Engaging the Challenges of Alleviating Wife Abuse in Northern Vietnam

2011 ◽  
Vol 33 (3) ◽  
pp. 32-37
Author(s):  
Lynn Kwiatkowski
Keyword(s):  
Wife Abuse ◽  
Abused Women ◽  
Structural Constraints ◽  
Gender Based Violence ◽  
Community Members ◽  
State Institutions ◽  
Governmental Organizations ◽  
Non Governmental Organizations ◽  
New Ideas ◽  
Gender Based

In recent years, gender-based violence has become highly visible and recognized by the Vietnamese state and the public more broadly. This article addresses the space that has recently widened, with the Vietnamese state's 1986 đôi mó'i or renovation policies, for local innovation and global influence on approaches to curtailing wife abuse and assisting women abused by their husbands. Anthropology can help us to understand some of the constraints and contradictions that can arise in such a space of innovation. For instance, ethnographic research reveals how local Vietnamese non-governmental organizations (VNGOs), state institutions, and international organizations in Vietnam can cooperate to develop and implement new and potentially beneficial programs for abused women. Yet, at the same time, frontline practitioners struggle to implement these new approaches, with cultural lenses that limit acceptance of new ideologies, few resources that provide long-term support to abused women, or, in some cases, little exposure to the new ideas. Anthropological research can assist in identifying the cultural and structural constraints experienced by individuals working with abused women and community members, and the contradictions that can arise between the shaping and the implementing of policy addressing wife abuse, particularly globally influenced ideologies and practices introduced into a society.

scholarly journals Gender-based violence in 140 characters or fewer: a #BigData case study of Twitter

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hemant Purohit ◽  
Tanvi Banerjee ◽  
Andrew Hampton ◽  
Valerie Shalin ◽  
Nayanesh Bhandutia ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Policy Development ◽  
Social Issues ◽  
Public Awareness ◽  
Geographical Location ◽  
Computational Social Science ◽  
Sociocultural Factors ◽  
Gender Based Violence ◽  
Governmental Organizations ◽  
Non Governmental Organizations ◽  
Gender Based

Humanitarian and public institutions are increasingly relying on data from social media sites to measure public attitude, and provide timely public engagement. Such engagement supports the exploration of public views on important social issues such as gender-based violence (GBV). In this study, we examine Big (Social) Data consisting of nearly fourteen million tweets collected from the Twitter platform over a period of ten months to analyze public opinion regarding GBV, highlighting the nature of tweeting practices by geographical location and gender. The exploitation of Big Data requires the techniques of Computational Social Science to mine insight from the corpus while accounting for the influence of both transient events and sociocultural factors. We reveal public awareness regarding GBV tolerance and suggest opportunities for intervention and the measurement of intervention effectiveness assisting both governmental and non-governmental organizations in policy development

scholarly journals Gender-based violence in 140 characters or fewer: a #BigData case study of Twitter

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hemant Purohit ◽  
Tanvi Banerjee ◽  
Andrew Hampton ◽  
Valerie Shalin ◽  
Nayanesh Bhandutia ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Policy Development ◽  
Social Issues ◽  
Public Awareness ◽  
Geographical Location ◽  
Computational Social Science ◽  
Sociocultural Factors ◽  
Gender Based Violence ◽  
Governmental Organizations ◽  
Non Governmental Organizations ◽  
Gender Based

Humanitarian and public institutions are increasingly relying on data from social media sites to measure public attitude, and provide timely public engagement. Such engagement supports the exploration of public views on important social issues such as gender-based violence (GBV). In this study, we examine Big (Social) Data consisting of nearly fourteen million tweets collected from the Twitter platform over a period of ten months to analyze public opinion regarding GBV, highlighting the nature of tweeting practices by geographical location and gender. The exploitation of Big Data requires the techniques of Computational Social Science to mine insight from the corpus while accounting for the influence of both transient events and sociocultural factors. We reveal public awareness regarding GBV tolerance and suggest opportunities for intervention and the measurement of intervention effectiveness assisting both governmental and non-governmental organizations in policy development

scholarly journals La reparación en casos de violencia de género en Ecuador. Apuntes preliminares sobre los desafíos de los Centros de Atención = Reparation in the Area of Gender-Based Violence in Ecuador. Preliminary Notes on the Challenges of Care Centers

2019 ◽  
pp. 149
Author(s):  
Paz Guarderas Albuja ◽  
Ana Dolores Verdú Delgado ◽  
Celsa Beatriz Carrión Berrú ◽  
Lucianne Anabel Gordillo Placencia
Keyword(s):  
Local Governments ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Gender Based Violence ◽  
Governmental Organizations ◽  
Non Governmental Organizations ◽  
Country Analysis ◽  
National Norms ◽  
Gender Based

