Legal and Institutional Functionality in the Protection of Women – Victims of Domestic Violence in the Republic of Macedonia – Present Situation and Future Perspectives

2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 131
Author(s):  
Zorica Saltirovska Professor ◽  
Sunchica Dimitrijoska Professor
Keyword(s):  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Women Victims ◽  
Violence Against Women ◽  
Social Protection ◽  
National Level ◽  
Gender Based Violence ◽  
Republic Of Macedonia ◽  
The Law ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Gender Based

Gender-based violence is a form of discrimination that prevents women from enjoying the rights and liberties on an equal level with men. Inevitably, domestic violence shows the same trend of victimizing women to such a degree that the term “domestic violence” is increasingly becoming synonymous with “violence against women”. The Istanbul Convention defines domestic violence as "gender-based violence against women", or in other words "violence that is directed against a woman because she is a woman or that affects women disproportionately." The situation is similar in the Republic of Macedonia, where women are predominantly victims of domestic violence. However, the Macedonian legal framework does not define domestic violence as gender-based violence, and thus it does not define it as a specific form of discrimination against women. The national legislation stipulates that victims are to be protected in both a criminal and a civil procedure, and the Law on Prevention and Protection from Domestic Violence determines the actions of the institutions and civil organizations in the prevention of domestic violence and the protection of victims. The system for protection of victims of domestic violence closely supports the Law on Social Protection and the Law on Free Legal Aid, both of which include provisions on additional assistance for women victims of domestic violence. However, the existing legislation has multiple deficiencies and does not allow for a greater efficacy in implementing the prescribed measures for the protection of victims of domestic violence. For this reason, as well as due to the inconsistent implementation of legal solutions of this particular issue, the civil sector is constantly expressing their concern about the increasingly wider spread of domestic violence against women and about the protection capabilities at their disposal. The lack of recognition of all forms of gender-based violence, the trivial number of criminal sentences against persons who perform acts of domestic violence, the insufficient support offered to victims – including victim shelters, legal assistance, and counseling, and the lack of systematic databases on domestic violence cases on a national level, are a mere few of the many issues clearly pointing to the inevitable conclusion that the protection of women-victims of domestic violence is inadequate. Hence, the functionality and efficiency of both the existing legislation and the institutions in charge of protection and support of women – victims of domestic violence is being questioned, which is also the subject for analysis in this paper.

scholarly journals Victims of gender-based violence and their legal protection in Serbia: In relation to men's violence against women

Temida ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 111-124
Author(s):  
Ivana Vuckovic
Keyword(s):  
Gender Roles ◽  
Women Victims ◽  
Violence Against Women ◽  
Hate Crime ◽  
National Level ◽  
Legal Protection ◽  
Main Issue ◽  
Gender Based Violence ◽  
Basic Facts ◽  
Gender Based

The main issue in this work is men's violence against women as a hate crime. The author analyzes this through a feminist perspective considering the relevance of basic facts and concepts such as gender, gender roles and socialization, power, patriarchy and women's rights. The author analyzes the position of women victims of men's violence on both the international and national level, and their legal protection, in general and especially in Serbia, using a victimological approach.

Violence Against Women and Children Following the 2011 Great East Japan Disaster: Making the Invisible Visible Through Research

2018 ◽  
Vol 25 (7) ◽  
pp. 862-881 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mieko Yoshihama ◽  
Tomoko Yunomae ◽  
Azumi Tsuge ◽  
Keiko Ikeda ◽  
Reiko Masai
Keyword(s):  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Sexual Assault ◽  
Violence Against Women ◽  
Sexual Contact ◽  
Gender Based Violence ◽  
Women And Children ◽  
Gender Based ◽  
Unwanted Sexual Contact ◽  
Structured Questionnaire ◽  
The Invisible

This study reports on 82 unduplicated cases of violence against women and children after the Great East Japan Disaster of March 2011. Data were collected using a structured questionnaire from informants who worked with the disaster-affected populations. In addition to domestic violence, reported cases involved sexual assault and unwanted sexual contact, including quid pro quo assault perpetrated by nonintimates. Perpetrators often exploited a sense of fear, helplessness, and powerlessness and used threats to force compliance with sexual demands in exchange for life-sustaining resources. Findings point to the urgent need to develop measures to prevent and respond to postdisaster gender-based violence.

scholarly journals Climate Change and Violence Against Women: Study of A Flood-Affected Population in The Rural Area of Sindh, Pakistan

