Violence

2019 ◽  
pp. 150-172
Author(s):  
Hilde Lindemann
Keyword(s):  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Sexual Harassment ◽  
Power System ◽  
Feminist Ethics ◽  
Group Relations ◽  
Feminist Analysis ◽  
Women And Girls ◽  
Sexual Services ◽  
Forms Of Violence

The chapter opens with an explanation of why violence is such an important topic for feminist ethics. It then addresses three forms of violence: rape and sexual harassment, rape as a weapon of war, and domestic violence. Rape is explained in terms of property theories, consent theories, and abusive group relations theories, followed by a discussion of the #MeToo movement. The feminist analysis of war includes not only rape as a weapon but also enslaving women and girls for sexual services. Finally, domestic violence is argued to be an expression of the socially structured power system called gender, kept in place by repeated iterations of itself.

What Is Violence against Women and Girls (VAWG)?

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacqui True
Keyword(s):  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Intimate Partner Violence ◽  
Violence Against Women ◽  
Partner Violence ◽  
Intimate Partner ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Women And Girls ◽  
Forms Of Violence

What do we mean by VAWG? “Violence against women and girls” (VAWG) is a catch-all phrase. It includes a wide range of forms of violence. Often when people talk about VAWG in Western societies, they are referring to intimate partner violence or domestic violence...

Facets of domestic Violence suffered by women and girls in India and the legislative Framework

Think India ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 17-26
Author(s):  
Gurmeet Kaur
Keyword(s):  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Married Couples ◽  
Indian Society ◽  
Economic Issue ◽  
Right To Life ◽  
Health Development ◽  
Large Numbers ◽  
Legislative Framework ◽  
Women And Girls ◽  
Forms Of Violence

‘Domestic violence’ is multifaceted, an eminent challenge being recognized worldwide as tool for oppression of women and girls. It is the major social and economic issue in the Indian society, being raising concerns for the violation of women and girls right to life, health, development and to live with peace and comfort of house where large numbers of women’s and girls are subjected to cruelty, physical harm and various forms of violence having devastating and ill effect on them emotionally as well psychologically. This research paper aims to significantly contribute to the understanding of the various issues relating to domestic violence on women and girls occurring or alleged to have occurred within family between persons sharing same household, married couples or between intimate partners, its effects and causes. This paper further examines the adequacy of law in India to deal with the Domestic violence.

Women Rising

2020 ◽  
Vol 97 (4) ◽  
pp. 119-132
Author(s):  
Senator Connie M. Leyva
Keyword(s):  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Sexual Assault ◽  
Sexual Harassment ◽  
The State ◽  
Prison Reform ◽  
Representation Of Women ◽  
Women And Children ◽  
Women And Girls ◽  
At Home

The California Legislative Women’s Caucus has been a strong bipartisan and bicameral advocate for women and children since its founding in 1985. In 2020, more women have been elected at one time than ever before, making up 31.6 percent of the legislature, and they are working to increase the representation of women and advocate on their behalf. The Caucus has fought, and continues to fight, for change in policy areas such as childcare and prison reform, and on behalf of survivors of domestic violence, sexual harassment, and sexual assault. The Legislative Women’s Caucus has passed successful legislation that protects women at home and in the workplace. It has focused on helping women shatter glass ceilings and worked to create equitable employment environments for women and girls—working continuously to ensure that the state attends to matters that are important to California.

An International Labour Organization instrument on violence against women and men at work: The Australian influence

2017 ◽  
Vol 60 (2) ◽  
pp. 246-265
Author(s):  
Jane Aeberhard-Hodges ◽  
Ludo McFerran
Keyword(s):  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Sexual Harassment ◽  
International Labour Organization ◽  
Gender Based Violence ◽  
Gendered Violence ◽  
Reputational Risk ◽  
Australian Experience ◽  
Gender Based ◽  
Forms Of Violence ◽  
The Impact

Violence in and out of work, both domestic violence and sexual harassment, are violations of human rights and impact heavily in the workplace. All forms of violence result in a high cost for workers, employers and society in general, in lost time, injuries, complaints, staff turnover, loss of skills, and reputational risk. The International Labour Organization has decided to discuss in 2018 an international labour standard on this subject. In Australia, there has been wide recognition for some time of sexual harassment as a significant workplace issue. Now there are greater inroads toward recognizing and addressing the impact of other forms of gender-based violence in the world of work, hence the growing number of clauses in enterprise agreements and state awards aiming to mitigate the impact of domestic violence on workers, both women and men, and the movement to have clauses in modern awards that specify paid time off to allow a worker time to deal with the problem. Australian experience may help shape the proposed International Labour Organization instrument on workplace gendered violence.

