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Rape myth acceptance among undergraduate students at the University of Zambia

Cogent Public Health
Sexual violence is a major social and public health problem in various sectors of society including institutions of higher education. Several measures have been put in place to combat the vice; however, it continues to prevail in various sectors of ...
Lukwesa Christina Musonda, Hanson Chishimba   +1 more
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Health System Resilience and Afghan Refugee Health in Pakistan: An Exploratory Study of Challenges and Pathways to Inclusion

The International Journal of Health Planning and Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Pakistan has hosted Afghan refugees for more than four decades, in one of the world's most protracted displacements of people. Afghan refugees receive health services through United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and non‐governmental organisation (NGO) supported programmes alongside public sector facilities at every tier.
Zahid Ali Memon, Asma Ummad, Amina Olabi, Natasha Palmer, Sophie Witter   +4 more
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Rape in England 1600-1800: trials, narratives and the question of consent [PDF]

, 1998
This thesis examines the meanings of sexual violence within early modem English society. It focuses particularly on attitudes towards rape as expressed in statute and the operation of the legal system, the attitudes of individuals in court records, and ...
King. Rebecca Frances,
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Gender, violence, and killing: Revisiting femicide, and the overlooked realities of male victimization

International Journal of Gynecology &Obstetrics, EarlyView.
Abstract The term femicide, widely used in reference to the “killing of a woman because she is a woman,” has been questioned on the ground that it implies unequal dignity of men and women victims of gender related death. This position called for an analysis of the terminology used to describe and define the various forms of killing of women and men. We
Giuseppe Benagiano, Kristina Gemzell‐Danielsson, Marwan Habiba, Sekaren Shantha‐Kumari   +3 more
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From silence to agency: The evolution of women in Chinodya’s Harvest of Thorns and Child of War

Literator
This article examines the evolution of female characters in Shimmer Chinodya’s Harvest of Thorns and Child of War (written under his pen name Ben Chirasha).
Sifiso Sibanda
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The female journey following sexual assault: Medical care, law enforcement and judicial outcomes

International Journal of Gynecology &Obstetrics, EarlyView.
Abstract Objective Sexual violence affects 22% of Australian women, posing health and justice challenges. Systemic failures, fragmented data, and low conviction rates hinder effective responses. This study integrates Australian Capital Territory (ACT) medical and policing datasets to examine victim characteristics and case progression from clinical ...
Vanita Parekh, Michael Woodburn, Stephanie Leonard, Bridget Bourke, Janine McMinn, Anna Brkic, Ash Byron, Katelyn Pomroy   +7 more
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Cultura do estupro ou cultura antiestupro?

Revista Direito GV
Resumo A expressão “cultura do estupro” não é nova, entretanto ganhou as ruas e as redes sociais com os novos movimentos feministas, depois da publicidade de um estupro coletivo ocorrido em uma favela carioca.
Carmen Hein de Campos, Lia Zanotta Machado, Jordana Klein Nunes, Alexandra dos Reis Silva   +3 more
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Den homosociale voldtægtskultur

Kvinder, Køn & Forskning, 2015
Ved at analysere Jane Campions tv-serie, Top of the Lake, ønsker jeg gennem etableringen af en ny strukturel model at bidrage til en ny læsning af utopisk og dystopisk feministisk fiktion, hvorved begrebet voldtægtskultur (rape culture) nuanceres ...
Sara Gjermandsen
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Comparing functionality, anxiety and depression during pregnancy and postpartum in women with hypertensive disorders: Findings from the WOICE assessment

International Journal of Gynecology &Obstetrics, EarlyView.
Abstract Objective To describe the use of the WOICE tool for assessing non‐severe maternal morbidities among pregnant and postpartum women with hypertensive disorders. Methods Secondary analysis of a previously published cross‐sectional study performed in Brazil, with the inclusion of women with hypertensive disorders (pre‐eclampsia, chronic ...
Stephanie Pabón Lozano, José Paulo Siqueira Guida, Charles Mpoca Charles, Helen Johana Ortiz Rojas, Carolina Gómez Muñoz, Jose Guilherme Cecatti, Maria Laura Costa   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

“Friendly” Men and Social Roles

Feminist Philosophy Quarterly
In 1983, Andrea Dworkin gave a speech entitled “I Want a Twenty-Four-Hour Truce during Which There Is No Rape,” in which she argued that the only way to put an end to the culture of rape in society is for men to take responsibility for it. The view that
Ross Patrizio
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