scholarly journals A Feminist Discourse Analysis of Writer's Gender Biases about Violence Against Women

2021 ◽  
Vol 0 (44) ◽  
pp. 21-45
Author(s):  
Dhafar Jamal Fadhil ◽  
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May Stephan Rezq Allah ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Violence Against Women ◽  
Social Groups ◽  
The Other ◽  
The Real ◽  
English Novel ◽  
Gender Biases ◽  
Feminist Discourse ◽  
Gender Based ◽  
Gender Influences

The present study is concerned with the writer's ideologies towards violence against women. The study focuses on analyzing violence against women in English novel to see the extent the writers are being affected and influenced by their genders. It also focuses on showing to what extent the writer's ideologies are reflected in their works. Gender influences social groups ideologies; therefore, when a writer discusses an issue that concerns the other gender, they will be either subjective or objective depending on the degree of influence, i.e., gender has influenced their thoughts as well as behaviors. A single fact may be presented differently by different writers depending on the range of affectedness by ideologies. The study aims to uncover the hidden gender-based ideologies by analyzing the discursive structure of a novel based on Van Dijk's model (2000) of ideology and racism. The selected novel is based on discussing violence against women. The study will later on reveal the real writer’s gender-based ideologies and whether the writer is a feminist or an anti-feminist? Or Is he prejudiced? Or Is he biased?

scholarly journals MULTICULTURAL FACTORS AND THE REPRESENTATION OF ACID ATTACK SURVIVORS IN INDIAN SOCIETY BASED ON MULTIMODAL DISCOURSE ANALYSIS

2021 ◽  
pp. 84-90
Author(s):  
S.Aswini CHITHRA ◽  
Archana ARUL
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Violence Against Women ◽  
Indian Society ◽  
Work Place ◽  
Gender Based Violence ◽  
Acid Attack ◽  
Indian Cinema ◽  
Multimodal Discourse Analysis ◽  
Multimodal Discourse ◽  
Gender Based

Women considered to the goddess nature and praised in the form of Land and Rivers, but struggle to buy bread and basics in day today life. Women face violence everywhere in every form such as domestic, gang rape, acid throwing, and sexual violence at work place, dowry death and forced abortion. Acid Attack is worldwide and it is considered to be the most abominable form of gender based violence against women. According to India Today Data Intelligence Unit (DIU) the statistics released by National Crime Records Bureau shows between 2014 and 2018, states that there have been 1,483 victims of acid attack happened in the country. The Victims are taunted, shamed and disfigured for no fault on theirs. It is the need of the hour to examine the gender based violence against Women in India; its cause and consequence, as this is an untold tale in the subparts of the country. On the other hand, Indian Cinema is an effective mass communication medium and continues to evolve. There is always a strong bonding between cinema and Indian Society as it is a cultural role player for Indian Audience as well as immigrants where it promotes the uniqueness of multiculturalism of Indian Society.. The role of Women in Indian Cinema acted between the dichotomy of passive subject and Pleasurable Object. Indian New wave made a shift in the screen and contributed dialogues to women‟s role and position. Women became a subject on lens. The representation of women in Indian cinema still endures with controversy and characterized by diverse interpretations in our Multicultural land. This paper aims to examine the Representation of acid attack survivors in Indian Cinema qualitatively with the help of case studies and Multimodal discourse analysis by interpreting with the Interactive and compositional meaning.

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

scholarly journals Addressing “Gender” in Gender Based Violence: A Qualitative Study of Gender Transformative Approach among Tribal’s in Jharkhand

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 67-73
Author(s):  
Vaibhav Pandey Vipul ◽  
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Singh SK ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Violence Against Women ◽  
Social Groups ◽  
Women Empowerment ◽  
Gender Based Violence ◽  
Male Violence ◽  
The Common ◽  
Gender Based ◽  
Transformative Approach

This is a case study of gender based violence among the different area of Jharkhand addressing the gender. It elaborates the common phenomenon of male violence and women empowerment in all societies and all social groups and classes. The experiences from field study are juxtaposed with a growing number of innovative violence against women program targeting men in the role of perpetuators.