<p><strong>Resumen</strong></p><p>En el 2018 entró en vigencia en Ecuador una nueva ley de erradicación de la violencia de género que enfatiza la reparación. En este artículo nos proponemos indagar en las concepciones en torno a la reparación en la normativa nacional, así como evidenciar las transformaciones en la atención a las víctimas de violencia de género en el país. El análisis se orienta al objetivo de identificar los obstáculos y desafíos que presenta la aplicación de la nueva ley a nivel local. Como conclusión se señala la necesidad de una mayor institucionalización de los procesos de reparación de las víctimas en un contexto en el que estos recaen principalmente sobre organizaciones no gubernamentales con escasos recursos o gobiernos locales.</p><p><strong>Abstract</strong></p><p>In 2008, a new law for eradicating gender-based violence takes effect in Ecuador, with a new emphasis on reparation. In this paper we aim to review the conceptions regarding reparation in national norms, as well as highlighting the transformations on the attention on the victims of gender-based violence in the country. Analysis is guided by the objective of identifying the obstacles and challenges present in the implementation of the new law at local level. As a conclusion we point out that need for a greater institutionalization of the processes of victims reparation in a context in which these processes lie mainly with non-governmental organizations with scant resources or local governments.</p>

scholarly journals Gender-based violence in 140 characters or fewer: A #BigData case study of Twitter

First Monday ◽  
2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hemant Purohit ◽  
Tanvi Banerjee ◽  
Andrew Hampton ◽  
Valerie L. Shalin ◽  
Nayanesh Bhandutia ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Policy Development ◽  
Social Issues ◽  
Public Awareness ◽  
Geographical Location ◽  
Computational Social Science ◽  
Sociocultural Factors ◽  
Gender Based Violence ◽  
Governmental Organizations ◽  
Non Governmental Organizations ◽  
Gender Based

Public institutions are increasingly reliant on data from social media sites to measure public attitude and provide timely public engagement. Such reliance includes the exploration of public views on important social issues such as gender-based violence (GBV). In this study, we examine big (social) data consisting of nearly 14 million tweets collected from Twitter over a period of 10 months to analyze public opinion regarding GBV, highlighting the nature of tweeting practices by geographical location and gender. We demonstrate the utility of computational social science to mine insight from the corpus while accounting for the influence of both transient events and sociocultural factors. We reveal public awareness regarding GBV tolerance and suggest opportunities for intervention and the measurement of intervention effectiveness assisting both governmental and non-governmental organizations in policy development.

scholarly journals Combating Gender-Based Violence in the Arab World

1970 ◽  
pp. 2-4
Author(s):  
Rita A. Saba
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
Family Violence ◽  
Violence Against Women ◽  
Social Relationships ◽  
Gender Inequality ◽  
Arab World ◽  
Gender Based Violence ◽  
Governmental Organizations ◽  
Non Governmental Organizations ◽  
Gender Based

In the Arab world today the movement to eradicate gender-based violence is focusing on eliminating gender inequality and on addressing social, legal, and familial relationships that condone violence. Non-governmental organizations and other partners in civil society are drafting and proposing amendments to present laws that will help eliminate gender inequality and provide the opportunity to rethink and reconstruct social relationships in the region. However, when I set out to explore this work in Lebanon it became clear that the calls for state implementation of laws targeted at eliminating violence against women on the ground are caught up in a process of translation that must address a number of complex and sometimes conflicting concerns. This is clearly reflected in the section where the controversy over the draft law aimed at protecting women from family violence is discussed.

Feminist and Human Rights Struggles in Peru

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pascha Bueno-Hansen
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Transitional Justice ◽  
Social Transformation ◽  
Historical Context ◽  
Field Studies ◽  
Gender Based Violence ◽  
Governmental Organizations ◽  
Non Governmental Organizations ◽  
Gender Based ◽  
Decolonial Feminism

This book elucidates the tension between the promise of transitional justice and persistent social inequality and impunity. In 2001, following a generation of internal armed conflict and authoritarian rule, the Peruvian state created a Truth and Reconciliation Committee (TRC). This book places the TRC, feminist and human rights movements, and related non-governmental organizations within an international and historical context to expose the difficulties in addressing gender-based violence. Its innovative theoretical and methodological framework based on decolonial feminism and a critical engagement with intersectionality facilitates an in-depth examination of the Peruvian transitional justice process based on field studies and archival research. The book uncovers the colonial mappings and linear temporality underlying transitional justice efforts and illustrates why transitional justice mechanisms must reckon with the societal roots of atrocities, if they are to result in true and lasting social transformation.

