علاقة تكنولوجيا المعلومات و الاتصالات بظاهرة العنف الأسري و الوضع في مدينة قطر

Abstract EN

Although a definition of the phenomenon varies across cultures, as well as in legal or advocacy contexts, “domestic violence” typically refers to physical, sexual, and psychological abuse directed against domestic partners.

Domestic violence not only has devastating physical and psychological consequences on its victims, but can seriously damage the foundations of the family leading to its disintegration.

Although domestic violence is a worldwide phenomenon, it can have various manifestations and rate of incidence according to the culture in which it occurs.

Furthermore, unlike some countries, where obtaining and accessing information regarding different aspects of family violence is rather straightforward for researchers, in an Arabic and Islamic country, such as Qatar, traditions can make even a small step, such as reporting the crime, extremely difficult for many victims, which disturbs the smooth dissemination of information and makes solving the problem a formidable challenge.

Therefore, any attempts by researchers in these countries to address this issue and gather existing data can be of great merit.

Information and Communication Technology (ICT) can offer solutions and provide support.

This research aims at studying the relationship between Information and Communications Technology (ICT) and the phenomenon of domestic violence, and especially how ICT could be used to prevent and combat this phenomenon and to make recommendations that may be useful in this regard in the State of Qatar and elsewhere.

This is done through a thorough examination of a large number of references concerning this phenomenon in Qatar and at the global level.

Additionally, the results of a questionnaire on the manifestations of this phenomenon in Qatar, and on the extent of awareness of the people of the phenomenon and of its relationship with ICT are presented.

Among the most important results of this research is that the phenomenon of domestic violence exists in Qatar andmust be dealt with, that ICT can be part of the problem as well as part of the solution, that the relationship between ICT and the phenomenon of domestic violence is worth pursuing and researching as there are many points that need to be clarified and studied deeply, and that the fight against the phenomenon of domestic violence can greatly benefit from ICT that is evolving permanently.