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Prevalence of intimate partner violence in pregnant women during the COVID-19 epidemic in Qazvin-Iran 2021
IntroductionIntimate partner violence (IPV) in pregnant women is considered one of the most important types of violence, which can include physical,...
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Catalyzing Action on Intimate Partner Violence Against Pregnant Adolescent Girls and Young Women in Zambia
Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a serious, ongoing problem affecting the lives of adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) in Zambia, across...
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Afghan Women Refugees Enduring Domestic Violence Despite Finding Sanctuary in the UK
This article examines the settlement experiences of Afghan women refugees following their migration into the UK. The findings highlight how violence...
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Casting Gender in Violence Against Dalit Women: Perpetrators’ Impunity and Constitutional Responsibility of the State
Dalit women suffer from exploitation and exclusion on multiple axes of which gender and caste are predominantly explicit in sexual violence. For...
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The Limits of the Law: Women, Violence, and Legal Ambivalence in Nicaragua
This article analyzes the experiences of Nicaraguan women victims of domestic violence as a lens for develo** a theoretical concept I term legal...
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Domestic Violence Against Women in Rural Areas of Jammu District: An Analysis
The prevalence of the phenomenon of Domestic ViolenceDomestic Violence/ Protection of Women against Domestic Violence Act 2005/ Jammu & Kashmir...
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Risk of Femicide and Quality of Life Assessment of Women Victims of Intimate Partner Violence in Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
BackgroundViolence against women is a public priority issue for epidemiological and public health sciences. Severe consequences of violence affect...
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Protracted Chains of Violence: How Chronic Conflict and Displacement Structure Intimate Partner Violence at the Thailand-Myanmar Border
Conflict and displacement exacerbate violence against women, including intimate partner violence (IPV). Considering the rising prevalence and...
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Violence Against Women and Girls: Narratives of the Rohingya Rape Survivors
“When the Borma military entered our house, I was trying my level best to save my two teenage daughters and kept them in a corner of our master...
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COVID and Crime Against Women
The global pandemic caused by the novel coronavirus has tested our society in several ways. Its effects on every section of the society cannot be...
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Crimmigration and Gender-Based Violence Against Women Asylum Seekers in Israel
The chapter explores gender-based violence (GBV) and police responses to it in Israel, adopting a theoretical framework based on Intersectionality,...
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Intimate partner violence and the spatial pattern of maternal healthcare services utilization among parous married women in northern Nigeria
The low uptake of maternal healthcare services (MHS) in Nigeria is implicated in the country’s poor maternal health outcomes. In northern Nigeria...
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Journey of Violence: Refugee Women’s Experiences Across Three Stages and Places
This article examines violence experienced by refugee women across three distinct (geographic and symbolic) stages and places: in their countries of...
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Giving Birth While Facing Death: Cesarean Sections and Community Violence in Latin America
Armed conflict and organized crime are known to be linked to numerous negative maternal and neonatal health outcomes, such as stillbirth, low birth...
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Sexual Violence Against Female Children in Liberia: A Cross-Sectional Study of Statutory Rape Prevalence Rates Related to Correlates of Gender Equity
In recent decades, the Government of Liberia (GOL) and international partners have prioritized combatting child sexual abuse, including illicit and...
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Gender-based Violence as a ‘Consequence of Migration’: How Culturalist Framings of GBV Ignore Structural Violence Against Migrant Women in France
This chapter is based on a critical analysis of the political discourse on GBV and migration in France and assesses the processes through which...
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Domestic Violence and Reproductive Health
This chapter presents reviewed research findings and case studies presented. The findings from the case studies were the results from a study...
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Sexual Violence in Develo** Countries
This chapter takes a critical look at sexual violence in develo** countries, particularly countries on the continent of Africa. The prevalence of...
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The domestic violence victim as COVID crisis figure
During the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, domestic violence came to be understood as a national emergency. In this paper, we ask how and why...
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Protecting Young People in Sub-Saharan Africa Against Sexual and Gender-Based Violence via Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
Levels of violence against children (VAC) and young people in Africa are alarmingly high and continue to rise (African Platform to End Violence...