Addressing violence against women: a call to action

Garcia-Moreno, Claudı́a; Zimmerman, Cathy; Morris-Gehring, Alison; Heise, Lori; Amin, Avni; Abrahams, Naeemah; Montoya, Oswaldo; Bhate-Deosthali, Padma; Kilonzo, Nduku; Watts, Charlotte

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“…Violence against women is globally recognized as a form of violation of human rights, impacting on the rights to life, health, and physical and mental integrity (1) . According to the Inter-American Convention on the Prevention, Punishment, and Eradication of Violence against Women -Convention of Belém do Pará, this problem is related to any act or conduct based on gender, which causes death or physical, sexual or psychological harm or suffering to women, whether in the public or the private sphere (2) .…”

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Health care for women in situations of violence: discoordination of network professionals

Arboit

Padoin

Vieira

et al. 2017

Rev. esc. enferm. USP

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OBJECTIVE To learn the conceptions and actions of health professionals on the care network for women in situations of violence. METHOD A qualitative, descriptive, exploratory study was conducted between April and July 2015 with the participation of 21 health professionals from four primary health care teams in a city of the central region of the state of Rio Grande do Sul. Data were collected by means of individual semi-structured interviews. Content analysis was used for data systematization. RESULTS Health professionals recognized the importance of the health care network for coping with the problem of violence against women. However, their conceptions and actions were limited by the discoordination or absence of integration among professionals and services of the care network. CONCLUSION The conceptions and actions of health professionals contribute to the discoordination among the services. It is necessary to reflect on the daily practices of care for women in situations of violence.

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Health care for women in situations of violence: discoordination of network professionals

Arboit

Padoin

Vieira

et al. 2017

Rev. esc. enferm. USP

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“…However, health professionals often fail to document such details, or to ask about domestic violence, limiting their role to treating physical signs and symptoms. 47,48 Violence is seen as private behaviour, beyond the scope of medical professionals. Doctors and nurses believe that their sole role is to treat disease and the physical manifestations of ill-health.…”

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“…The biomedical model that predominates in most health-care settings does not facilitate the disclosure of domestic violence by women or enable an appropriate response from providers. 48 Violence is often seen as solely a social or criminaljustice problem, and not as a clinical or public health issue. Health providers share the predominant sociocultural norms that sanction male dominance over women and the acceptability of violence -precisely the attitudes that reinforce violence against women.…”

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“…Health providers share the predominant sociocultural norms that sanction male dominance over women and the acceptability of violence -precisely the attitudes that reinforce violence against women. [47][48][49] Gender biases in medical and nursing education have also been documented in India, and the biases against women reporting rape perpetuated in Indian medical textbooks and in medical practice have been challenged in court. 50 This gender gap in education results in the failure to recognise gender as a social determinant of health and therefore the inequalities faced by women.…”

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Gendered pattern of burn injuries in India: a neglected health issue

Bhate-Deosthali

Lingam

2016

Reproductive Health Matters

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There are an estimated 7 million burn injuries in India annually, of which 700,000 require hospital admission and 140,000 are fatal. According to the National Burns Programme, 91,000 of these deaths are women; a figure higher than that for maternal mortality. Women of child bearing age are on average three times more likely than men to die of burn injuries. This paper reviews the existing literature on burn injuries in India and raises pertinent issues about prevalence, causes and gaps in recognising the gendered factors leading to a high number of women dying due to burns. The work of various women's groups and health researchers with burns victims raises several questions about the categorisation of burn deaths as accident, suicide and homicide and the failure of the health system to recognise underlying violence. Despite compelling evidence, the health system has not recognised this as a priority. Considering the substantial cost of burns care, prevention is the key which requires health systems to recognise the linkages between burn injuries and domestic violence. Health systems need to integrate awareness programmes about domestic violence and train health professionals to identify signs and symptoms of violence. This would contribute to early identification of abuse so that survivors are able to access support services at an early stage.

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“…The promotion of gender equality or more egalitarian masculinities has been recognised as central to disrupting practices of violence [20,21]. Such disruption involves challenging and transforming dominating, aggressive and violent versions of masculinity.…”

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What is there to learn about violence and masculinity from a genderqueer man?

Helman

Ratele

2018

Global Health Action

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Background: In light of the global health burden of violence, which is predominantly perpetrated by men, studies have explored the relationship between masculinities and violence. However, there is a relative lack of work focusing on non-hegemonic men and masculinities in relation to violence. Such work has the potential to advance violence prevention work. Objective: This article aims to show the shifting relationship between constructions of violent and non-violent masculinity in the talk of a genderqueer man. The article also aims to demonstrate how qualitative approaches are able to reveal the complexity and contradiction in accounts of masculine identities as these are negotiated within the context of the research interview. Methods: The article is based on a case study of Adam, a middle-class, ‘white’, ‘genderqueer’ man who participated in a larger study which explored the ways in which gender is constructed within 18 South African families. Adam’s interview is analysed using a Foucauldian discourse analysis. Results: The analysis demonstrates the complex and contradictory process involved in negotiating and resisting a violent version of masculinity. Constructing male violence as rooted in particular psychosocial and cultural assumptions, rather than as an automatic biological response, enables Adam to resist this violence. This deconstruction of violent masculinity is linked to Adam’s ‘genderqueer’ identity or ‘in-betweenness’, which facilitates a critical consciousness in relation to notions of gender. The analysis also demonstrates how notions of masculinity are deliberated and co-constructed within the relational context of the interview. Conclusions: This article shows that resisting and reformulating masculinity in non-violent ways is a complex process. This suggests that violence prevention efforts need to focus on the creation of spaces for ongoing dialogues about non-violence. As demonstrated by the context of the interview, relational, conversational spaces have the potential to facilitate the co-construction of non-violent masculinities.

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Addressing violence against women: a call to action

Cited by 305 publications

References 30 publications

Health care for women in situations of violence: discoordination of network professionals

Health care for women in situations of violence: discoordination of network professionals

Gendered pattern of burn injuries in India: a neglected health issue

What is there to learn about violence and masculinity from a genderqueer man?

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