Risk Factors for Spousal Physical Violence Against Women in Saudi Arabia

Eldoseri, Halah M.; Sharps, Phyllis

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“…However, in this study, the highest report of domestic violence experience was found among respondents aged 20-24 (12%, 7% and 18% in Nigeria, Kenya and Mozambique respectively) as opposed to age 40-44(37.8%) in the multi-regional study. Similarly, a prior research showed that women younger than age 31are more probable to report past year spousal violence(31).…”

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“…Besides, low or no literacy of women have been found by prior studies to be a predictor of violence while higher education, at least secondary school education have been found to be protective of violence(19,31,33,34). This is similar to what was found in this study - lower education of respondents and their partners seemed to increase the risk of violence across the three countries, suggesting that investing in education, especially women’s education may reduce the incidence of violence in sub-Saharan Africa.…”

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“…The known associated factors responsible for high rate of domestic violence are age, education, employment, wealth status among others(19,31). The result of this study revealed that domestic violence was very evident among ever-married women of ages 15-19, 20-24, 25-29 and 30-34 years in Nigeria, Kenya and Mozambique.…”

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Survival Analysis and Prognostic Factors of Time to First Domestic Violence after Marriage among Married Women in Africa

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Akintayo

Oshodi

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12Background: Domestic violence remains a public health challenge worldwide. Studies in the sub-13 Saharan Africa have shown high level of violence against women, especially from intimate 14 partners. What is not known is how soon domestic violence happens after marriage among ever-15 married women. This study assessed the timing of first domestic violence among ever-married 16 women and identified its determinants in Nigeria, Kenya, and Mozambique. 17 Data and Method: Data of 56440 ever-married women of reproductive age pooled from DHS 18 conducted in Nigeria (2013), Kenya (2014) and Mozambique (2011) was used. The timing of first 19 domestic violence was estimated as the period between marriage and the first experience of 20 domestic violence. Ever-married women without violence experience were censored on the date 21 of the survey. Survival analysis techniques were used to assess the timing and the factors 22 influencing the timing p=0.05. 23Result: The prevalence of domestic violence in Nigeria, Kenya and Mozambique was 12.1%, 24 7.5%, and 15.4% respectively. The median time to first domestic violence across the three 25 countries was 3 years. We found a higher prevalence of violence among formerly married women 26 than currently married women. Women who married before age 20 years have a significantly 27 higher risk of experiencing violence (Nigeria: aHR= 2.36 (95% CI (1.97-2.83), Kenya: aHR= 1.89 28 (95% CI (1.31-2.73) and Mozambique: aHR=1.60 (95% CI (1.24 -2.12)) than older women. 29Women in poorer wealth quintile were at higher risk of violence across the three countries. Other 30 factors associated with the timing of first domestic violence are respondents', location of residence 31 and educational attainment. 3 32 Conclusion: Domestic violence has remained high in Mozambique, Nigeria and Kenya. There 33 was a significant relationship between timing of first domestic violence and whether or not a 34 woman remains in a marriage. Education and delayed marriage could help reduce violence in 35 marriage. 36 BACKGROUND 38 Violence is a fundamental human right issue and has constituted global social, clinical health as 39 well as public health challenges(1-4). Literature is replete that violence against women, especially 40 women and girls has remained high despite several interventions to halt it(5,6). Depending on the 41 presence or absence of a relationship between a victim and a perpetrator of a violence, violence 42can be grouped as self-directed, interpersonal and collective violence. Domestic violence is one of 43 the interpersonal violence and has unacceptably thrived across various regions of the world. 44Domestic violence, also referred to as spousal or intimate partner violence, is a subtle type of 45 violence occurring between partners in union (legal or not) and within the family context. 46Domestic violence happens both in cohabitation and marriage. Nevertheless, occurrence may not 47 be restricted to the confines of the home(3). Domestic violence is not peculiar to only 48 hetero...

