2014
DOI: 10.1596/978-1-4648-0171-6
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Violence against Women and Girls: Lessons from South Asia

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“…Child marriage itself can be considered a form of violence against girls (Amin 2014;Solotaroff & Pande 2014). Gender norms that devalue girls and women and drive the practice of child marriage may also promote the acceptability of violence.…”
Section: Violencementioning
confidence: 99%
“…Child marriage itself can be considered a form of violence against girls (Amin 2014;Solotaroff & Pande 2014). Gender norms that devalue girls and women and drive the practice of child marriage may also promote the acceptability of violence.…”
Section: Violencementioning
confidence: 99%
“…Evidence from various settings worldwide links men’s violence against their intimate partners with systems of gender inequality and hegemonic masculinity (Solotaroff and Pande 2014; Jewkes 2002). There is widespread recognition that intimate partner violence (IPV) cannot be understood in any meaningful or useful way without understanding how masculinities are constructed, and how they function (e.g., DeKeseredy and Schwartz [2005]).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Across the world, researchers have begun to develop and test interventions that promote women's empowerment to reduce violence and related health risks (Barker, Ricardo, Nascimento, Olukoya, & Santos, 2009;Dworkin, Dunbar, Krishnan, Hatcher, & Sawires, 2011;Keleher & Franklin, 2008;Solotaroff & Pande, 2014). Women's empowerment programmes have focused on enhancing women's access to and control over economic, social, and health resources, including income and credit, education, and health services.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Examples of such programmes in India include the Men's Action to Stop Violence Against Women (MASVAW) campaigns and the intervention, Yari Dosti (Solotaroff & Pande, 2014;Verma et al, 2008). The Yari Dosti programme, tested using a quasi-experimental approach in Mumbai (Verma et al, 2008), found that at baseline, the majority of young men supported inequitable gender norms (measured using the Gender Equitable Men [GEM] Scale), with fewer than 10% scoring in the 'highly equitable' category.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
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