Physical and psychological violence on farm women in rural Punjab

Mental health is a condition of well-being in which a person acknowledges his or her own potential and able-to cope with daily problems, works successfully, fruitfully and contributes to his or her community. The women-belonging to any class, caste, creed or religion can be victims of this cruel form of violence and disfigurement. The present study was conducted with this specific objective of measuring physical and psychological violence-on farm women in rural Punjab. Three agro climatic zones had been taken and sample size was 240 farm-households. The findings of the study revealed that shoving and hair pulling were found as major physical-violence faced by farm women. Among psychological violence, culture of silence, anxiety and loneliness were-majorly found among respondents. The study concluded that violence had adverse effect on farm women’s-mental and social health which hinders her overall wellbeing.