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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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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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Intimate partner violence against women during pregnancy: a systematic review and meta-analysis protocol for producing global and regional estimates

Systematic Reviews, 2023
Background Intimate partner violence is a devastating human rights violation and public health problem with high prevalence rates globally. Intimate partner violence during pregnancy is associated with devastating maternal, perinatal, and neonatal health
Leah Schrubbe, Claudia García-Moreno, Lynnmarie Sardinha, Heidi Stöckl   +3 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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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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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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Patriarchy and gender-inequitable attitudes as drivers of intimate partner violence against women in the central region of Ghana

BMC Public Health, 2020
Background In order to reduce women’s exposure to violence and develop culturally appropriate interventions, it is important to gain an understanding of how men who use violence rationalize it.
Y. Sikweyiya, A. Addo-Lartey, D. O. Alangea, Phyllis Dako-Gyeke, E. Chirwa, D. Coker-Appiah, R. Adanu, R. Jewkes   +7 more
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Problems of legal regulation on gender-based violence in Ukraine and foreign countries

Law and Safety, 2023
The purpose of the article is to analyse gender-based violence and to study the legal mechanisms for overcoming it in Ukraine. On the basis of scientific findings and proposals, it has been suggested that a new perspective on this issue be taken.
T. S. Kyrychenko
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Attitudes of professionals in Serbia on gender equality and gender-based violence: The research results [PDF]

Temida, 2020
In 2019 the Victimology Society of Serbia conducted the survey aimed at assessing the attitudes of professionals who work in state institutions, independent state agencies and civil society organizations in Serbia about gender equality and ...
Ćopić Sanja, Šaćiri Bejan
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Gender-Based Violence, Twin Pandemic to COVID-19

Critica Sociologica, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic exposed and exacerbated existing inequalities within countries and across geographies. It reminded us how the world and its people are interconnected.
N. Dlamini
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