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The Concept and Measurement of Violence Against Women and Men

, 2017
The extent of violence against women is currently hidden. How should violence be measured? How should research and new ways of thinking about violence improve its measurement? Could improved measurement change policy?
Sylvia Walby, Jude Towers, Susan Balderston, Consuelo Corradi, Brian Francis, Markku Heiskanen, Karin Helweg‐Larsen, Lut Mergaert, Phillipa Olive, Elizabeth E. Palmer, Heidi Stöckl, Sofia Strid   +11 more
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Pacific priorities for the prevention of violence against women and girls [PDF]

BMJ Global Health
Jane Fisher, Sara E Davies, Stephanie Copus Campbell, Kyllie Cripps, Asher Flynn, Saui'a Louise Mataia Milo, Nalini Singh, Jacqui True   +7 more
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Institutional ethics of care in Serbia during the COVID-19 pandemic: A case study on the effects of the lockdown measures on girls and women trafficking survivors [PDF]

Filozofija i Društvo, 2022
Extreme situations such as the COVID-19 pandemic transparently show all the shortcomings of the Serbian system that should, in theory, provide support and protection to citizens in such circumstances.
Ćeriman Jelena, Hrnjak Jelena, Radoičić-Nedeljković Andrijana   +2 more
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The global prevalence and its associated factors toward domestic violence against women and children during COVID-19 pandemic—“The shadow pandemic”: A review of cross-sectional studies

Women's Health, 2022
Globally, domestic violence affects women across their life span. Domestic violence against women and children during COVID-19 is a critical and substantial public health issue. This review article was aimed to determine the prevalence and its associated
Addisu Dabi Wake, Usha Rani Kandula
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Economic abuse and its associations with symptoms of common mental disorders among women in a cross-sectional survey in informal settlements in Mumbai, India

BMC Public Health, 2021
Background Domestic violence takes a range of interconnected forms, of which economic abuse is common, but less studied than others. We examine the prevalence of economic abuse, its determinants, and its association with symptoms of depression, anxiety ...
Suman Kanougiya, Nayreen Daruwalla, Lu Gram, Apoorwa Deepak Gupta, Muthusamy Sivakami, David Osrin   +5 more
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Verbal and psychological violence against women in Turkey and its determinants

PLoS ONE, 2022
Verbal and psychological violence against women is considered an important sociological and legal problem and a serious threat within the context of basic human rights.
Ö. Alkan, Ceyhun Serçemeli, Kenan Özmen   +2 more
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Violence against women [PDF]

Current Opinion in Psychology, 2018
Violence against women causes suffering and misery to victims and their families and places a heavy burden on societies worldwide. It mostly happens within intimate relationships or between people known to each other. Violence against women is a social construction based on a societal consensus about the roles and rights of men and women. Two prevalent
Emma Williams, Jenny Norman, Keri Nixon
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Economic violence against women: A case in Turkey

PLoS ONE, 2021
The aim of this study was to determine the factors affecting the exposure of women in the 15–59 age group in Turkey to economic violence by their husbands/partners. The micro data set of the National Research on Domestic Violence against Women in Turkey,
Ö. Alkan, S. özar, Şeyda Ünver
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Measuring intimate partner violence risk: A national survey of Canadian police officers

Journal of Community Safety and Well-Being, 2020
This study examined the role of police in addressing intimate partner violence (IPV) and the type of strategies they apply across Canada based on a national survey of officers.
Michael D. Saxton, Peter G. Jaffe, Anne-Lee Straatman, Laura Olszowy, Myrna Dawson   +4 more
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Violence against women

Indian Journal of Psychiatry, 2015
Violence against women (VAW) is a major public health problem in the country. The problem is grossly under-reported. A number of factors have been blamed for crimes against women. An inefficient law enforcing machinery has often been targeted for the increasing number of cases being reported.
Bohra, Neena, Sharma, Indira, Srivastava, Shruti, Bhatia, M. S., Chaudhuri, Uday, Parial, Sonia, Sharma, Avdesh, Kataria, Dinesh   +7 more
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