DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN:

Analytical Case Study of Tharu Women of Bargadahi Village, Bardiya

District

Submitted to:
Nepal Law Campus
Faculty of Law, Tribhuvan University
In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the
Bachelors of Law,
Nepal, 2018

Submitted By:
SANGITA CHAUDHARY
ROLL NO: 1925
T.U. Regd. No. 6-2-446-54-2008
 Acknowledgements

This report has been completed for the partial fulfillment of the requirement for the Bachelor
of Law. I have got much help and guidance from different scholars, teachers and others
during my research. Their contribution has played vital role in my research. So, I am very
much obliged with them.

I would like to express my sincere and deep gratitude to my respected supervisor Mrs.
Bishnu Bashyal for her precious guidance, constructive supervision, suggestion and
invaluable remarks without whose companionship my research paper would not have come to
this full-fledged form.

I owe the highest level of gratefulness to my doting parents Buddhi Ram Nammochhya Tharu
and Thagani Nammochhya Tharu and to my younger brother Er. Sanjip Chaudhary who
always stood by me, at all ups and downs of my life and without their perennial support and
encouragement my dream of deserving Bachelor of Law would never have come true.

I am equally grateful to my grandfather Rambujhawan Tharu and grandmother Shukari Tharu

for loving and caring me all the time and thankful for their valuable suggestions and
encouragements.

Last, but not the least, I am grateful to all my respected teachers, colleagues and my parents
for their continuous support, encouragement and inspiration and to all my well wishers.
 Nepal Law Campus

Faculty of Law, Tribhuvan University

Letter of Recommendation

Ms. Sangita Chaudhary has completed her research paper entitled “Domestic
Violence Against Women: Analytical Case Study of Tharu Women of Bargadahi
Village, Bardiya District” under my supervision. I hearby recommend her research
paper be submitted for viva voice.

………………………………………..

Mrs. Bishnu Bashyal

Supervisor

Date: 2075/3/2
 LIST OF ABBRIVIATION

DV : Domestic Violence

DVAW : Domestic Violence against Women

CBO : Community Based Organization

NGO : Non- Governmental Organization

INGO : International Non- Governmental Organization

FWLD : Forum for Women, Law and Development

No. : Number

S.N : Serial Number

 Contents

Letter of Recommendation

Letter of Acceptance

Acknowledgments

CHAPTER -I: INTRODUCTION

1.1 Background of the Study

1.2 Statement of the Problem

1.3 Objective of the Study

1.4 Significance of the Study

1.5 Limitation of the Study

1.6 Research Methodology

1.7 Organization of Study

CHAPTER-II: CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK

2.1 Historical Background

2.2 Nepalese Context

CHAPTER-III: INTRODUCTION OF STUDY AREA

3.1 Introduction of Bardiya District

3.2 Bargadahi village

3.3 Water-Resources

3.4 The Tharu

3.5 Tharu Women

3.6 Settlement and Housing

3.7 Festivals

CHAPTER-IV: DATA INTERPRETATION & ANALYIS

4.1 Age Composition of Respondents

4.2 Marital Status

4.3 Type of Family/ Family Composition

4.4 Education Status of Respondents

4.5 Occupational Status of Respondents

4.6 Types of Violence

4.7 Causes of Domestic Violence

4.8 Knowledge of Media can Help to Prevent/ Eliminate Domestic Violence

4.9Respondents Seeking Help with Different people after Domestic Violence

4.10 Knowledge of legal Protection

4.11 Knowledge of Community Action on Domestic Violence Against Women

4.12 Different Types of Helps Needed for Victims of Domestic Violence

CHAPTER-V: SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION

5.1 Summary of the Findings

5.2 Conclusions

5.3 Recommendation

BIBLIOGRAPHY
 LIST OF TABLES

Table No. 1: Tha Data of DVAW registered in Nepal police from all over the Nepal.

Table No. 2: Tharu Population in Bargadahi Village of Nayagaun VDC-4.

Table No.3: Distribution of interviewed Women (respondents) by Age Group.

Table No.4: Distribution of Married Women by Marital Status.

Table No.5: Responded by Types of Marriage

Table No.6: Respondents by Types of Family.

Table No.7 Education Status of Respondents

Table No.8: Sampled Respondents by Occupation

Table No.9: Types of Violence

Table No.10: Causes of Domestic Violence according to the Opinion of Respondents.

Table No.11: Opinion of Tharu Women that Media can Help to Prevent and Eliminate
Domestic Violence

Table No. 12: Respondents Seeking Help with Different people after Domestic Violence.

Table No.13: Knowledge of Legal Protection for Victims of Domestic Violence

Table No. 14: Knowledge CBO/NGOs Working on Women’s Legal Protection and DVAW

Table No.15: Different Types of Protection and Help Needed for Victims of Domestic
Violence.