2020 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 65-85
Author(s):  
Falak Shad Memon
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Women Victims ◽  
Violence Against Women ◽  
Gender Based Violence ◽  
Roles And Responsibilities ◽  
Qualitative Research Methodology ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Gender Based ◽  
Experiences Of Women ◽  
Post Disaster

Climate-induced gender-based violence is an emerging area of study. Although studies on women and climate change are not new, a fresh understanding of gender-based issues and related problems are becoming of greater concern now. Women in Pakistan are generally at a disadvantage due to their societally- perceived norms, roles and responsibilities. This study aims to examine the experiences of women in flood settlement camps and to identify an association between natural disasters and violence against women. For this study, with the help of qualitative research methodology, 20 women were interviewed in the flood-prone areas of Sindh. Findings show that most women experience different types of violence, physical as well as emotional, committed by partners and even by complete strangers. The rate of such violence rises when women are displaced and are in temporary shelter facilities during a post-disaster period. Committing violence under such situations results in critical implications for both women victims and the development and implementation of gender-sensitive climate change and disaster planning policies.

Stabbed, shot, left to die: Christy Martin and gender-based violence in boxing

2020 ◽  
pp. 101269022097971
Author(s):  
Cathy van Ingen
Keyword(s):  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Violence Against Women ◽  
Media Coverage ◽  
Sociological Imagination ◽  
Criminal Trial ◽  
Gender Based Violence ◽  
Gender Based ◽  
And Gender ◽  
World Champion ◽  
A Site

This article presents a biographical narrative of Christy Martin, a former world champion boxer who survived being stabbed and shot by her trainer/husband. Rooted in a sociological imagination, this biographic research chronicles Martin’s boxing career and its entanglements with gender-based violence. The boxing industry has a widely acknowledged, yet under-reported, problem with men’s violence against women. This article aims to illustrate that women’s boxing should be critically examined for the ways in which it functions both as a site of and a sanctuary from gender-based violence. Within this paper, I draw from media coverage of Christy Martin’s boxing career, over 700 pages of transcripts from the subsequent criminal trial, an interview with Martin, as well as my own research in women’s boxing, including work with survivors of domestic violence.

scholarly journals Consequences Of Domestic Violence During Pregnancy

2008 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 85-95
Author(s):  
Shakila A. Rehman ◽  
Muhammad Shahid
Keyword(s):  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Violence Against Women ◽  
Gender Based Violence ◽  
Poor Women ◽  
Study Population ◽  
Violence During Pregnancy ◽  
Victims Of Violence ◽  
Gender Based ◽  
Private Matter ◽  
Actual Prevalence

Although gender-based violence is prevalent in all societies however it is more widespread in Pakistan. Women of all ages, from birth to old age, are victims of violence. The consequences of gender-based violence are devastating not only for women but for the whole family. Violence against women is mostly treated as a private matter and hence goes unreported and thus its actual prevalence remains little known. There are many forms of gender-based-violence. Among these, violence during pregnancy is some what less discussed. The present study examines some aspects of violence during pregnancy by the husband, and looks at its health consequences. The study was conducted in a Katchi abadi (unauthorized settlement) of Karachi, among poor women. Findings show that prevalence of violence by husbands during pregnancy is high among study population.

scholarly journals DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN IN MARRIAGE AND FAMILY RELATIONS: WAYS OF REGULATION AND LEGAL SETTLEMENT IN UKRAINE

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 40-46
Author(s):  
Olena Uliutina ◽  
Olena Artemenko ◽  
Yuliia Vyshnevska
Keyword(s):  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Violence Against Women ◽  
Family Relations ◽  
Legal Regulation ◽  
Private Life ◽  
Gender Based Violence ◽  
Marriage And Family ◽  
Domestic Violence Against Women ◽  
Psychological Harm ◽  
Gender Based

The article examines the problem of domestic violence against women in marriage and family relations, and also identifies ways for the legal regulation of this issue. It turns out that at present, violence against women is one of the main social mechanisms through which women are forced to occupy a subordinate position in comparison with men. Violence directed at women reflects the structure of subordination and power, the depth of the differences between the sexes. «Violence against women» according to UN documents means any act of violence committed on the basis of gender, which causes or may cause physical, sexual, psychological harm or suffering to a woman, as well as threats to commit such acts, coercion or arbitrary deprivation of liberty, whether in public or private life. It is concluded that in order to minimize the spread of such a negative phenomenon among the population, it is worth: to ensure the conduct of educational trainings and seminars for specialists of services for women and family affairs, social work, medical and pedagogical workers, volunteers to identify and prevent this type of crime; to strengthen public participation in the development of mechanisms and information on crimes related to domestic violence against women; improve the improvement of the collection of information of actors implementing measures to prevent and counter domestic violence and gender-based violence and establish better communication and cooperation between different bodies; ensure that the public is adequately informed about preventive measures and the ability to respond to crimes of domestic violence against women.

