Violence against Women Abstract Violence and abuse against women is one of the fastest spreading human right violations. Women are violated not only physically but also they are being abused psychologically and economically. Their degradation is an international issue now days and that do not depend on culture, race, wealth and age. Domestic violence as well as public humiliation in the street or in the workplace is not very rare to find in different socio-economic communities. Gender issues and tendency of overpowering women by “keeping women in their place” attitude are the two most crucial causes for the violation against women. And the shocking matter is this issue is not limited only among poor or conservative countries; even the most educated and developed societies are used to in considering women as second class citizen and are not concern about mental or physical tortures on women. This gender based violence has severe impact on society as it can demoralize economic growth. Also different forms of violence grow risk factors towards mental and physical health of women while increasing vulnerability to life threatening diseases like HIV. In this paper, we are going to discuss violation against women and the mental and physical state and impact of abused women as well as go through the acts by social organizations and governments from different countries to pr...