Domestic Violence

Question: Present to the class the analysis of Human Rights of Domestic Violence in LGBTIQ Globally. Answer: The domestic violence in the LGBTIQ communities is as important as the heterosexual communities. The term LGBTIQ stands for the communities of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex and questioning. There are a number of human rights for the domestic violence victims in the LGBTIQ communities. The human rights of the victims protect them from the abusers under both the civil and criminal protection orders. The human rights of the victims allow them the protection irrespective of the level of the intimate relationship with the abusers. The victims are allowed to press charges against the abusers in case of criminal activities. The victims of the domestic violence in LGBTIQ are provided with similar human rights as an individual in the heterosexual communities. The victims are allowed to take legal actions against the police force, if they are involved in any criminal activity (McQueeney, 2016). There are a number of social work theories such as the sociopsychological theory of same sex battering, feminist theories, fusion theory and peer support theory which define the IPV in LGBTIQ communities and compare them to that of the heterosexual communities. There are a number of individuals and organizations operating across the entire world who guide and support he victims of domestic violence in the LGBTIQ community. Introduction There are a number of types of domestic violence based on a number of factors, one of which is the sexual preference of an individual. The human rights for domestic violence in LGBTIQ focuses on these types of domestic violence and discrimination done against individuals based on their sexual preference. The term LGBTIQ expands to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex and questioning, which define the sexual preference of the individuals and the human rights of those individuals protect them against the domestic violence related to these factors (Coker, 2016). Human rights Organizations and individuals in various countries across the globe are taking several actions to provide human rights to the LGBTIQ community against domestic violence. Recently the president of the US, Barak Obama authorized a couple of changes in the Violence Against Women Act, which provides a number of global human rights to the LGBT community (Jonson-Reid, 2016). These human rights allow individuals in the LGBT community to get protection against domestic violence in the same way as the others. The National Center for Lesbian Rights and The True Colors Fund have joined forces in the United States to provide human rights and educate people about the same in the rural LGBT communities across the country (Meyer, 2014). The United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women has taken a number of steps to preserve the human rights of the individuals in the LGBTIQ communities in all the UN member states (Reynolds, 2013). The Australian government introduced domest ic violence leave to support the victims of domestic violence in LGBTIQ communities. The victims are provided with rights to take paid leaves to recuperate and gather themselves before coming back to work. The global LGBTI human rights conference was hosted in the country of Uruguay from 13th to 15th July, 2016, in which included discussions of enhancing both operational and financial support for the human rights provided to the domestic violence victims in the LGBTI communities globally. The city of Amsterdam in Europe is scheduled to host Europride in the month of August, 2016. This event will include conferences with ARC-GS and its partners to discuss and analyze the human rights provided to the domestic violence victims in LGBTI communities in Europe along with the limitations or shortfalls of those rights (Reynolds, 2013). Social work theories Some of the social work theories for human rights are mentioned in this section of the report. Anti-oppressive theory This theory of social work allows the social workers to be very careful to remove the oppressive practices against the human rights of the individuals in the societies. The social workers focus on removing the cruel utilization of excess of power on the individuals against their rights. The social workers in the LGBTIQ communities focus on eradicating the power imbalance and oppression from the lives of domestic violence victims along with restoring their human rights (Dominelli, 2002). Social stigma theory This theory of social work focuses on the removal of social stigma from the corresponding societies. SO the social workers in the LGBTIQ communities ensure that the individuals in the corresponding societies are considered equal to the others and provided with the similar human rights against the domestic violence (Pryor, 2016). Theory of marginalization This theory allows the social workers in the LGBTIQ communities to ensure that the victims of domestic violence are allowed to use all the facilities and rights provided to anyone else in the corresponding societies. This theory focuses on the fact that the individuals in the LGBTIQ communities should be allowed to access all the facilities as per their human rights (Gledhill, 2014). Role of social workers and organizations There are a number of social worker working individually and as part of various social working organization, who provide support to the victims of domestic violence in LGBTIQ. ILGA-Europe is an organization which provide a wide range of support to the victims of the domestic violence and educate them regarding their rights (Bacchus, 2016). IGLHRC (International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission) is another organization, which educates the potential victims of domestic violence regarding the options they have in case of a negative scenario. USAID is another organization, which is operating on a number of policies for getting the LGBTIQ issues to the mainstream. References Bacchus, L. J., Buller, A. M., Ferrari, G., Peters, T. J., Devries, K., Sethi, G., ... Feder, G. S. (2016). Occurrence and impact of domestic violence and abuse in gay and bisexual men: a cross sectional survey. International journal of STD AIDS, 0956462415622886.Coker, D. (2016). Domestic Violence and Social Justice, A Structural Intersectional Framework for Teaching About Domestic Violence. Violence against women, 1077801215625851.Dominelli, L., Campling, J. (2002). 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