Effect of domestic violence on pregnancy outcome in a metropolis

Violence against women is a public health concern of considerable importance in developed and developing countries. it includes violence on women and children by an intimate partner and by other family members. women and children are often in great danger in the place where they should be safest: within their families. for many,home is where they face a regime of terror and violence at the hands of somebody close to them-somebody they should be able to trust and deserve care and protection. unicef innocenti research centre has worked a lot on the issue of domestic violence against women and girls in world. women continue to suffer from 20% to 50% worldwide from violence varying from country to country. a cross sectional study was carried on in gynecology ward of sheikh zayed hospital,jinnah hospital,general hospital,mayo hospital,services hospital,ganga ram hospital and gynecology clinics in rural areas with data analyzed using spss. differences be considered statistically significant at p<0.05.