Violence against women: Where are the solutions?

Sharma, Indira

doi:10.4103/0019-5545.158133

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“…That is why it is important to visualize the vulnerability of boys to sexual abuse, but also to study the impact it has on the process by which boys who become violent men often target women. An understanding of how stigma, shame, somatic and mental-health consequences, and suicide and homicide due to abuse affect women and strategies to prevent these occurrences should be include in the education of both sexes [18,19]. …”

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‘ Even though a man takes the major role, he has no right to abuse ’ : future male leaders’ views on gender-based violence in Sri Lanka

Darj

Wijewardena

Lindmark

et al. 2017

Global Health Action

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Background: Distinct gender roles influence gender inequality and build the foundation for gender-based violence. Violence against women is a major public health problem in all societies, and a violation of human rights. Prevalence surveys on gender-based violence have been published from Sri Lanka, but qualitative studies on men’s perceptions are lacking. Objectives: The aim of this study was to explore young educated Sri Lankan men’s perceptions of violence against women. Methods: Seven focus-group discussions were held. Men at the end of their university studies were purposefully selected. A topic guide was used, covering various scenarios of violence against women. Qualitative content analysis was carried out. Results: Four categories were developed through the analytic process: fixed gender roles – patriarchal values are accepted in society, female mobility control, and slowly changing attitudes; violence not accepted but still exists – sexual harassment exists everywhere, different laws for different people, female tolerance of violence, and men’s right to punish; multiple factors cause violence – alcohol, violent behavior is inherited, violence culturally accepted, low education, and lack of communication; and prevention of violence against women – both parents must engage and socialize girls and boys equally, life skills education, premarital counselling, working places value clarification, and more women in politics and boards are suggested. Conclusions: Medical and management students, possible future male leaders of the country, have suggestions of prevention strategies in life skills to reduce gender-based violence and to increase knowledge of health consequences with the aim of changing attitudes.

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‘ Even though a man takes the major role, he has no right to abuse ’ : future male leaders’ views on gender-based violence in Sri Lanka

Darj

Wijewardena

Lindmark

et al. 2017

Global Health Action

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“…Several studies have reported that women are less educated, and pregnant with husbands who drink alcohol have higher risks to domestic violence [8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16]. Women who are less empowered, resides in rural areas and married to husbands who are from abusive homes, thus, ever experienced their father beating their mothers stands higher risks of domestic violence [10,15,[17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24]. Conversely, several literature evidenced that higher educational level for both women and men (husbands), women from wealthy families, empowered women and residing in urban areas were protective factors against domestic violence [11-13, 15, 19, 21, 25, 26].…”

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Domestic violence among married women of reproductive age in Zimbabwe: a cross sectional study

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Background: Domestic violence does not only violate women's fundamental human rights but it also undermines them from achieving their fullest potential around the world. This study was conducted to assess trends and factors associated with domestic violence among married women of reproductive age in Zimbabwe. Method: This was a cross-sectional study which used secondary data obtained from 2005/06, 2010/11 and 2015 Zimbabwe Demographic and Health Surveys (ZDHS). Respondents ranged from married or living with a partner (15-49 years). Multiple logistic regression analysis was used to examine factors associated with domestic violence. Results: Out of 4472 women who were currently married, 1907 (42.7%) had ever experienced one form of domestic violence (physical, emotional and sexual violence). Women aged 40-49 was deemed a protective factor against domestic violence. Risk of domestic violence was higher among working women than unemployed women [AOR = 1.35; p ≤ 0.047]. Women who drink alcohol significantly risk experiencing domestic violence compared to their non-drinking counterpart; also women whose husbands drink alcohol were at higher risk of experiencing domestic violence [AOR = 1.35; p ≤ 0.001]. Domestic violence was higher among women whose husbands have ever experienced their fathers beating their mothers and significant for women whose husbands have more than one wife (polygamy) [AOR = 1.35; p ≤ 0.001]. High parity (5 or more children) was also a risk factor for domestic violence among the studied population [AOR = 1.35; p ≤ 0.038]. Conclusion: Domestic violence was found to be strongly associated with women whose husbands drink alcohol, products of abusive parents/father beating their mother and/or polygamous marriage (had more than one wife). Domestic violence still remains a challenge and a more biting policy efforts are needed to eradicate this public health canker in Zimbabwe.

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“…Verifica-se em estudo realizado na Índia, que o tipo mais comum de violência doméstica contra a mulher é a física, porém os profissionais de saúde desse país relatam que sempre vem acompanhada da violência psicológica (SHARMA, 2015). No entanto, conforme estudo realizado no Canadá, a atenção a saúde mental dos envolvidos nos casos de violência é uma questão relativamente pouco estudada e, muitas vezes, negligenciada pelos profissionais de saúde (DELARA, 2016).…”

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Desafios No Atendimento Aos Casos De Violência Doméstica Contra a Mulher Em Um Município Matogrossense

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O estudo objetivou identificar os principais desafios do atendimento aos casos de violência doméstica contra mulheres em um município de Mato Grosso. Trata-se de estudo descritivo, exploratório e com abordagem qualitativa. Realizado com oito profissionais de Estratégias de Saúde da Família. A coleta de dados ocorreu no período de dezembro de 2017 a janeiro de 2018, por meio de entrevistas gravadas, guiadas por questão norteadora aberta correspondente ao objetivo do estudo. A partir das narrativas, empregou-se a análise de conteúdo, do tipo temática. A identificação de casos de violência pelos profissionais do estudo parece ser uma tarefa complexa e limitante; circunstância que dificulta a implementação de uma assistência mais efetiva. A Estratégia de Saúde da Família é vista como uma porta de entrada favorável à identificação dos casos de violência, contudo, percebe-se a dificuldade dos profissionais em lidar e reconhecer esse tipo de agravo. Com o estudo, foi possível evidenciar alguns obstáculos encontrados pelos profissionais na identificação de casos de violência doméstica, assim como os enfrentamentos diante de denúncias e acompanhamento dos envolvidos.

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Violence against women: Where are the solutions?

Cited by 75 publications

References 10 publications

‘ Even though a man takes the major role, he has no right to abuse ’ : future male leaders’ views on gender-based violence in Sri Lanka

‘ Even though a man takes the major role, he has no right to abuse ’ : future male leaders’ views on gender-based violence in Sri Lanka

Domestic violence among married women of reproductive age in Zimbabwe: a cross sectional study

Desafios No Atendimento Aos Casos De Violência Doméstica Contra a Mulher Em Um Município Matogrossense

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