Training Module on

Domestic Violence

Table of Contents

Outline of Module: Domestic Violence

Background:

Intended Audience(s)

Training Objectives

Module Overview

Module Delivery Outline

Module Activities

Supporting Materials

Module Feedback

Sub- Module 1: Introduction

Sub-Module 2: Overview of Gender Concepts

Sub-Module 3: Dimensions of Domestic Violence

Sub-Module 4: Provoked – Film Viewing

Sub-Module 5: The Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act - 2005

Sub-Module 6: Role of NGOs and Counseling in combating Domestic Violence

Sub-Module 7: Domestic Violence Act – Case Studies and Judgments, Way forward

Programme Schedule

Programme Schedule

Day Sessions Topic Resource Person

Day -1

1

Inauguration DG ATI Mysore

Introduction to the course Course Coordinator

Tea Break

2 &3 Introduction to concepts of

Gender, Gender based violence

Subject Experts from the

department of Women

Studies, Human Right Activists

Lunch Break

4 &5 Dimensions of Domestic

Violence

Women Rights experts

6 Film on Domestic Violence,

Film Viewing and Discussion

Course Coordinator

Day-2

1 &2 The Protection of Women from

Domestic Violence Act - 2005

Legal expert

Tea Break

3&4 Role of NGOs and Counseling

in combating Domestic

Violence

Functionary/Expert from NGO

working in the field

Lunch Break

5 &6 DV Act – Case Studies,

Judgments

Way Forward

Course Coordinator, legal

expert, functionaries from

departments

Outline of the Module

Component Description

BACKGROUND

Domestic Violence is any incident of threatening behaviour, violence or abuse

(psychological, physical, sexual, financial or emotional) between adults who are or

have been intimate partners or family members, regardless of gender or sexuality. It

is considered as one of the forms of gender based violations and one of the most

prevalent human rights violations in the world.

Domestic violence is committed against women due to their disadvantageous

position in the society. It is recognized as a significant barrier in the empowerment

of women, with consequences not only on women, but in the development of the

country as a whole. In view of the prevalence as well as the pervasiveness of

domestic violence, several Acts and Policies have been enacted by the State. Issues

pertaining to Domestic Violence in the context of human rights are addressed by

this training programme.

The training had the specific aim of-

- Building knowledge on domestic violence within the contest of human

rights, dimensions of DV, the roles and responsibilities of functionaries in

working towards protecting women from domestic violence

Intended

Audience(s) Functionaries from the departments of Social Welfare, Women and Child

Development, Backward and Minorities, Law

Training Objectives Identify different types of gender-based violence, its victims and

perpetrators

Explain the dimensions of domestic violence

Analyze domestic violence from the human rights perspective.

State the interventions made by the State in curbing domestic violence

List the roles that the different stakeholders in implementation of Domestic

Violence Act, 2005

Duration Two days

Module Overview Structure and Content - The course covers the following themes:

1. Perspectives on Gender violence with specific reference to domestic

violence, Current Scenario

2. DV Act, 2005 and its Rules

3. Implementation of DV Act – Role of officers

4. Case studies and judgments on DV Act in India

Module Delivery Knowledge – Themes 1 to 4 mentioned above

Attitude – 3 and 4

Outline Coverage Skill - 3 and 4

Module Activities Following training methods will be used to make it participatory and experience

sharing

Lesson with power point presentation

Discussion

Group discussion and presentation

Experience sharing

Question and Answer

Case Study Discussion

Resource Persons Professors from National Law School of India University, Bangalore