Navigating Norms: Charting Gender-Based Violence Prevention and Sexual Health Rights Through Global-Local Sport for Development and Peace Relations in Nicaragua

2018 ◽  
Vol 35 (3) ◽  
pp. 277-288 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lyndsay M.C. Hayhurst ◽  
Lisa McIntosh Sundstrom ◽  
Emma Arksey
Keyword(s):  
Gender Based Violence ◽  
Participatory Action ◽  
Girl Power ◽  
Governmental Organizations ◽  
Sport For Development ◽  
Non Governmental Organizations ◽  
Gender Based ◽  
Local Ngo ◽  
Health Rights

International non-governmental organizations (INGOs) funding sport for development and peace (SDP) programs are drawn to the promise of such initiatives for young women in global South countries such as Nicaragua to promote their sexual and reproductive health rights (SRHR) and prevent gender-based violence (GBV). While “international” feminist norms in support of “girl power” tend to be advocated by INGOs, gender norms in Nicaragua emphasize "machismo’ that tend to uphold male domination. Based on a case study of international-regional-local NGO relations as they “play out” in Nicaragua, this paper connects international relations studies that explore the conditions through which norm change “happens” with postcolonial feminist participatory action research (PFPAR). To conclude, we discuss how to better understand the tensions of "norms in conflict’ in SDP, with a particular focus on the pressures for local NGOs to accommodate—and connect—their contextual circumstances to the demands of transnational partners and the rising focus of Western donor organizations on “measurable” outcomes.

scholarly journals Effectiveness of the Communities Care programme on change in social norms associated with gender-based violence (GBV) with residents in intervention compared with control districts in Mogadishu, Somalia

BMJ Open ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. e023819 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nancy Glass ◽  
Nancy Perrin ◽  
Mendy Marsh ◽  
Amber Clough ◽  
Amelie Desgroppes ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Norms ◽  
Sexual Violence ◽  
Effect Size ◽  
Gender Based Violence ◽  
Community Members ◽  
Care Programme ◽  
Provision Of Services ◽  
Gender Based ◽  
And Control ◽  
Intervention District

ObjectiveDetermine the effectiveness of the Communities Care programme (CCP) on change in harmful social norms associated with gender-based violence (GBV) and confidence in provision of services with residents in intervention compared with control district. We hypothesised that residents in the intervention district would report a decrease in support for harmful social norms and increase in confidence in services in comparison with control district.SettingThe study was conducted in Mogadishu, Somalia.ParticipantsIn the intervention district, 192 community members (50% women) completed baseline surveys with 163 (84.9%) retained at endline. In the control district, 195 community members (50% women) completed baseline surveys with 167 (85.6%) retained at endline.InterventionCCP uses facilitated dialogues with community members to catalyse GBV prevention actions and provides training to diverse sectors to strengthen response services for GBV survivors.ResultsResidents in the intervention district had significantly greater improvement in change in social norms: (1) response to sexual violence (b=−0.214, p=0.041); (2) protecting family honour (b=−0.558, p<0.001); and (3) husband’s right to use violence (b=−0.309, p=0.003) compared with control district participants. The greatest change was seen in the norm of ‘protecting family honour’ with a Cohen’s d effect size (ES) of 0.70, followed by the norm ‘husband’s right to use violence’ (ES=0.38), and then the norm of ‘response to sexual violence’ (ES=0.28). Residents in intervention district had a significantly greater increase in confidence in provision of GBV services across diverse sectors than the control district (b=0.318, p<0.001) with an associated effect size of 0.67. There were no significant differences between residents in intervention and control districts on change in personal beliefs on the norms.ConclusionThe evaluation showed the promise of CCP in changing harmful social norms associated with GBV and increasing confidence in provision of services in a complex humanitarian setting.

scholarly journals Participatory Approach to Gap Analysis between Policy and Practice Regarding Air Pollution in Ger Areas of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (8) ◽  
pp. 3309
Author(s):  
Bonjun Koo ◽  
Jong-Il Na ◽  
Throstur Thorsteinsson ◽  
Ana Maria Cruz
Keyword(s):  
Air Pollution ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Cultural Context ◽  
Gap Analysis ◽  
Community Members ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Pollution Levels ◽  
Governmental Organizations ◽  
Non Governmental Organizations ◽  
The Government

Ulaanbaatar, the capital of Mongolia, suffers from severe air pollution during the long winter months, and its air pollution levels are among the highest in the world. Residents in the ger areas of Ulaanbaatar are unable to take advantage of the laws and policy regulations to reduce air pollution despite years of efforts to address this issue by international and local organizations including the government of Mongolia (GoM). Important challenges and barriers that have limited the success of various governmental policies that tackle air pollution problems were identified through participatory approaches. In order to do this, personal interviews were conducted with various stakeholders such as officials from central and local governments, government agencies, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), international organizations, and academia. Moreover, a workshop was conducted to elucidate the views of ger area community members in Ulaanbaatar. Based on the results of these interviews and workshop, the gaps between the policy approaches of the government, the actual conditions, and the desired situations of the residents to improve air quality in Ulaanbaatar were analyzed. The large gaps that were identified between the national and local perspectives on air pollution issues demonstrated that the reduction of air pollution in Ulaanbaatar requires solving fundamental and complex problems based on a better understanding of the specific conditions and needs of the residents of the ger areas. Moreover, active participation and discussion of the residents at the workshop indicated that community-based approaches could be applied in the cultural context of Mongolia with promising results in finding solutions.

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