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Capstone Project
“Violence against Women”
Interdisciplinary Inquiry (BIS 302)
Taucha Miller
May 5, 2017

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Introduction: Interdisciplinary & Me
Interdisciplinary includes more than one branch of knowledge wherein
the scope of interdisciplinary is a wide range. At first, I am confused what does
interdisciplinary really means and how it affect a certain problem in our
environment and our society. However, now I’ve learned what really
interdisciplinary is and how it involves both the academic disciplines and a
specific field of study. As what Meeth (1978) stated, for me, interdisciplinary
studies are intended to solve problems by focusing on more than one
concentration and possible solutions. My chosen wicked problem is “The
Violence against Women” because I think this issue is very alarming and it is
considered as a critical problem throughout the world. As of now, according to the
World Health Organization (2016), the two main violence that women are
experiencing are the Intimate Partner Violence and Sexual Violence against
women.
Scope of the Wicked Problem
There are 35% of women worldwide who have experienced whether
physical or sexual abuse, World Health Organization (2016). Violence against
women is not only a social issue, it is also considered as a major health public
problem, economic, and environmental problem throughout the world. Apart from
that, according to DeKeseredy (2017), violence against women consists of
physical assaults, separation/divorce sexual assault, and rape. Yearly, the rate of
women being victimized by sexual and physical abused are increasing rapidly.
Based on the report by the “World Health Organization Multi-country study on
women’s health and domestic violence against women” (2005). 15% of women in
Japan and 71% women in Ethiopia have been reported victims of sexual and
physical abused by their partner. Aside from that, 17% of women in Tanzania
were reported experienced forced sexual abuse, 24% in Peru, and 30% in
Bangladesh. There is no doubt, the entire world is facing this very alarming issue.
Road Map to What Follows
In this paper, I will discuss and explain the causes of the violence
against women occurring nowadays. Readers will be able to know what the
possible solutions are and what are the possible preventions with this issue then,
they will learn how to avoid experiencing abuse and violence with the other
people and how to help those women who are suffering from injustice regarding
this critical problem. Overall, this paper will open our mind about what the truth
behind this issue.
Statement of Purpose & Research Question
The goal of my wicked problem is to inform young and adult women as
well the men throughout the world how serious violence against women is and
how severe the effects of it in the lives of a woman and in our society. Through
the help of this paper, we can answer these several questions. What are the
possible consequences of violence for women and in our society? What can we