SOBRE LA TIPIFICACIÓN DEL FEMINICIDIO EN ESPAÑA. ALGUNAS CONSIDERACIONES CRÍTICAS

2020 ◽  
pp. 207
Author(s):  
Fernando Vázquez-Portomeñe Seijas
Keyword(s):  
Social Groups ◽  
Criminal Policy ◽  
The Other ◽  
Legal Rights ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Penal Law ◽  
Gender Based

La propuesta de tipificar el feminicidio expresa, como pocas, la tensión existente entre las tendencias político-criminales que apuestan por una deflación de los bienes jurídicos actualmente tutelados por el legislador penal y las pretensiones de mayor intervención punitiva en beneficio de ciertos colectivos sociales. Los obstáculos y problemas de carácter práctico que suscita abogan por desecharla y por reforzar, en cambio, el uso de la agravante de discriminación por género. Dicha circunstancia proporciona la posibilidad de modular la gravedad de los delitosde homicidio o asesinato de mujeres y, también, de personas transgénero,transexuales o intersexuales, en función siempre del contexto de dominio o subordinación en que se haya provocado la muerte.The proposal of criminalizing femicide expresses the existing tension between those criminal policy trends that defend a deflation of the legal rights protected by penal law and the demands for a more punitive state for the benefit of certain social groups. The obstacles and practical problems it poses advocate for rejecting it and for reinforcing, on the other hand, the use of the aggravating circumstance relating gender-based discrimination. The above mentioned circumstance provides the possibility of modulating the seriousness of the crimes of homicide or women’s murder and, also, of transgender, transsexual or intersexual persons but always depending on the context of control or subordination in which the death was caused.

scholarly journals Rape is Rape: The Need to Criminalise Marital Rape in Tanzania

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 113-123
Author(s):  
Fatuma A Mgomba
Keyword(s):  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Violence Against Women ◽  
Married Woman ◽  
The Other ◽  
Equal Treatment ◽  
Marital Rape ◽  
Gender Based Violence ◽  
Gender Based ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Significant Opportunity

It is obvious that marriage in a patriarchal community is the backbone of society on which the whole definition of society lies. The desire to get married and stay married often overrides the risks of gender-based violence a woman faces in the marriage institution. A married woman is instructed to stay married, be obedient to her husband and never say no to his sexual demands regardless of his behaviour. Generally, women are taught to tolerate and accept acts of domestic violence (including marital rape) perpetrated against them. On the other hand, a man’s conjugal rights included his right to have sexual intercourse with his wife when he pleased. The equal treatment of women and men under the law is vital to ensuring the recognition of women as full citizens and ensuring their freedom from violence. Therefore, the criminalisation of marital rape in Tanzania constitutes a significant opportunity to enact laws which effectively proscribe marital rape specifically and violence against women generally.

Hidden “holes” in the capital of banks and the supply of credit to the real sector of economy

2018 ◽  
pp. 49-68 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. E. Mamonov
Keyword(s):  
Credit Risk ◽  
The Other ◽  
Real Sector ◽  
Capital Management ◽  
Loan Loss ◽  
Short Term ◽  
The Real ◽  
Ex Post ◽  
The One

Our analysis documents that the existence of hidden “holes” in the capital of not yet failed banks - while creating intertemporal pressure on the actual level of capital - leads to changing of maturity of loans supplied rather than to contracting of their volume. Long-term loans decrease, whereas short-term loans rise - and, what is most remarkably, by approximately the same amounts. Standardly, the higher the maturity of loans the higher the credit risk and, thus, the more loan loss reserves (LLP) banks are forced to create, increasing the pressure on capital. Banks that already hide “holes” in the capital, but have not yet faced with license withdrawal, must possess strong incentives to shorten the maturity of supplied loans. On the one hand, it raises the turnovers of LLP and facilitates the flexibility of capital management; on the other hand, it allows increasing the speed of shifting of attracted deposits to loans to related parties in domestic or foreign jurisdictions. This enlarges the potential size of ex post revealed “hole” in the capital and, therefore, allows us to assume that not every loan might be viewed as a good for the economy: excessive short-term and insufficient long-term loans can produce the source for future losses.

GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE AMONGST WOMEN WITH DISABILITIES: A CASE STUDY OF MWENEZI DISTRICT, ZIMBABWE

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 97-113 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tafadzwa Rugoho ◽  
France Maphosa
Keyword(s):  
Violence Against Women ◽  
Community Perceptions ◽  
Gender Based Violence ◽  
Group Discussions ◽  
Women With Disabilities ◽  
Qualitative Research Design ◽  
Disabled Women ◽  
Gender Based ◽  
The Impact

This article is based on a study of gender-based violence against women with disabilities. The study sought to examine the factors that make such women vulnerable, to investigate the community’s responses to gender-based violence against women with disabilities, and to determine the impact of gender-based violence on the wellbeing and health of women with disabilities. The study adopted a qualitative research design so as to arrive at an in-depth understanding of the phenomenon under study. The study sample consisted of 48 disabled women living in marital or common law unions, selected using purposive sampling. Of the 48 women in the sample, 16 were visually impaired while the remaining 32 had other physical disabilities. Focus group discussions were used for data collection. The data were analysed using the thematic approach. The finding was that women with disabilities also experience gender-based violence. The study makes recommendations whose thrust is to change community perceptions on disability as the only guarantee towards eradicating gender-based violence against women with disabilities.

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.

Evaluating government's communication strategy of the 16 Days of Activism campaign for No Violence Against Women and Children in South Africa

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 219-241
Author(s):  
Mutambuli J. Hadji
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Violence Against Women ◽  
Diffusion Of Innovation ◽  
School Curriculum ◽  
Economic Consequences ◽  
Communication Strategy ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Gender Based Violence ◽  
Women And Children ◽  
Gender Based

This article aims to evaluate government's communication strategy and citizens' awareness of the 16 Days of Activism for No Violence against Women and Children campaign in Soshanguve, South Africa. The study applied the diffusion of innovation theory because of its ability to assess how communities receive communication about the campaign from various media. Survey method was used to collect data, which was analysed using descriptive statistics. It was found out that mass media and other communication channels were main sources of campaign messages, which help the community to know how to address gender-based violence issues. Notably, this study found that females were more likely to know about the campaign than males. This article recommends that this campaign should be visible throughout the year and there should be more campaigns targeting men, and school curriculum, which educate pupils about the social and economic consequences of GBV.

scholarly journals The Impact of COVID-19 Related Lockdown on the Prevalence of Spousal Violence Against Women in Kurdistan Region of Iraq

2021 ◽  
pp. 088626052199792
Author(s):  
Kazhan I. Mahmood ◽  
Sherzad A. Shabu ◽  
Karwan M. M-Amen ◽  
Salar S. Hussain ◽  
Diana A. Kako ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Violence Against Women ◽  
Emotional Abuse ◽  
Physical Violence ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Spousal Violence ◽  
Kurdistan Region ◽  
Gender Based Violence ◽  
Effective Prevention ◽  
Gender Based ◽  
The Impact

There is increasing concern about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the lockdown’s social and economic consequences on gender-based violence. This study aimed to assess the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on gender-based violence by comparing the prevalence of spousal violence against women before and during the COVID-19 related lockdown periods. This study was conducted in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq using a self-administered online questionnaire survey after the COVID-19 lockdown period in June 2020. Data were collected from a sample of 346 married women about the occurrence, frequency, and forms of spousal violence before and during the lockdown period. Significant increases in violence were observed from the pre-lockdown period to the lockdown period for any violence (32.1% to 38.7%, p = .001), emotional abuse (29.5% to 35.0%, p = .005), and physical violence (12.7% to 17.6%, p = .002). Regarding emotional abuse, humiliation (24.6% to 28.3%, p = .041) and scaring or intimidation (14.2% to 21.4%, p < .001) significantly increased during the lockdown. For physical violence, twisting the arm or pulling hair (9.0% to 13.0%, p = .004) and hitting (5.2% to 9.2%, p = .003) significantly increased during the lockdown. Forcing to have sexual intercourse also significantly increased during lockdown (6.6% to 9.5%., p = .021). The concerned authorities and women’s rights organizations should collaborate to enhance the prevention of violence against women. An effective prevention strategy should emphasize recognizing and acknowledging the extent of the problem, raising awareness about the problem and the available resources to address it, and ensuring social and economic stability. Lessons learned about the increased prevalence of spousal violence against women during the COVID-19 pandemic and the need to adopt appropriate strategies to prevent and address it will be valuable for similar future crises.

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