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Survival Analysis and Prognostic Factors of Time to First Domestic Violence after Marriage among Married Women in Africa

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Oshodi

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“…Tazeen et al found that almost all forms of spousal abuse (81.8%, psychological; 56.3%, physical and 53.4% sexual) were prevalent in urban areas of Karachi (29). In Saudi Arabia, spousal physical violence was reported by 45.5% of women (30). It is pertinent to mention that the WHO South-East Asia Region has one of the highest (37.7%) prevalence rates for partner violence globally; this compares with the Eastern Mediterranean Region (37.0%), African Region (36.6%), the Americas Region (29.8%), European Region (25.4%) and Western Pacific Region (24.6%) (5).…”

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Gender-based violence in New Delhi, India: forecast based on secondary data analysis

Dwivedi

Sachdeva

2019

East Mediterr Health J

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Background: Violence against women is a global phenomenon. Aims: To estimate and forecast cognizable crime against women in New Delhi, India, from 2016 to 2020. Methods: Reported cognizable crime against women in New Delhi for 2009-2015 was extracted for statistical analysis, synthesis and modelling. The cognizable crimes reported are rape, attempt to commit rape, kidnapping and abduction, dowry deaths, assault on women with intent to outrage her modesty, insult to modesty of women, cruelty by husband or his relative, importation of girls from foreign countries, abetment of suicide of women and indecent representation of women. Results: The actual number of registered cases of crime against women ranged from 4251 (2009) to 17 104 (2015). The projected number of cases ranged between 18 991 [95% confidence interval (CI): 13 092-24 889) in 2016 to 28 663 (95% CI: 22 314-35 013)] in 2020. A rising trend in crime against women was noticed in New Delhi, ranging from 204.6 (2016) to 308.8 (2020) per 100 000 women. After witnessing a substantive increase (116.2%) in reported crime against women in New Delhi in 2013, the subsequent actual and projected rise appears to be incremental in nature, with an annual percentage point change ranging between 9% and 18%. Conclusion: Within limitations, it is concluded that the safety of women will continue to be a concern in the near future.

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“…A systematic review of studies from the Middle Eastern and North African Muslim countries 3 documented that 8% to 65% of married women were physically assaulted by a partner during their marital life (Boy & Kulczycki, 2008). Specifically, the prevalence of physical IPV is reported to be approximately 30% in Jordan (Haddad, Shotar, Younger, Alzyoud, & Bouhaidar, 2011), 30-45.5% in Saudi Arabia (Almosaed, 2004;Eldoseri & Sharps, 2017), 55% in Pakistan (Naeem, Irfan, Zaidi, Kingdon, & Ayub, 2008), 28% in Iran (Saffari et al, 2017), and 52.8% in Bangladesh (Islam, Broidy, Baird, & Mazerolle, 2017b). Many Muslim women also experience IPV in their countries of migration, such as the US, Canada or Australia (Ayyub, 2000;Faizi, 2001;Ghafournia, 2017;Hamid, 2015;Holtmann, 2016;Jayasundara, Nedegaard, Sharma, & Flanagan, 2014).…”

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Challenges of Implementing Restorative Justice for Intimate Partner Violence: An Islamic Perspective

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Suzuki

Mazumder

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Intimate partner violence (IPV) is currently recognized as a critical public health concern and a human rights issue. Not surprisingly, Muslims -a religiously and socio-culturally diverse faith-based populace -are not an exception. To address this complex area of criminal justice and social policy, some scholars advocate implementing restorative justice (RJ) approaches.While RJ approaches have been traditionally used in Islamic cultures for conflict resolutions, to date, few studies have investigated how RJ operates in dealing with IPV in Muslim countries and communities. This article explores how RJ approaches towards IPV operate in some Muslim countries/communities, and offers insights into developing culturally and religiously appropriate ways of implementing RJ in IPV situations among Muslims. Given the prevalence of IPV among Muslims, the question is particularly important and timely. Taking exclusively limited examples of RJ approaches that have been used to mediate IPV cases in Muslim countries and communities, this paper found one significant challenge in the RJ approaches among Muslims: inappropriate norms/understandings about IPV. To reduce IPV in Muslim society, it is necessary to develop treatment models and techniques that meet cultural and religious needs. This paper found that since RJ is not alien to Islamic teachings, RJ approaches can be implemented effectively in dealing with IPV among Muslims by ensuring justice and equity of the abused woman. The findings of this paper will assist policymakers, practitioners, and service providers in providing religiously and culturally appropriate care when addressing IPV issues among Muslims.

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Risk Factors for Spousal Physical Violence Against Women in Saudi Arabia

Cited by 27 publications

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Survival Analysis and Prognostic Factors of Time to First Domestic Violence after Marriage among Married Women in Africa

Survival Analysis and Prognostic Factors of Time to First Domestic Violence after Marriage among Married Women in Africa

Gender-based violence in New Delhi, India: forecast based on secondary data analysis

Challenges of Implementing Restorative Justice for Intimate Partner Violence: An Islamic Perspective

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