The Power of Bipartisan Mobilization: The Success of Tunisia’s Feminist Movement During the Coronavirus Pandemic

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-14
Author(s):  
Maro Youssef ◽  
Sarah Yerkes
Keyword(s):  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Violence Against Women ◽  
Coalition Formation ◽  
Democratic Transition ◽  
The State ◽  
Feminist Movement ◽  
Gender Based Violence ◽  
Domestic Violence Shelter ◽  
The Past ◽  
Gender Based

Abstract The Tunisian government, which is deeply divided, especially along ideological lines, responded to growing concerns over increased violence against women during the Coronavirus pandemic by establishing a new domestic violence shelter and 24/7 hotline. This article asks: Why did the state respond to gender-based violence(gbv) concerns during the Coronavirus pandemic in Tunisia, despite ideological and political divisions? We argue that the state addressed some concerns around violence during the pandemic because combatting gbv has bipartisan support in Tunisia. Tunisian Islamist and secularist women’s rights organizations succeeded in building a bipartisan coalition of support on this issue because they worked either together in a short-lived coalition or in tandem with similar goals over the past decade during the democratic transition in Tunisia. Building on the existing coalition literature, we show that feminist coalition formation before a pandemic has implications for feminists’ success in times of crisis.

scholarly journals A Two-Year Experience of Gender-Based Violence at a Pioneer One Stop Crisis Center: Sukoon

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 172-180
Author(s):  
Sunil Gambhir ◽  
Akash Deep Aggarwal ◽  
Aatika Mahajan ◽  
Ritu Setiya
Keyword(s):  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Sexual Assault ◽  
Sexual Violence ◽  
Violence Against Women ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Special Focus ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Gender Based Violence ◽  
One Stop ◽  
Gender Based

This paper examines violence against women, with a special focus on domestic violence, along with sexual violence and sexual assault, in multidimensional perspective for the period of two years so as to understand its magnitude and its impact on the rights of women in the northern part of India. Among all such cases, there were 57.2% cases of domestic violence, 20.3% cases of sexual violence and sexual assault, 17.8% cases of attempted poisoning, 1.5% cases of homicidal burns, and 1.2% cases of attempted suicide. The greatest number of cases was recorded during the spring, followed by summer. It was observed that the greatest number of cases (60.24%) was recorded under the homemaker (housewife) category of women followed by the working category (26.80%). The greatest number of cases is seen in the age group of 20 to 30 years (42.77%), followed by the age group of 30 to 40 years (23.49%). A slightly higher number of cases (51.20%) was reported from rural areas. The greatest number of cases was recorded under the domestic violence category. The second highest percentage of cases reported involved sexual violence and sexual assault. The greatest number of married cases had a duration of zero to ten years (43.37%), followed by the unmarried category (19.87%). With reference to duration of violence, the greatest number of cases is seen in the age group of zero to six months (32.53%). The greatest number of cases is seen under the no child category (40.96%). Regarding the alleged perpetrator, the greatest number of cases is seen under the husband category (23.79%), followed by unknown category (22.28%).

Peningkatan Peran Masyarakat dalam Pencegahan KDRT Melalui Penyuluhan Anti Kekerasan Berbasis Gender

MUWAZAH ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 138
Author(s):  
Cintami Farmawati
Keyword(s):  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Community Participation ◽  
Direct Observation ◽  
Religious Fundamentalism ◽  
Gender Based Violence ◽  
Government Programs ◽  
Post Test ◽  
The Law ◽  
Gender Based

The  research of participatory  aims to increase community participation in prevention of domestic violence, through counseling against gender based violence. Research location in Semarang. Data collection techniques using direct observation, interviews with counseling participants, pre test and post test. The results of the analysis show that, there is an increase in people's knowledge and understanding of the Law on the Elimination of Domestic Violence, the situation of gender based violence and the problem of assistance and government programs in the elimination of gender based violence. In addition, there is a change in attitude shown through participant participation in activities, the ability to explain and describe the material that has been conveyed by the resource person, conveying ideas and thoughts about the steps and solutions that can be done in removing gender-based violence, and then domestic violence. Therefore, a religious approach should be developed to reduce religious fundamentalism which is detrimental to women in various extension, socialization, campaign and other activities

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