Faculty, JSS College

Subject Experts from NGOs

Legal Experts

Free lance consultants

In house faculty

Supporting

Materials

Baseline definitions of key concepts and terms by UNESCO

Gender concepts by Office of the Special Adviser on Gender Issues and the

Advancement of Women, United Nations

Profiling Domestic Violence – A Multi-Country Study by ORC Macro

The Economic Dimensions of Interpersonal Violence by WHO

Domestic Violence against Women in Kerala by Pradeep Kumar Panda,

Centre for Development Studies Thiruvananthapuram

Measures for the assessment of dimensions of violence against women: A

compendium compiled by Michael Flood

Dimensions, Dynamics and Impact of Family Violence by Australian

Institute of Social Relations

Domestic Violence And Its Impact On Children’s Development – paper

Behind Closed Doors The Impact of Domestic Violence on Children by

UNICEF

The Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005

The Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Rules

Report on Implementation of DV Act, Annual Report 2007-08

Domestic Violence – Utthan, Issue No.4, March 2012

Roles, Responsibilities, And Trends Of NGOs In Women Empowerment by

Muthusami Kumaran

Ethical Guidelines for Counselling Women Facing Domestic Violence by

Centre for Enquiry into Health and Allied Themes

Domestic Violence against Women: An Analysis by Waghamode R.H.,

Desai Bhavana and Kalyan J.L. Department of Criminology and Forensic

Science, Karnatak Science College, Dharwad

Exploring Domestic Violence in an Indian Setting by Vranda MN

Domestic Violence in India: An Empirical Analysis by Harihar Sahoo and

Manas Ranjan Pradhan

Domestic Violence in India: Exploring Strategies, Promoting Dialogue -

Summary Report of Four Studies

CRL.M.C. 3273/2011 in the High Court of New Delhi

Crl.M.C. No.3959/2009 & Crl.M.A.13476/2009 in the High Court of New

Delhi

Module Feedback Questioning at the end of each session

Oral Feedback at the end of training

Written feedback by administering IRQ ( immediate reaction questionnaire) at the

end of training

Preparation of Individual Action Plan

Outcome of the

programme

Better understanding of why Domestic Violence occurs

Improved understanding of social, economic, legal and development

dimensions of domestic violence

Enhanced knowledge of Policies, Acts and Rules on Protection of Women

from Domestic Violence

Capability to implement programmes DV Act that would ensure reduction

in Domestic Violence

Module Developer Administrative Training Institute, Lalitha Mahal Road, Mysore

Day 1

Sub Module 1

Introduction to the course

Session 1

Contents Introduction and eliciting expectations

Sub Contents Introduction to the training programme, getting to know the participants,

listing expectations from the training programme and introducing training

objectives

Session

Duration

One hour

Enabling

Objectives

At the end of the session, the participants will be able to

Get to know each other, build rapport

List their expectations of the programme

Describe the objectives of the programme

Process

Training Coordinator welcomes the trainees, introduces

himself/herself.

Participants are requested to introduce themselves by way of an ice-

breaking session, which helps participants to get to know each other.

The training coordinator requests the participants to list the

expectations from this training programme on a card/whitepaper and

pin the cards

The way in which the programme is scheduled, the objectives and the

session- wise details are also to be presented. This could be by way of

power point presentation.

The list of expectations should be retained as pin ups in the training

hall till the end of the course.

Methods PPT, Listing Expectations, Ice-Breaking Exercise

Training Aid White Board, Flip Chart, Marker Pens, LCD, Computer

Supporting

Material

Schedule of the training programme, Reading Materials

Session

feedback

Question and Answer

Sub- Module 2

Overview of Gender Concepts

Sessions 2 & 3

Contents Introduction to concepts of Gender, Gender based violence

Sub Contents

Define gender, difference between gender and sex, meaning of gender in

development, Define Gender Equality, equity, patriarchal system,

Millennium Development Goals.

