emotional abuse like denial of basic needs within the family. The causes of domestic violence include immediate causes such as alcoholism, stress, suspicions of infidelity and denial of sex, (Subramanian, 2000). Child welfare refers to the condition in which children live in, that is in terms of basic needs, food, shelter, clothing and medical care plus standards of living. It has been said that domestic violence makes children to suffer and live in bad conditions that may lead them to suffer from diseases such as malnutrition, kwashiorkor and even jiggers due to limited or no parental care from their parents which has affected child welfare terribly.