Lament as Womanist Healing in Times of Global Violence

2020 ◽  
pp. 139-155
Author(s):  
Cheryl A. Kirk-Duggan
Keyword(s):  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Violence Against Women ◽  
Communal Violence ◽  
Loss And Grief ◽  
Pain And Suffering ◽  
Cultural Texts ◽  
Women And Girls

Globally, violence against women and girls is a pandemic—resulting in massive trauma and death. Certain scriptures and cultural texts condone the aggression; others adamantly protest heinous, unjust behaviors. Lament provides an avenue for naming and processing individual and communal violence, grief, and pain. This essay explores lament as response to pain and suffering generated amidst sexual and domestic violence, from a global womanist perspective. After providing a brief overview of my womanist biblical hermeneutic, this essay: (1) explores lament as a response to patriarchal misogynistic violence in Scripture, in dialog with global domestic violence; (2) explores lament embodied in selected Psalms, lamentations, and a lament by Beyoncé; and (3) concludes by invoking lament as a pathway of engaging global, daily loss and grief.

scholarly journals Shared Risk Factors for the Perpetration of Physical Dating Violence, Bullying, and Sexual Harassment Among Adolescents Exposed to Domestic Violence

2016 ◽  
Vol 45 (4) ◽  
pp. 672-686 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vangie A. Foshee ◽  
H. Luz McNaughton Reyes ◽  
May S. Chen ◽  
Susan T. Ennett ◽  
Kathleen C. Basile ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Sexual Harassment ◽  
Dating Violence ◽  
Physical Dating Violence ◽  
Shared Risk

scholarly journals Stalking: Notion, characteristics and social responses

Temida ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 3-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vesna Nikolic-Ristanovic ◽  
Marina Kovacevic-Lepojevic
Keyword(s):  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Sexual Harassment ◽  
Complex Problem ◽  
The Other ◽  
Social Responses ◽  
Legal Reforms ◽  
Workplace Abuse ◽  
Everyday Talk ◽  
The Everyday ◽  
The World

In the last two decades stalking phenomenon is recognized and actualized in the world in professional, scientific circles, in media and the everyday talk. Recently, stalking is identified as specific and complex problem studied separately from domestic violence, workplace abuse, sexual harassment, threats, following, homicide, voyeurism and the other phenomenon to which stalking may or not be related. This paper is aimed to determine the notion of stalking and its relationship with similar phenomena, to review the research about the prevalence and nature of stalking, as well as to review the measures for its prevention, supporting victims and prosecution of offenders. Finally, the paper intend to contribute toward initiation of research and legal reforms regarding stalking victimisation in Serbia.

scholarly journals Physical, sexual and psychological intimate partner violence and non-partner sexual violence against women and girls: a systematic review protocol for producing global, regional and country estimates

BMJ Open ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (8) ◽  
pp. e045574
Author(s):  
Heidi Stöckl ◽  
Lynnmarie Sardinha ◽  
Mathieu Maheu-Giroux ◽  
Sarah R Meyer ◽  
Claudia García-Moreno
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Sexual Violence ◽  
Violence Against Women ◽  
Partner Violence ◽  
Population Based ◽  
Intimate Partner ◽  
Sustainable Development Goal ◽  
Development Goal ◽  
Women And Girls ◽  
Forms Of Violence

IntroductionIn 2013, the WHO published the first global and regional estimates on physical and sexual intimate partner violence (IPV) and non-partner sexual violence (NPSV) based on a systematic review of population-based prevalence studies. In this protocol, we describe a new systematic review for the production of updated estimates for IPV and NPSV for global monitoring of violence against women, including providing the baseline for measuring Sustainable Development Goal to eliminate all forms of violence against women and girls.Methods and analysisThe systematic review will update and extend the previous search for population-based surveys (either nationally or subnationally representative) conducted among women aged 15+ years that measured the prevalence of physical, sexual, psychological and physical and/or sexual IPV, NPSV or sexual violence by any perpetrator up to December 2019. Data will be extracted separately for all age groups, setting (urban/rural), partnership status (currently partnered/ever partnered/all women) and recall period (lifetime prevalence/past 12 months). Studies will be identified from electronic searches of online databases of EMBASE, MEDLINE, Global Health and PsycInfo. A search of national statistics office homepages will be conducted for each country to identify reports on population-based, national or subnational studies that include data on IPV or NPSV published outside academic journals. Two reviewers will be involved in quality assessment and data extraction of the review. The review is planned to be updated on a continuous basis. All findings will undergo a country consultation process.Ethics and disseminationFormal ethical approval is not required, as primary data will not be collected. This systematic review will provide a basis and a follow-up tool for global monitoring of the Sustainable Development Goal Target 5.2 on the elimination of all forms of violence against women and girls.PROSPERO registration numberCRD42017054100.

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