Violence against women: tackling the other pandemic

2022 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. e1
Author(s):  
The Lancet Public Health
Keyword(s):  
Violence Against Women ◽  
The Other

scholarly journals Shame and Alcoholism in Paula Hawkins’s The Girl on the Train

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maysaa H. Jaber
Keyword(s):  
Violence Against Women ◽  
Alcohol Addiction ◽  
The Other ◽  
Female Characters ◽  
The One

The aim of this article is to showcase the connection between the portrayal of shame and alcohol addiction, on the one hand, and the mystery of murder and violence against women, on the other, in Paula Hawkins’s thriller The Girl on the Train (2015). This article argues that Hawkins’s book uses the thriller formula to reveal the links between gender and violence by delving into the vulnerability, suffering and resilience of the female characters through the stories of alcoholic troubled protagonist, Rachael Watson and the mystery of Megan Hipwell’s murder.

scholarly journals An Explorative Study of Men’s Masculinity Constructions and Proximity to Violence against Women.

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 284
Author(s):  
Peter Martin Jansson ◽  
Christian Kullberg
Keyword(s):  
Problem Solving ◽  
Gender Equality ◽  
Violence Against Women ◽  
Qualitative Interviews ◽  
The Other ◽  
Violent Crimes ◽  
Explorative Study

This explorative study aimed to develop an understanding of how a sample of two groups of men, considered to be situated at different ends of Connell’s masculinity continuum, construct their masculinity, and how these constructions relate to their proximity to violence against women (VAW). One group consisted of five men incarcerated for violent crimes (MIVC) that had previously used VAW. The other included five participants in the pro-feminist group Men Against Violence (MAV), without prior VAW. An abductive approach, using qualitative interviews, was employed. Results show that the MIVC participants appeared ambivalent, unreflective, and inconsistent in their masculinity constructions, and used VAW as part of their problem-solving repertoire. The MAV participants appeared to have a reflexive stance towards gender equality and consistently adopted inclusive ways of enacting masculinity and preventing VAW. The study can only provide some support to the postulated relationship between men’s masculinity positions and their attitudes toward VAW.

Violence against women: The other face of the pandemic

2020 ◽  
Vol 37 (1) ◽  
pp. vi-x
Author(s):  
Valeria de los Ángeles Agámez Llanos ◽  
Melissa Alejandra Rodríguez Díaz
Keyword(s):  
Violence Against Women ◽  
The Other

scholarly journals SINKRONISASI DAN DIFERENSIASI PUTUSAN HAKIM DALAM PENYELESAIAN KASUS-KASUS KEKERASAN DALAM RUMAH TANGGA

2014 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tjokorda Istri Putra Astiti
Keyword(s):  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Gender Equity ◽  
Violence Against Women ◽  
The Other ◽  
Court Decision ◽  
District Court ◽  
Gender Justice ◽  
High Court ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
And Gender

This study specifically aims to assess synchronization and differentiation between the judge's decision, both horizontally and vertically, especially with regard todomestic violence cases. In addition, this study also intends to study about rule  whichare  applied by the Judges on the cases, and  reveal whether the  decision  under reviewreflects the gender justice This research is a legal normative research using case approach which wasexamined by studying the Judge’s decision in concrete cases, especially with regard todomestic violence. The number of decisions that were examined are six decisions whichconsists of three decisions of the District Court (Pengadilan Negeri) and  threedecisions  of the High Court (Pengadilan Tinggi). The decisions are determined bypurposive sampling.  Based on the analysis of the six decisions mentioned above ,  can be concludedas following:1)  The rule applied by the judge in hanling the concrete cases  regarding domestic violence particularly violence against women is on the Domestic Violence Act ( ActNo. 23/2004 ) with the application of a kind of sanction of imprisonment rangingfrom 1-3 months, that varied there the defendant was arrested some are droppedwith conditional (pidana bersyarat) (not being held prisoner) 2)  Among the three decisions of the District Court and the three decitions of the HighCourt which have analysed,  in one hand show synchronization and the other hand show differentiation.  In this case, synchronization and differentiation  can be seen vertically (between the District Court and the High Court decision), andhorizontally (between the District Court to each other) or between the decision ofthe High Court to each other).  3)  That the decision of the District and the High Court,  either have reflected gendersensitively and gender equity.

scholarly journals Violence, Faith, and Women in Romanian Literature

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 69-78
Author(s):  
Giti Chandra ◽  
Sanda-Marina Bădulescu
Keyword(s):  
Violence Against Women ◽  
The Other ◽  
Holocaust Literature ◽  
Romanian Literature ◽  
Autobiographical Narrative

Abstract This essay offers a gendered reading of the confluence of violence and faith in Romanian literature, through a reading of two texts: Tatiana Bran’s “Deadly Confession”, and Elie Wiesel’s “Night”. While the former looks at the violence visited upon women in the context of religion and faith, the latter seeks to locate the place of women in the course of the loss of faith in a male context. The essay embeds these readings within the larger context of women and violence in Romanian literature from the 19th century to the present. While the instance of Bran’s novel serves as representative of much of this literature, the example of Wiesel’s autobiographical narrative is uniquely contextualized by the field of Holocaust literature. Nevertheless, it is possible to see these two readings – one, a woman authored text of violence against women, the other, a male authored text of women as a refuge from violence – as complementing each other in the ways in which women respond to faith and the loss of faith.

