{"title":"Between International Policy and Local Practice: Nepali Service Providers' Constructions of Domestic Violence in Context.","authors":"Claire Willey-Sthapit, Taryn Lindhorst, Maya Magarati, Gita Neupane","doi":"10.1177/10778012241289427","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10778012241289427","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The conceptualization of social problems is an important site for examining the extent to which the knowledge and priorities of local practitioners are reflected in international policy. This study employed critical discourse analysis to examine the constructions of domestic violence (DV) used by service providers in Pokhara, Nepal, as compared with two major international women's human rights policy documents. Both constructed DV as a human rights issue that should be contextualized within patriarchal and intersecting oppressions. Service providers additionally emphasized the denial of rights and entitlements of family life as DV. This finding underscores the long-term risks that survivors navigate and suggests that international human rights policymakers should broaden conceptualizations of DV.</p>","PeriodicalId":23606,"journal":{"name":"Violence Against Women","volume":" ","pages":"10778012241289427"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2024-11-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142629342","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Love's Paradox: Unraveling the Dynamics of Love and Psychological Intimate Partner Violence Against Women.","authors":"Cécylia Ablana, Patrick Raynal, Natalène Séjourné","doi":"10.1177/10778012241297257","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10778012241297257","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study investigates the connection between psychological intimate partner violence (IPV) and love components in relationships, surveying 1,061 women. Using Sternberg's Triangular Love Scale, participants assessed Intimacy, Commitment, and Passion, revealing four clusters (\"Moderate Love,\" \"No Love,\" \"Low Passion,\" and \"Mostly Passion\"). ANCOVA (analysis of covariance) analysis, with age as covariate, highlighted significant differences in Intimacy, Commitment, and Passion among clusters, validating the classification. Surprisingly, the \"Mostly Passion\" cluster exhibited higher severe psychological aggression and specific controlling behaviors than the \"Low Passion\" group. These findings emphasize the intricate relationship between love components and psychological IPV, suggesting tailored interventions for healthier relationships and victim support.</p>","PeriodicalId":23606,"journal":{"name":"Violence Against Women","volume":" ","pages":"10778012241297257"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2024-11-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142629346","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Obstetric Violence (OV) Consequences and Coping Strategies: Insights Through the Voices of Arab and Jewish Women in Israel.","authors":"Dganit Sharon, Raghda Alnabilsy","doi":"10.1177/10778012241292291","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10778012241292291","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This qualitative research amplifies the voices of Jewish and Arab women in Israel, illuminating their experiences with obstetric violence, its consequences, and coping strategies. The premise of this study is the feminist approach that aims to eradicate phenomena related to gender and patriarchal structures affecting women, their bodies, and their health. The research was based on the qualitative-constructivist methodology, by means of thematic analysis of 20 in-depth semistructured interviews. Two main themes emerged: first, consequences (e.g., physical, emotional, spousal relationships, and mistrust) and second, women's coping strategies (e.g., repression, avoidance, garnering inner strengths, resilience, and relying on external help).</p>","PeriodicalId":23606,"journal":{"name":"Violence Against Women","volume":" ","pages":"10778012241292291"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2024-11-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142629349","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Violence Against WomenPub Date : 2024-11-01Epub Date: 2023-07-07DOI: 10.1177/10778012231183653
Hailey Powers Mondragon, Callie Marie Rennison
{"title":"But Someone Was Right There: An Examination of How Third-Party Presence Is Associated With Rape and Sexual Assault Victim Help-Seeking Behavior and Reports to Police.","authors":"Hailey Powers Mondragon, Callie Marie Rennison","doi":"10.1177/10778012231183653","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10778012231183653","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This research evaluates whether third-party presence is associated with rape and sexual assault (RSA) victims help-seeking and reporting to police, addressing a gap in the literature about how the presence of a third-party is associated with victim behavior. This research uses secondary data from the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS). Findings indicate that third-party presence has no statistically significant association with help-seeking and marginal significance with police reporting. This research focuses on third-party presence as a precursor to understanding victim help-seeking behaviors and reports to police. This research raises questions about the expected role of third parties in RSA victimizations.</p>","PeriodicalId":23606,"journal":{"name":"Violence Against Women","volume":" ","pages":"3704-3725"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9749516","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Violence Against WomenPub Date : 2024-11-01Epub Date: 2022-07-25DOI: 10.1177/10778012221116475
{"title":"Corrigendum to Chinese Women's Financial Independence and Their Intimate Partner Violence Victimization Experience.","authors":"","doi":"10.1177/10778012221116475","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10778012221116475","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":23606,"journal":{"name":"Violence Against Women","volume":" ","pages":"3796"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9317582","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Violence Against WomenPub Date : 2024-11-01Epub Date: 2023-06-12DOI: 10.1177/10778012231177999
Consuelo Corradi, Stellamarina Donato
