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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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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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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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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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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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Intersectional tension: a qualitative study of the effects of the COVID-19 response on survivors of violence against women in urban India

BMJ Open, 2021
Objectives There is a concern worldwide that efforts to address the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic have affected the frequency and intensity of domestic violence against women.
David Osrin, Nayreen Daruwalla, Delan Devakumar, Mita Huq, Tanushree Das   +4 more
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Intimate partner violence against women with disability and associated mental health concerns: a cross-sectional survey in Mumbai, India

BMJ Open, 2022
Objectives The risk of intimate partner violence (IPV) against women with disability is believed to be high. We aimed to compare the prevalence of past-year IPV against women with and without functional difficulties in urban informal settlements, to ...
David Osrin, Nayreen Daruwalla, Suman Kanougiya, Apoorwa Gupta, ANDREW RILEY, Mary Wickenden   +5 more
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VIOLENCE AGAINST ELDERLY WOMEN*

Cogitare Enfermagem, 2023
ABSTRACT Objective: To analyze the understanding of older women about violence in this age group. Method: Qualitative research carried out between November 2021 and January 2022 with 40 women over 60 years old, attended in the Primary Health Care Network, in a medium-sized municipality in the interior of the state of São Paulo - Brazil.
Ademara Aparecida de Oliveira, Carlos Alberto Lazarini, Maria José Sanches Marin, Miriam Fernanda Sanches Alarcon, Magali Aparecida Alves de Moraes, Elza de Fátima Ribeiro Higa   +5 more
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Violence against Amazon women [PDF]

Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem, 2009
This quantitative and exploratory study analyzed violence against Amazon women presented in print media according to type and severity, and whether aggressors fell under the Maria da Penha law. A total of 181 issues of a regional newspaper were consulted.
Lima, Vera Lúcia de Azevedo, Souza, Maria de Lourdes de, Monticelli, Marisa, Oliveira, Marília de Fátima Vieira de, Souza, Carlos Benedito Marinho de, Costa, Carlos Alberto Leal da, Brüggemann, Odaléa Maria   +6 more
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