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Preventing and responding to gender-based violence in middle and low-income countries : a global review and analysis [PDF]

Worldwide, patterns of violence against women differ markedly from violence against men. For example, women are more likely than men to be sexually assaulted or killed by someone they know.
Bott, Sarah, Ellsberg, Mary, Morrison, Andrew   +2 more
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KONSTRUKSI GENDER DALAM BAHASA SASAK: KAJIAN WACANA FUNGSIONAL SISTEMIK-KRITIS

SeBaSa
The purpose of this study is to determine the structure of gender-based violence in Sasak oral texts (BSas). Gender is the social role of an individual or group of individuals as perceived by society in social interactions. BS as an expression of gender
Irma Setiawan, Pipit Aprilia Susanti, Agusman Agusman   +2 more
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A Global Crime Against Women: Sex Trafficking and Its Consequences [PDF]

, 2018
Sex trafficking, a form of gender-based violence in which a specific gender is the target of violence due to the imbalance of power, is a common present-day global crime (Murturi 2006:83). Women are most often victims of this specific crime, (Muturi 2006:
Ferreira, Breezy
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Spatial and temporal analysis of political violence in the United States [PDF]

arXiv
Acts of political violence in the continental United States have increased dramatically in the last decade. For this rise in political violence, we are interested in where and when such incidents occur: how are the locations and times of incidents of political violence distributed across the continental United States, and what can we learn from a ...
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Survey Instrument for Gender Based Violence [PDF]

This is a proposal for the design of a survey on gender-based violence across Europe. It introduces the purpose of the survey, which shapes the priorities embedded in the proposed design.
Davies, E. A., Francis, B., Phoenix, J., Verall, R., Walby, S.   +4 more
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Re-framing the subject(s) of gender violence [PDF]

, 2013
The concern to eradicate violence against women is not new in the global agenda. In the search and struggle for a more equitable and peaceful world, the feminist movement has undoubtedly been the main driving force behind the changes produced.
Gámez Fuentes, María José
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Gender-Based Violence in the Context of Mothering: A Critical Canadian Health Perspective

Societies
Violence against women is a predominant, human rights violation, globally. Understood as any act of gender-based violence resulting in physical, sexual, or psychological harm or suffering to women, approximately 35% of women experience violence across ...
Tara Mantler, Kimberley Teresa Jackson
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Investigating African Indigenous Ways to Mitigate Gender-Based Violence in Bushbuckridge of Mpumalanga Province in South Africa [PDF]

E-Journal of Religious and Theological Studies
Studies suggest that South Africa has the highest global rates of gender-based violence. Regardless of national laws imposed against gender-based violence, it continues to exacerbate.
Thizwilondi Josephine Mudau, Pfarelo Matshidze, Tisetso Nthane   +2 more
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Reading between the lines : is news media in Fiji supporting or challenging gender stereotypes? : a frame analysis of local news media coverage of violence against women during the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-based Violence campaign of 2017 [PDF]

, 2018
Violence against women is recognised as a global public health issue and an obstacle to development, as ending it is inextricably linked with achieving gender equality.
Van Baaren, Ellie
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Gender equality and violence against women: what’s the connection? [PDF]

A lack of gender equality is consistently cited as an underlying determinant of violence against women. The United Nations General Assembly, in its 1993 Declaration on the Elimination of Violence Against Women, noted that this violence is a manifestation
Liz Wall
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