Gender ideology, microcredit participation and marital violence against women in rural Bangladesh

In this article, the author examines sexual violence against women during a period of mass social conflict and reflects on how this violence continues to affect sexual and political citizenship in modern Indonesia. The demonization and destruction of a particular group of Communist women, known as ‘Gerwani’, during the mass killings of 1965–1966 created an on-going, pathological discourse about politically active women as gendered and sexual ‘others’ in Indonesia. The reconfiguration of bodies through sexual violence during that period continues to shape gender ideology and sexual politics in Indonesia, particularly through the prescription of more traditional, heteronormative roles for women’s political participation. This negative association with sexuality and sexual violence affects the possibilities for women’s active citizenship in post-New Order Indonesia, and renders it difficult for women to claim sexual autonomy or sexual citizenship.

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Credit programs, patriarchy and men's violence against women in rural Bangladesh

Social Science & Medicine ◽

10.1016/s0277-9536(96)00068-8 ◽

1996 ◽

Vol 43 (12) ◽

pp. 1729-1742 ◽

Cited By ~ 251

Author(s):

Sidney Ruth Schuler ◽

Syed M. Hashemi ◽

Ann P. Riley ◽

Shireen Akhter

Keyword(s):

Violence Against Women ◽

Rural Bangladesh ◽

Credit Programs

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Battered Women: Victims or Survivors?

Social Change Review ◽

10.1515/scr-2016-0016 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 9 (1) ◽

pp. 41-66

Author(s):

Anca Bejenaru

Keyword(s):

Women Victims ◽

Battered Women ◽

Violence Against Women ◽

Rural Areas ◽

Marital Violence ◽

Academic Literature ◽

Domestic Violence Against Women ◽

Recovery And Healing ◽

Rural Police

Abstract From 1970, research into women’s responses to marital violence became much more intense than ever before. Academic literature emphasizes two explanatory perspectives: of the woman as passive victim and of the woman who uses strategies to protect herself. The main goals of this study were to explore the effectiveness of personal strategies that women use to survive violence, the factors that influence the recurrence of violence, and the demand for shelter and the role of shelters in the process of recovery and healing. We interviewed eight battered women, from rural areas, all of whom had taken refuge in shelters, some of them several time. We identified a number of psychopathological consequences of domestic violence against women. Regardless of the severity of the attacks, the assumption that women are passive in face of violence doesn’t hold water. Women’s effort to survive violence is often hampered by inefficient response of rural police and the apathy of the community at large. The study concludes with suggestions for practice.

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Aspectos demográficos e sociodemográficos de mulheres em situação de violência conjugal: estudo descritivo

Online Brazilian Journal of Nursing ◽

10.17665/1676-4285.20165380 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 15 (3) ◽

pp. 423

Author(s):

Fernanda Matheus Estrela ◽

Nadirlene Pereira Gomes ◽

Maria Enoy Neves Gusmão ◽

Josinete Gonçalves dos Santos Lirio ◽

Telmara Menezes Couto ◽

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Keyword(s):

High School ◽

Domestic Violence ◽

Data Analysis ◽

Single Mothers ◽

Violence Against Women ◽

Action Plan ◽

Marital Violence ◽

Research Support ◽

Action Research Project ◽

Black Single Mothers

Aim: To identify demographic and socioeconomic aspects of women in marital violence. Method: This is a descriptive and quantitative study, linked to an action research project under funding from the Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado da Bahia (Research Support Foundation of the Bahia State). A documentary research was carried out from the information contained in 212 cases registered in 2014 under the jurisprudence of the 1st Court of Domestic and Family Violence against Women in Salvador. Data analysis was performed through the distribution of frequencies. Result: the investigation of cases registered in 2014 revealed that the denunciation of domestic violence is performed mostly by women aged between 25 and 49 years old, black, single mothers, who have completed at least high school and are earning up to two minimum wages. Discussion: In this profile of women, already desirous of putting an end to violence, there must be an action plan so that they will not give up fighting for a life free of violence.

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