Intimate violence against women in a small-size town

Nasilje nad ženama od strane muškaraca predstavlja svevremeni problem koji se odražava na svakodnevicu ljudskog života, pojedinih obitelji u cijelom svijetu. Ono odražava rezultat nejednakosti moći između muškaraca i žena, koja vodi ozbiljnoj diskriminaciji žena, unutar društva i obitelji, što krši ili oštećuje i ukida uživanje njihovih ljudskih prava i temeljnih sloboda. Postavlja se pitanje što se događa sa sviješću o nasilju u mikro dijelu svijeta, u jednoj manjoj sredini u Dalmaciji. Ovaj rad temelji se na istraživanju koje je predstavljalo studiju slučaja Centra za socijalnu skrb u manjoj sredini u Dalmaciji, a provodilo se metodom analize arhivske građe. Nastojalo se dobiti uvid u percepcije žena žrtava nasilja o pretrpljenom nasilju te u percepcije počinitelja o počinjenom nasilju, temeljem prijavljenih slučajeva, u Centru za socijalnu skrb. Navedena percepcija žena se ispitivala oblicima nasilja koji se javljaju pri počinjenom nasilju od strane muškarca, u partnerskim vezama. Kao oblici su bili prisutni psihičko, fizičko te ekonomsko nasilje. U okviru istraživanja cilj je bio utvrditi navedene razloge uslijed kojih žene žrtve nasilja nisu napuštale obitelj u kojoj se nasilje dogodilo. Kao razlozi su iskazani ekonomska ovisnost, očuvanje braka i obitelji te njihova djeca. Uvid u percepciju počinitelja o počinjenom nasilja, dobio se analizom načina na koji počinitelj doživljava počinjeni sukob između partnerice i sebe, unutar partnerske veze. Analizom podataka iz dokumentacije, ustanovljeno je da počinitelji opisuju partneričine izjave kao neistinite, percipiraju okolinu kao izvor sukoba, a odnos s partnericom kao neproblematičan. Također, doživljavaju partnericu kao izvor krivnje. Počinitelji percipiraju sebe suprotno iskazanom vlastitom ponašanju te smatraju da su neshvaćeni od strane okoline. Dobiveni rezultati daju prilog za stvaranje smjernica ka jačanju svijesti o sveprisutnoj pojavi nasilja nad ženama i osnaživanju žena za prijavu istog, kao i njihove okoline te ostalog stanovništva. Također, predstavljaju doprinos za stvaranje smjernica za rad s počiniteljima te preveniranje daljnjeg nasilja nad ženama, kao i rasta njegove crne brojke.Violence against women by men is a timeless problem that is reflected in the everyday life of individual families of the whole world. Violence against women is the result of inequality of power between men and women, which leads to serious discrimination of women, within society and family, which violates or abolishes the enjoyment of their human rights and fundamental freedoms. The question arises as to what is happening with the awareness of the micro-world, the smaller area. Qualitative research was a case study of the Social Welfare Center of a small-size town in Dalmatia and was conducted by the method of analysis of archive material. The aims were to gain both victim’s and prepetrator’s perception of violence through archive of reported cases of family violence at the Center. Firstly, study aimed to investigate the forms of violence that occur in man-made violence in partner relationships and to examine the reasons why women did not leave families in which violence occurred. Forms of violence were psychological, physical and economic violence. As far as victim’s reason to stay are concerned most frequently mentioned are economic dependence, preservation of marriage and family and their children. Secondly, we aimed to understand and explain prepetrator’s perception of conflict between him and his partner. By analyzing data, it was established that perpetrators, describing partner statements as untruthful, perceiving the social environment as a source of conflict, and relationship with their partner as unproblematic, they experience a partner as a source of guilt. Perpetrators perceive themselves as opposed to their own behavior and feel that they are misunderstood by the social environment. These obtained results have paved the way for creating guidelines for raising awareness and empowering women, their environment and the rest of the population on the overwhelming emergence of violence against women. They also laid the groundwork for creating guidelines for dealing with perpetrators and preventing further violence against women, as well as the growth of cases that are not reported