Women in Distress: A Study on the Widowed, Divorced and Separated Women in Surguja (Chhattisgarh, India)

Asthana, Arpit

doi:10.2139/ssrn.3223334

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“…The need to challenge stereotypes and promote respect extends to intersecting issues such as widowhood, separation and divorce. Women can be stigmatised in India after the loss of a husband or the ending of a marriage, with a burden of fault placed on them 108. In our study and elsewhere,11 women with disabilities were more likely to be separated or divorced, which is likely to further compound any stigma they already experience.…”

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“…Women can be stigmatised in India after the loss of a husband or the ending of a marriage, with a burden of fault placed on them. 108 In our study and elsewhere, 11 women with disabilities were more likely to be separated or divorced, which is likely to further compound any stigma they already experience. Healthcare workers are well placed to challenge these kinds of stereotypes, but may themselves be party to sustaining them and require support to break reductive patterns of behaviour and thinking.…”

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Intimate partner violence against women with disability and associated mental health concerns: a cross-sectional survey in Mumbai, India

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ObjectivesThe risk of intimate partner violence (IPV) against women with disability is believed to be high. We aimed to compare the prevalence of past-year IPV against women with and without functional difficulties in urban informal settlements, to review its social determinants and to explore its association with mental health.DesignCross-sectional survey.SettingFifty clusters within four informal settlements.Participants5122 women aged 18–49 years.Primary and secondary outcome measuresWe used the Washington Group Short Set of Questions to assess functional difficulties. IPV in the past year was described by binary composites of questions about physical, sexual and emotional violence. We screened for symptoms of depression using the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 and of anxiety using the Generalised Anxiety Disorder-7. Multivariable logistic regression models examined associations between functional difficulties, IPV and mental health.Results10% of participants who screened positive for functional disability had greater odds of experiencing physical or sexual IPV (adjusted OR (AOR) 1.68, 95% CI 1.23 to 2.29) and emotional IPV (1.52, 95% CI 1.16 to 2.00) than women who screened negative. Women who screened positive for functional disability had greater odds than women who screened negative of symptoms suggesting moderate or severe anxiety (AOR 2.50, 95% CI 1.78 to 3.49), depression (2.91, 95% CI 2.13 to 3.99) and suicidal thinking (AOR 1.94, 95% CI 1.50 to 2.50).ConclusionsThe burden of IPV fell disproportionately on women with functional difficulties, who were also more likely to screen positive for common mental disorder. Public health initiatives need to respond at local and national levels to address the overlapping and mutually reinforcing determinants of violence, while existing policy needs to be better utilised to ensure protection for the most vulnerable.

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