Physical violence

Emotional (psychological) violence

• Rejection and neglect: rejecting demands and needs, neglecting comprehensive care and guidance
• Hurting feelings: by being cold and not interacting
• Humiliation in front of others
• Isolation: not allowing the wife/female to leave the house.
• Eviction from home
• Distrust (doubt) and constant surveillance.

Sexual violence

In its simplest forms, it includes touching, harassment and rape. It may start from uttering words related to sex, displaying the body or parts of it, and touching the genitals. It also includes commercial sexual exploitation for money or any other rewards, not fulfilling the sexual desires of the wife, watching pornographic films as well as forcing the wife to do so.

Economic violence

Harming a woman’s economic interests such as preventing her from obtaining a job, forcing her to work, taking her salary or property, depriving her of inheritance, stripping her of material and financial resources, destroying personal property, or attempting material harm in any way, depriving her of her basic needs such as clothes and good food.

Verbal violence

Such as cursing, insulting, belittling, insulting, obscene speech, an embarrassment in front of others, insulting obscenities, and lack of respect and appreciation.

Social violence:

It is represented in the attempt to impose a social siege on the weak individual and stifle his opportunities to communicate and interact with the world, define his roles, and not allow him to make decisions, excluding women and their exclusion from centers of social, economic and political power.

Health violence

It is represented in neglecting health needs, not allowing women to see a doctor, controlling her fertility, forcing her to become pregnant, and preventing her from using family planning methods, in addition to abortion of female fetuses and choosing the sex of the child before birth.