{"title":"Movements' Dynamics and Government Responsiveness to Violence Against Women: A Study Set Against Political and Social Change in Spain and Italy.","authors":"Consuelo Corradi, Stellamarina Donato","doi":"10.1177/10778012231177999","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10778012231177999","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Actions to counter violence against women are a fully fledged policy field with significant differences across countries. Through a comparative analysis of Spain and Italy, this article maps the interplay between women's movements and national governments in launching violence against women (VAW) policies. In Spain, policy formation was the outcome of dual feminist-socialist activism, leading to dialogue between movements and the government. In Italy, movements opposed the government from the outside. In both countries, the critical factor inciting responsiveness on VAW was not one single variable but a combination of political opportunity, movement identity, dedicated women's policy agencies, and the soft power of international institutions.</p>","PeriodicalId":23606,"journal":{"name":"Violence Against Women","volume":" ","pages":"3609-3632"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9612375","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Violence Against WomenPub Date : 2024-11-01Epub Date: 2023-06-12DOI: 10.1177/10778012231179216
Edwin Rubio Medina, Luisa Castaneda Quintana
{"title":"Between Voices and Silence: Indigenous Women and Sexual Offenses by Men Among the Arhuaco People.","authors":"Edwin Rubio Medina, Luisa Castaneda Quintana","doi":"10.1177/10778012231179216","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10778012231179216","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The field of legal anthropology has widely debated Indigenous Peoples' justice practices. However, Indigenous Peoples' legal perspective on sexual offenses remains understudied. In this respect, this article approaches the spiritual and political dimensions of the Arhuaco People's justice system to examine its procedures and sanctions. We want to understand how the Arhuaco People administer justice in cases where male community members are allegedly responsible for committing sexual crimes against women. During fieldwork in the Arhuaco territory, the authors employ methodologies drawn from the procedural paradigm-legal conscience studies as an interpretive framework to understand how Arhuaco women conceive legal phenomena.</p>","PeriodicalId":23606,"journal":{"name":"Violence Against Women","volume":" ","pages":"3776-3795"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11538766/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9612376","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Violence Against WomenPub Date : 2024-11-01Epub Date: 2023-06-07DOI: 10.1177/10778012231179212
Evelyn Rose, Charlotte Mertens, Jennifer Balint
{"title":"Structural Problems Demand Structural Solutions: Addressing Domestic and Family Violence.","authors":"Evelyn Rose, Charlotte Mertens, Jennifer Balint","doi":"10.1177/10778012231179212","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10778012231179212","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Despite the global recognition of domestic and family violence (DFV) as an outcome of unequal power relations between men and women, dominant frameworks for addressing DFV do not target the structural nature of the problem. Drawing on research conducted in partnership with the Federation of Community Legal Centres in Australia, we argue that a distinction needs to be made between what is genuinely structural change and what is system reform. Using intersectional feminist and decolonial theory and praxis, we reflect on what a structural approach to DFV could look like: one that confronts and actively tries to change the structural conditions that give rise to women's individual and collective vulnerability and victimization.</p>","PeriodicalId":23606,"journal":{"name":"Violence Against Women","volume":" ","pages":"3633-3655"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11538752/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9590461","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Violence Against WomenPub Date : 2024-11-01Epub Date: 2023-06-05DOI: 10.1177/10778012231179219
Michal Dolev-Cohen
{"title":"A Qualitative Study of How Israeli Arab Educational Counselors Handle Image-Based Sexual Abuse of Female Adolescents.","authors":"Michal Dolev-Cohen","doi":"10.1177/10778012231179219","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10778012231179219","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Image-based sexual abuse (IBSA) refers to the nonconsensual production, dissemination, or threat of dissemination of private sexual images of another. Arabs belong to a conservative society where the distribution of a nude photo constitutes a violation of the dignity of the family and may have serious consequences. Based on semistructured in-depth interviews, the present study examined how 32 Arab educational counselors in Israel handle IBSA. Findings suggest that counselors identified the victim as experiencing difficulties that allowed her to be harmed. Also, it was found that counselors were afraid it might harm the victims on the grounds of family honor. These findings indicate that it is necessary to find culturally sensitive solutions both for the prevention and treatment of this phenomenon.</p>","PeriodicalId":23606,"journal":{"name":"Violence Against Women","volume":" ","pages":"3656-3675"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11538759/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9632672","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Violence Against WomenPub Date : 2024-11-01Epub Date: 2023-06-26DOI: 10.1177/10778012231182408
Gervin Ane Apatinga, Eric Y Tenkorang
{"title":"\"The Little Money I Get Is Used to Buy Drugs\": A Qualitative Exploration of the Economic Cost of Intimate Partner Violence for Female Survivors in Ghana.","authors":"Gervin Ane Apatinga, Eric Y Tenkorang","doi":"10.1177/10778012231182408","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10778012231182408","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Empirical research confirms the economic costs of intimate partner violence (IPV) for women. Yet, scholarship on this topic is lacking in Ghana, where IPV against women is commonplace. We used in-depth interviews with 15 female survivors of IPV in the Eastern Region to examine the economic costs of IPV for women. Findings showed that the economic costs were both direct and indirect. Direct costs included out-of-pocket payments for medical and nonmedical services, while indirect costs included diminished work abilities, increased absenteeism from work, and lowered work productivity. Ghanaian policymakers must enforce and strengthen policies to prevent violence against women.</p>","PeriodicalId":23606,"journal":{"name":"Violence Against Women","volume":" ","pages":"3498-3514"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11538753/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9683839","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}