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The impact of COVID-19 and associated measures on health, police, and non-government organisation service utilisation related to violence against women and children

BMC Public Health, 2022
Background Globally, concerns have been raised that the priority implementation of public health measures in response to COVID-19 may have unintended negative impacts on a variety of other health and wellbeing factors, including violence.
Nadia Butler, Zara Quigg, Isabelle Pearson, Zhamin Yelgezekova, Aasa Nihlén, Mark A. Bellis, Yongjie Yon, Jonathon Passmore, Isabel Yordi Aguirre, Heidi Stöckl   +9 more
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How to conduct good quality research on violence against children with disabilities: key ethical, measurement, and research principles

BMC Public Health, 2019
Background Approximately one billion children experience violence every year. Violence against children is an urgent global public health concern and violation of children’s rights. It is also a risk factor for serious negative health and social outcomes
Nambusi Kyegombe, Lena Morgon Banks, Susan Kelly, Hannah Kuper, Karen M. Devries   +4 more
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A Call for Social Justice and for a Human Rights Approach with Regard to Mental Health in the Occupied Palestinian Territories [PDF]

Health and Human Rights, 2020
This paper examines the process of depoliticization of mental health in the occupied Palestinian territories (oPt) and links it to a critical analysis of post-traumatic stress disorder and the role of international humanitarian aid.
Maria Helbich, Samah Jabr
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Factors associated with recent intimate partner violence experience amongst currently married women in Afghanistan and health impacts of IPV: a cross sectional study

BMC Public Health, 2018
Background Intimate partner violence (IPV) is exceedingly common in conflict and post-conflict settings. We first seek to describe factors associated with past 12 month IPV amongst currently married women in Afghanistan, focused on the factors typically ...
Andrew Gibbs, Julienne Corboz, Rachel Jewkes   +2 more
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Circumstances, policing, and attrition of multiple compared to single perpetrator rape cases within the South African criminal justice system

Crime Science, 2023
Background Research into the circumstances of rape, and criminal justice system responses, is pivotal to informing prevention and improving the likelihood of justice for victims.
Mercilene Tanyaradzwa Machisa, Ruxana Jina, Gerard Labuschagne, Lisa Vetten, Lizle Loots, Rachel Jewkes   +5 more
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Prevalence of and factors associated with male perpetration of intimate partner violence: findings from the UN Multi-country Cross-sectional Study on Men and Violence in Asia and the Pacific

The Lancet Global Health, 2013
Background: Male perpetration of intimate partner violence (IPV) is under-researched. In this Article, we present data for the prevalence of, and factors associated with, male perpetration of IPV from the UN Multi-country Cross-sectional Study on Men and
Dr. Emma Fulu, PhD, Prof. Rachel Jewkes, MBBS MD, Tim Roselli, BSc, Claudia Garcia-Moreno, MD   +3 more
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Prevalence of and factors associated with non-partner rape perpetration: findings from the UN Multi-country Cross-sectional Study on Men and Violence in Asia and the Pacific

The Lancet Global Health, 2013
Background: Rape perpetration is under-researched. In this study, we aimed to describe the prevalence of, and factors associated with, male perpetration of rape of non-partner women and of men, and the reasons for rape, from nine sites in Asia and the ...
Prof. Rachel Jewkes, MBBS MD, Emma Fulu, PhD, Tim Roselli, BSc, Claudia Garcia-Moreno, MD   +3 more
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Women in family farming: Evidence from a qualitative study in two Portuguese inner regions

Frontiers in Sociology, 2022
The importance of family farming in food systems worldwide is recognized by different international bodies, as well as the leading role played by women and the inequalities they face in this sector of activity.
Diana Gomes, Diana Gomes, Miguel Jesus, Rosário Rosa, Rosário Rosa, Rosário Rosa, Cristina Bandeira, Cristina Amaro da Costa, Cristina Amaro da Costa   +8 more
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Evaluation of the Drive Intervention for High-Harm Domestic Abuse Perpetrators in England and Wales Using a Quasi-Experimental Approach

Social Sciences
High-risk and high-harm domestic abuse perpetrators pose the greatest risk of serious harm to (ex-)partners and family members. Robust evidence of perpetrator intervention is lacking for this group.
Marianne Hester, Ana G. Ortega-Avila, Nathan Eisenstadt, Sarah-Jane Walker   +3 more
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Vulnerability to violence against women or girls during COVID-19 in Uganda

BMC Public Health, 2023
At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, gender-based violence (GBV) was reported to have increased worldwide. We build on existing literature to examine the factors that increased vulnerability to GBV during the COVID-19 pandemic in Uganda.
Paul Bukuluki, Peter Kisaakye, Grace Bulenzi-Gulere, Beatrice Mulindwa, Dan Bazira, Evelyn Letiyo, Hellen Nviiri Laetitia Namirembe, Isabella Schmidt, Pamela Nabukhonzo Kakande, Simon Nissling   +9 more
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