Xiaomin Yang , Yanbo Wang , Sajid Ali , Raima Nazar , Malik Mureed Hussain , Shaukat Hussain Bhatti
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Abstract
Pandemic uncertainty has exacerbated violence against women, as lockdowns and economic stresses increase tensions in households and limit access to support services. Its heightened vulnerability underscores the immediate requirement for focused interventions and resources to protect and support affected women. This investigation explores the asymmetric association between pandemic-induced uncertainty and violence against women in ten selected nations (USA, India, South Africa, Brazil, Italy, Australia, Japan, Mexico, Turkey, and Egypt). While earlier studies utilized panel data approaches, this work uses a quantile-on-quantile approach, which supports an extensive exploration of the variables' correlations tailored to individual country settings. This approach enriches the precision of our findings while delivering a thorough global standpoint, exhibiting foresight relevant to the distinct properties of numerous countries. The results point out a positive linkage between pandemic uncertainty and violence against women across several quantiles in most of our chosen nations. These findings spotlight the necessity for policymakers to carry out meticulous estimations and originate robust tactics for monitoring changes in pandemic uncertainty and the prevalence of violence against women.
期刊介绍:
Women"s Studies International Forum (formerly Women"s Studies International Quarterly, established in 1978) is a bimonthly journal to aid the distribution and exchange of feminist research in the multidisciplinary, international area of women"s studies and in feminist research in other disciplines. The policy of the journal is to establish a feminist forum for discussion and debate. The journal seeks to critique and reconceptualize existing knowledge, to examine and re-evaluate the manner in which knowledge is produced and distributed, and to assess the implications this has for women"s lives.