Violence against Women in Bahraini Society: A Case Study of a Sample of Abused Women in Care Centers

The main objective of the study is to identify the manifestations of violence against women in the Bahraini society, as well as discovering the factors responsible for the spread of this phenomenon, and mechanisms to face it at all levels. The study belongs to the descriptive analytical studies. Therefore, the descriptive and analytical approach is the appropriate approach to achieve the objectives of the study, through qualitative analyses of data of the in-depth interviews and case studies compiled by the researcher from the field.
The field study has been conducted in three institutions and care centers for abused women in the Kingdom. These institutions are: Batelco Center for Domestic Violence Care, and Dar Alaman, Aisha Yateem for family counseling center, these institutions were selected in a deliberate manner because they are the most important specializing care institutions for abused women.
There is a commonality among the cases of study that they have been subjected to different forms and types of violence by their husbands.  These forms of violence have taken a number of aspects, ranging from physical violence, moral and psychological violence. Besides the violence that could be extended to the wife's families, which also take various aspects, ranging from defamation and the moral and verbal insults.