scholarly journals An analysis on paradoxical gender equality+ policies and the violence in Brazil

2020 ◽  
pp. 291-308
Author(s):  
Renan de Souza
Keyword(s):  
Gender Equality ◽  
Violence Against Women ◽  
Cutting Edge ◽  
The Other ◽  
Gender Based Violence ◽  
Far Right ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
The World ◽  
Gender Based ◽  
Made In

Brazil records alarming rates of epidemic violence against women and LGBTQ+. According to statistics, the country ranks as the fifth most violent for women and the deadliest in the world for homosexuals. On the other hand, progressive policies to support both groups have been implemented by different public administrations in the last decades generating remarkable milestones. Despite being considered as cutting-edge, those actions have not necessarily translated into a reduction of violence. One explanation for these paradoxes between progressive policies to protect women, LGBTQ+ and the frequent violence against these groups, might be found in historical, cultural, and religious roots. This article highlights that, notwithstanding that some progress was made in Brazil, the rise of conservative and far-right groups may undermine all the advancement reached in the last decades, which could lead to the aggravation of the gender-based violence in the country

Men’s Recognition of Violence Against Women and Spousal Abuse: Comparison of Three Groups of Men

2007 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 419-436 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claire Chamberland ◽  
Andrée Fortin ◽  
Joane Turgeon ◽  
Lise Laporte
Keyword(s):  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Aggressive Behavior ◽  
Violence Against Women ◽  
Treatment Program ◽  
Spousal Abuse ◽  
The Other

Our goal was to assess whether men in the following three groups differ in their ability to recognize and judge the severity of diverse forms of aggressive behavior: (a) men who reported being physically aggressive toward their spouses and who were entering treatment for domestic violence; (b) men who, after participating in a treatment program, were no longer physically violent; and (c) men who reported never having been physically violent towards their spouses (NPV group—non–physically violent). All 81 men in the study reported being verbally aggressive toward their spouses. Men who had been in treatment for spousal abuse and who had not been physically violent toward their spouses since finishing the program were better able than the other two groups to recognize emotionally abusive behaviors.

scholarly journals Indigenous Women as the Other: An Analysis of the Missing Women's Commission of Inquiry

2012 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 80-97
Author(s):  
Jodi Beniuk
Keyword(s):  
Violence Against Women ◽  
Indigenous Peoples ◽  
Indigenous Women ◽  
The Other ◽  
Everyday Lives ◽  
Police Investigations ◽  
Downtown Eastside ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The Way ◽  
Legal Processes

In this paper, I discuss the ways in which Indigenous women are Othered by the proceedings of the Missing Women‘s Commission of Inquiry (MWCI). First, I give a basic overview of Beauvoir‘s theory of women as Others, followed by Memmi‘s analysis of the relationship between the colonized and the colonizer. I use these two theories to describe the way Indigenous women are Othered both as Indigenous peoples and as women, focusing on the context of the twenty-six who were murdered in Vancouver‘s Downtown Eastside (DTES). The original murders were the result of the cultural reduction of Indigenous Women to their bodies. The negligent police investigations, as well as the misogynistic attitudes of the police, also demonstrate how Othering can operate within these institutions. I claim that the violence against women in the DTES was due to their status as Other. Notably, the MWCI, which is supposed to be a process that addresses the Othering-based negligence of the police, also includes instances of Othering in its structure and practice. From this, I conclude that we cannot rely on Othering institutions or legal processes to correct Othering as a practice. In the context of the MWCI, I suggest building alliances that support those who face this Othering as violence in their everyday lives.

scholarly journals Violencia de Estado y violencia de género. Las paradojas en torno a los derechos humanos de las mujeres en México

Revista Trace ◽  
2018 ◽  
pp. 86
Author(s):  
Rosalva Aída Hernández Castillo
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Violence Against Women ◽  
State Violence ◽  
The Other ◽  
International Level ◽  
La Paz ◽  
Mouvements Sociaux ◽  
Derechos Humanos ◽  
Las Mujeres ◽  
International Instruments

En este artículo, la autora reflexiona sobre el proceso contradictorio vivido en la última década en México: por un lado una política exterior en materia de derechos humanos muy exitosa a nivel internacional, en la que se han ratificado varios instrumentos internacionales en contra de la discriminación y violencia hacia las mujeres; paralelamente existe una política interna en la que la violencia de Estado se justifica en nombre de la “paz social” y se utiliza en contra de las mujeres activistas e integrantes de movimientos sociales.Abstract: In this article, the author reflects on contradictory policies in Mexico during the last decade: on one hand a very successful foreign policy on human rights at international level such as several international instruments against the discrimination and violence. Those instruments have been ratified towards women, but on the other hand, as the author observes, State violence against women justified in the name of “social peace”, used against activist women and members of social movements.Résumé : Dans cet article, l’auteur analyse le processus contradictoire que connaît le Mexique depuis une dizaine d’années. D’un côté, une politique extérieure réussie en matière de droits de l’homme au niveau international et politique qui ratifie les instruments internationaux contre la discrimination et la violence exercées à l’encontre des femmes et, parallèlement, une politique intérieure où la violence d’État est justifiée au nom de la « paix sociale » et s’exerce contre les femmes activistes et les membres de mouvements sociaux.

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