The issues of sexual and domestic violence within marriage and the family unit, and more specifically, the issue of violence against women, have come to growing international attention from the second half of the 20th century.
从20世纪下半叶以来，婚姻和家庭单元中性暴力和家庭暴力问题，以及更笼统地来说，對女性的暴力行為问题，已经引起国际社会的关注。