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Walby, Sylvia; Towers, Jude; Balderston, Susan; Corradi, Consuelo; Francis, B.; Heiskanen, Markku; Helweg‐Larsen, Karin; Mergaert, Lut; Olive, Phillipa; Palmer, Elizabeth E.; Stöckl, Heidi; Strid, Sofia

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“…The approach to the experiences of the interviewed professionals has also allowed us to gain first-hand knowledge of what they consider to be the main challenges in addressing GBV at an individual and interpersonal level in the study context, starting by detecting how different forms of violence operate in young populations. Consistent with the scientific literature, our findings align with the view held by professionals that young people often have a limited understanding of violence, initially perceiving it solely as physical acts and abuse [ 37 ]. This implies that programmes and interventions must go beyond this lay knowledge of violence understood as physical assault, and approach a range of other attitudes and practices, including gendered controlling or threatening behaviours [ 38 ].…”

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Listening to stakeholders in the prevention of gender-based violence among young people in Spain: a qualitative study from the positivMasc project

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Objective This study seeks to deepen current knowledge of the phenomenon of gender-based violence (GVB) among young people in Spain, identifying the main challenges in terms of prevention from the perspective of key stakeholders in the field. Methods 23 semi-structured qualitative interviews were performed with professionals whose work involves youth and comes from different areas: social work, policy making, youth education, feminist and LGBTQ activism and anti-violence masculinities engagement (13 women and 10 men). Results Among the main challenges identified by stakeholders in relation to GBV preventive strategies in young populations there is a need to focus on transformative programmes within educational settings. The findings indicate that specific programs and interventions in this area may not be yielding the expected effectiveness. This outcome could be attributed less to a lack of resources and more to a failure to address the core issues and challenges adequately. Thus, the results underline that intervention programmes should emphasise equitable gender norms and gender relations and incorporate content on anti-violence masculinities. Finally, a pivotal aspect seen by professionals to facilitate GBV prevention is the design and development of interventions based on participatory and active approaches, close to young people’s everyday situations. The results also draw attention to the need to analyse the impact of new forms of violence in greater depth, especially those that occur through information and communication technologies. Conclusion Among other implications for policy and practice, the study points to the need to articulate interventions designed to work simultaneously at different levels of influence acting on people.

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“…The need for more longitudinal research has already been discussed. Additionally, problems with the measurement of the construct of IPV is a well-documented issue affecting the validity of IPV research generally (Walby et al, 2017); this issue was once again identified as a factor impacting interpretability of the findings of the present review. Included studies measured IPV using various definitions and approaches – a combination of standardised scales and simple dichotomous measures.…”

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confidence: 80%

Risk and Protective Factors for Intimate Partner Violence Against Bisexual Victims: A Systematic Scoping Review

Corey

Duggan

Travers

2022

Trauma, Violence, & Abuse

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Bisexual-identifying individuals appear to be at increased risk of experiencing intimate partner violence (IPV) compared to people of other sexualities. The purpose of this systematic scoping review was to examine risk and protective factors for the perpetration of IPV against bisexual victims and to provide a preliminary quality assessment of the included studies. A systematic search of academic and grey literature was conducted in February 2021. Inclusion criteria specified that study participants identified as bisexual, that the study examined risk or protective factors for IPV, and that findings were disaggregated by sexual identity. All potentially eligible references were independently screened by two reviewers, and conflicts settled by a third reviewer. Nine articles published between 2013 and 2021 met criteria for inclusion. Data extraction was completed for all included studies, and findings presented in a narrative synthesis. The review identified a number of risk factors, including bisexual identity, internalised homophobia, discrimination, partner gender, negative childhood experiences and non-monogamy. One study included consideration of a potentially protective factor. The majority of the included studies were cross-sectional in design. More longitudinal studies are needed to clarify temporality of the associations identified and better inform support and prevention efforts. Further implications for future research, policies and practise are discussed.

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“…First, with respect to the methodological issues of the FRA survey, previous studies highlighted that some limitations of the survey make it difficult to draw reliable conclusions from its results. Sylvia Walby and colleagues (Walby & Towers, 2017; Walby et al, 2017) pointed out that the method of first contact constitutes one of the main limitations. While women were first approached by phone in the Nordic countries, women were first approached face to face in most of the EU countries.…”

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“…We take this aspect into account by controlling for the method of first contact, and also include those countries where women were first approached by letter (Malta, Slovenia, and the United Kingdom) (FRA, 2014, p. 13), which is not usually considered in the debate. Variations in the response rate have also been identified as a methodological drawback of the FRA’s EU-VAW survey (Walby & Towers, 2017; Walby et al, 2017). Although the response rate was related to the method of first contact, we also considered this point in the analysis.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…These limitations have to do with both methodological and theoretical aspects. Methodologically, the most important limitations are related to the drawbacks of the FRA’s EU-VAW survey, such as problems with how the respondents were approached; the questionnaires and the scales used to gather information on victimization; the sample sizes and sample frames; and the capping of the number of violent incidents included (Humbert et al, 2021; Permanyer & Gómez-Casillas, 2020; Walby et al, 2017; Walby and Towers, 2017). Due to the small sample size, we could not analyze different sources of minority separately, and we had to collapse them into one variable.…”

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Women’s and Men’s Status: Revisiting the Relationship Between Gender Equality and Intimate Partner Violence Against Women in Europe

Gómez-Casillas

Damme

Permanyer

2023

J Interpers Violence

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The first European Union Survey on Violence against Women (EU-VAW) released in 2014 revealed the unexpected result indicating that the world’s most egalitarian countries have relatively high rates of Intimate Partner Violence Against Women (IPVAW). This phenomenon, referred to as the “Nordic Paradox,” revived a heated, intermittently ongoing discussion dating back four decades where several competing hypotheses about the relationship between gender inequality and IPVAW have been proposed, but no consensus has been reached. The main aim of this paper is to revisit the most important of such hypotheses proposed in the last four decades, while proposing a new one that could potentially throw some light on understanding the “Nordic Paradox.” Multilevel linear regression models are estimated using data from the EU-VAW survey conducted in 2012, and an alternative operationalization of the Gender Equality Index (GEI) (our measure of gender equality). We did not find any significant effect of gender equality on IPVAW repetition. However, we found that higher country-level status of women and men go together with less IPVAW, with a larger effect of women’s status in economic domains compared to the impact of men’s economic status, and a larger effect of men’s overall status. These findings support the Marxist feminist hypothesis, stating that women’s absolute status in the economic and labor domain is critical in lessening IPVAW, as women’s real and potential access to resources is key for leaving a violent relationship. At the same time, our results support the “male privilege protection” hypothesis, which states that gains in women’s status in certain domains—such as in the economic sphere considering our results for the European Union—would not suppose a threat to men, allowing ameliorative effects. In contrast, if the overall status of men is threatened, backlash effects would be triggered.

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Listening to stakeholders in the prevention of gender-based violence among young people in Spain: a qualitative study from the positivMasc project

Listening to stakeholders in the prevention of gender-based violence among young people in Spain: a qualitative study from the positivMasc project

Risk and Protective Factors for Intimate Partner Violence Against Bisexual Victims: A Systematic Scoping Review

Women’s and Men’s Status: Revisiting the Relationship Between Gender Equality and Intimate Partner Violence Against Women in Europe

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