Gender based violence - types and forms, violation of human rights

Session

Duration 2 hours

Enabling

Objectives

List the differences between gender and sex

Explain reason for gender discrimination in the society

Describe concepts of gender equality

List types of gender violence

Explain how gender based violence is a human rights violence issue

Process

With discussions, RP draws out difference between sex and gender

From the trainees the RP elicits reasons as to what kind of gender

discriminations are found, why gender discrimination exists and why

it should be addressed

With discussions, RP draws out different forms of gender based

violence found in society

With the help of PPT the RP traces the basic concepts of gender,

gender equity and gender based violence

Methods Power Point Presentation, Lectures and Discussions

Training Aid White Board, LCD Projector and Computer

Supporting

Material

1. Baseline definitions of key concepts and terms by UNESCO

2. Gender concepts by Office of the Special Adviser on Gender Issues

and the Advancement of Women, United Nations

Session

feedback Oral Question and Answer

Sub-Module 3

Dimensions of Domestic Violence

Sessions 4 and 5

Contents Dimensions of Domestic Violence

Sub Contents

Social, economic, cultural and development dimensions to domestic violence

Response of State to Domestic Violence

(i) UN & International Charters

(ii) State’s Intervention & Responses - Constitution, DP Act & IPC

Impact of domestic violence on children

Session

Duration 2 hours

Enabling

Objectives

Explain social, economic, cultural and development dimensions to

domestic violence

Describe the impact of domestic violence on children

Process

From the trainees the RP elicits social, economic, cultural and

development dimensions to domestic violence

With statistics and data RP establishes the prevalence of domestic

violence in India and the status of Karnataka among Indian States

With discussion, the RP draws out impact of domestic violence on

children

Methods Power Point Presentation, Lectures and Discussions

Training Aid White Board, LCD Projector and Computer

Supporting

Material

1. Profiling Domestic Violence – A Multi-Country Study by ORC

Macro

2. The Economic Dimensions of Interpersonal Violence by WHO

3. Domestic Violence against Women in Kerala by Pradeep Kumar

Panda, Centre for Development Studies Thiruvananthapuram

4. Measures for the assessment of dimensions of violence against

women: A compendium compiled by Michael Flood

5. Dimensions, Dynamics and Impact of Family Violence by Australian

Institute of Social Relations

6. Domestic Violence And Its Impact On Children’s Development –

paper

7. Behind Closed Doors The Impact of Domestic Violence on Children

by UNICEF

Session

feedback Oral Question and Answer

Sub-Module 4

Film Viewing

Contents Film Viewing –Film Provoked

Sub Contents Domestic Violence and Legal issues

Session

Duration 1 hour

Enabling

Objectives

After viewing the film, the trainees will be able to-

-Explain the forms of domestic violence

-Legal issues in mitigating domestic violence

Process

Film Viewing followed by discussion

Participants discuss about the content and analyse the situation of children

from various perspectives.

Methods Film Viewing

Training Aid White Board, LCD Projector and Computer

Supporting

Material

DVD – Film Provoked

Session

Feedback Question and answer

Day 2

Sub- Module 5

The Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act – 2005

Sessions 1 & 2

Contents The Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act - 2005

Sub Contents

How Domestic Violence Act was introduced? Tracing the reasons for

promulgating DV Act

Salient features of DV Act and Rules

Roles and responsibility of departments/ officers Session Duration

2 hours

Enabling Objectives

Explain why DV Act was promulgated

List out the salient features of DV Act and Rules

Describe the role of officers and departments as per DV Act

Process

RP explains the background of promulgating DV Act and countries which

have brought in DV Act

With the help of PPT the RP lists out the salient features of DV Act and

Rules

With discussions, RP establishes the roles and responsibilities of officers

as per DV Act

Methods Power Point Presentation, Lectures and Discussions

Training Aid White Board, LCD Projector and Computer

Supporting

Material

1. The Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 2. The Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Rules 3. Report on Implementation of DV Act, Annual Report 2007-08

Session feedback

Oral Question and Answer

Sub-Module 6

Role of NGOs and Counseling in combating Domestic Violence Sessions 3 and 4

Contents Role of NGOs and Counseling in combating Domestic Violence

Sub Contents Role of NGOs and counseling in rehabilitation of Domestic Violence victims Building confidence with victim - Behavioural & attitudinal issues

Session Duration

2 hours

Enabling Objectives

Explain the role of NGOs in combating DV victims

Describe the procedure for counseling DV victims

Explain

Process

Through example RP illustrates each step of gender budget analysis

RP distributes 2 case studies to trainees and puts them onto hands on

exercise in analyzing gender budget

RP explains how gender budgeting analysis should be linked to

performance in gender equity

Methods Power Point Presentation, Lectures and Discussions

Training Aid White Board, LCD Projector and Computer

Supporting

Material

1. Domestic Violence – Utthan, Issue No.4, March 2012

2. Roles, Responsibilities, And Trends Of NGOs In Women

Empowerment by Muthusami Kumaran

3. Ethical Guidelines for Counselling Women Facing Domestic

Violence by Centre for Enquiry into Health and Allied Themes

Session feedback

Oral Question and Answer

Sub-Module 7

Domestic Violence Act – Case Studies and Judgments

Contents DV Act – Case Studies, Judgments and Way Forward

Sub Contents

Case studies of DV within Karnataka and in other States

Judgements given

Role of officers in implementing DV Act

Issues in effective implementation of DV Act

Way forward

Session Duration

2 hours

Enabling Objectives

List out the types of DV cases that are registered

Explain the role of officers in implementing DV Act

Describe how cases are disposed in Courts

Process

Through discussions RP explains case studies of DV

Through PPT RP explains how judgements have been given in DV

cases

Through discussions RP establishes the issues in effective

implementation of DV Act

Methods Power Point Presentation, Lectures and Discussions

Training Aid White Board, LCD Projector and Computer

Supporting

Material

1. Domestic Violence against Women: An Analysis by Waghamode

R.H., Desai Bhavana and Kalyan J.L. Department of Criminology

and Forensic Science, Karnatak Science College, Dharwad

2. Exploring Domestic Violence in an Indian Setting by Vranda MN

3. Domestic Violence in India: An Empirical Analysis by Harihar Sahoo

and Manas Ranjan Pradhan

4. Domestic Violence in India: Exploring Strategies, Promoting

Dialogue - Summary Report of Four Studies

5. CRL.M.C. 3273/2011 in the High Court of New Delhi

6. Crl.M.C. No.3959/2009 & Crl.M.A.13476/2009 in the High Court of

New Delhi

Session feedback

Oral Question and Answer