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Domestic violence and Islamic spirituality in Lombok, Indonesia: women’s use of Sufi approaches to suffering
This article argues that the Sufi practice of dhikr in combination with Quranic recitation and prayer can be understood as “hidden agency” Muslim...
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Seeking the Peace: Anti-Gun Violence Cadres, Concepts, and Connections in Pittsburgh
In 2015, Pittsburgh had the 21st highest murder rate in the USA at 18.6 murders per 100,000 population. By 2022, its murder rate had declined to...
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Gender-Based Violence as a Continuum in the Lives of Women Seeking Asylum: From Resistance to Patriarchy to Patterns of Institutional Violence in France
This chapter offers a study of women seeking asylum in France to analyse the specific challenges to health and well-being that arise at the crossroad...
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COVID-19 and Its Impact on Women and Gender
Pandemics almost always stimulate both men and women, in essence, society at large. A society is not a constant entity; depending on its era and...
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Underprivileged Women Impacted by Ethnic Violence: Deconstructing Lives
Though the city of Karachi in Pakistan is a nucleus of ethnic violence, only a limited number of studies have been conducted on the predicament of...
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The Influence of Intimate Partner Violence on Early and Unintended Parenthood
Researchers have suggested that intimate partner violence experience (IPV) is associated with both early and unintended childbearing. However, since...
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Everyday Use of Violence and Experience of Violence
The last points already refer to an aspect that goes beyond the staging of the body: visual experience of violence becomes possible through the...
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Pregnant Migrant Latinas at the US Border: A Reproductive Justice Informed Analysis of ICE Health Service Policy During “Zero-Tolerance”
During the Trump Administration, the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Directive (11032.3) revoked the automatic release of pregnant women...
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Creating an Equal and Safe World for Women: A Cry to Combat Gender-Based Violence (GBV) Through Social Movements in South Africa
Women, all over the world have labored under the stigma of patriarchy and tradition for ages. They have suffered a plethora of abuse from their male...
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A Clinical Analysis of Intimate Partner Violence During COVID-19 in Jamaica
This chapter examines the psychological antecedents of intimate partner violence (IPV) in Jamaica, through selected local cases reported in the print...
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Cultivating Dependence, Denial, and Self-Blame: A Narrative Review of the use and Effects of Coercive Tactics in Intimate Partner Violence
Little empirical research has investigated coercive tactics and their impacts on victims of intimate partner violence. Abusers may consciously...
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Essential Citizenship: Theorizing Practices of Women Agrifood Workers
This chapter develops a feminist notion of essential citizenship that builds on the emancipatory potential of our COVID-19 altered awareness of the...
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Reparation Policy in Gendered Political Violence: Gendered Torture During the Dictatorship and the Recent “Social Explosion” in Chile
This study explores the gendered violence dimension present in the torture exerted in Chile and the problems that continue to affect the reparation...
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Current State of Child Behavioral Health: Focus on Violence Against Children in Uganda
In this chapter, the authors provide a snapshot of the child rights terrain in Uganda comparing the past and present with a focus on violence against...
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“They Do Not Perceive Us as People”: Women with Disabilities’ Access to Key Social Services During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Zimbabwean Case Study
This study sought to discover how women with disabilities (WWDs) fared at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic with regard to access to key social...
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Intimate Partner Physical Violence During Pregnancy in Kenya: Prevalence and Risk Factors
Physical abuse during pregnancy has been linked to adverse maternal and neonatal outcomes. The objectives of this study are to determine the...
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Gender and Disability: The Experiences of Microaggressions Against Women with Disabilities in the Philippines
This article presents how women with disabilities experience microaggression from a gender lens. Through analyzing a qualitative dataset from 14...
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The Communicativeness of Select Lyrics of Female Nigerian Afro hip Hop Artistes and Sociological Perception of Women
The communicativeness of music in African culture and society is enormous and its usage is encompassing. Its ethics, norms, values, and other...
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COVID-19 Lockdown Measures and Domestic Violence in Nigeria
Domestic violence is a global phenomenon. Domestic violence has inadvertently led to decapitation, deaths, loss of livelihood, dependents, and the...
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Improving Women’s Position in the Household: Evidence from a Maternity Cash Transfer Programme in India
The impacts of cash transfers on women empowerment vary significantly with transfer context and design, including beneficiary targeting, transfer...
