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Modelling collective action to change social norms around domestic violence: social dilemmas and the role of altruism

open access: yesHumanities & Social Sciences Communications, 2021
Interventions promoting collective action have been used to prevent domestic violence in a range of settings, but their mechanisms of operation remain unclear.
Lu Gram   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Survey of Cyber Violence Against Women in Malawi [PDF]

open access: yesarXiv, 2021
The purpose of this study was to investigate the prevalence of cyber violence against women in Karonga district of Malawi. The study adopted a descriptive survey design. About 67 women participated in the survey questionnaire. The study utilised Technology Facilitated Gender-Based Violence Framework as theoretical lens.
arxiv  

Perceived safety in community and service settings among young adults experiencing homelessness: Differences by sexual and gender identity

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Community Psychology, Volume 70, Issue 3-4, Page 340-351, December 2022., 2022
Abstract Homelessness poses risks to the health and safety of young adults; particularly among sexual and gender minority (SGM) young adults. The current study sought to better understand service use and perceived safety in community and service settings among SGM and cisgender heterosexual (cis‐hetero) young adults experiencing homelessness. Data come
Graham DiGuiseppi   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

DETERMINING THE TYPES AND SEVERITY OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN IN AFGHANISTAN

open access: yesInterdisciplinary Approaches to Medicine, 2021
Violence has a negative impact on various aspects of women's health, including quality of life, social functioning, physical health and is one of the most considerate human rights issues in Afghanistan.
Seraj Palwasha
doaj   +1 more source

“Don't let anybody ever put you down culturally…. it's not good…”: Creating spaces for Blak women's healing

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Community Psychology, Volume 70, Issue 3-4, Page 352-364, December 2022., 2022
Abstract Research has highlighted the importance of Indigenous knowledge and cultural practice in healing from ongoing histories of trauma, dispossession, and displacement for Indigenous peoples in Australia and elsewhere. Connection with culture, Country, and kinship has been identified as protective factors for Aboriginal social and emotional well ...
Paola Balla   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Correction: Modelling collective action to change social norms around domestic violence: social dilemmas and the role of altruism

open access: yesHumanities & Social Sciences Communications, 2021
A Correction to this paper has been published: https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-021-00771 ...
Lu Gram   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Clinical Neuropsychological Profile and Quality of Life in Women Who Have Suffered Gender-Based Violence

open access: yesWomen's Health Reports, 2023
Background: This research characterizes the clinical and neuropsychological profiles and the quality of life in a group of Ecuadorian women who suffered physical violence, psychological violence, or sexual violence, exploring their relationships with ...
Alexandra Yakeline Meneses Meneses   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

The misuse of law by Women in India -Constitutionality of Gender Bias [PDF]

open access: yesarXiv, 2023
The misuse of law by women in India is a serious issue that has been receiving increased attention in recent years. In India, women are often discriminated against and are not provided with equal rights and opportunities, leading to a gender bias in many aspects of life. This gender bias is further exacerbated by the misuse of law by women.
arxiv  

Adverse Health Correlates of Intimate Partner Violence against Older Women: Mining Electronic Health Records [PDF]

open access: yesarXiv, 2022
Intimate partner violence (IPV) is often studied as a problem that predominantly affects younger women. However, studies show that older women are also frequently victims of abuse even though the physical effects of abuse are harder to detect. In this study, we mined the electronic health records (EHR) available through IBM Explorys to identify health ...
arxiv  

Violence Against Women

open access: yesBMJ, 1998
Ed Susan Bewley, John Friend, Gillian Mezey RCOG Press, £35, pp 355 ISBN 1 900364 03 4 The family is consistently presented as the moral foundation of our society, and yet, apart from the police and the military, the family is society's most violent grouping and the home its most violent setting.
openaire   +6 more sources

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