Violence Against WomenPub Date : 2026-09-01Epub Date: 2026-04-13DOI: 10.1177/10778012261440233
Sara Delmedico
{"title":"Special Issue: Gendered Violence, the State, and the Individual-A Legal and Historical Approach.","authors":"Sara Delmedico","doi":"10.1177/10778012261440233","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10778012261440233","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This article introduces the special issue entitled Gendered Violence, the State and the Individual. A Legal and Historical Approach by using a judgment issued by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights in 2021 as example of the ambiguous societal and statal responses to gendered violence. Key feminist theories are outlined in order to expose the several facets and forms of violence and the State's critical role in combating, eradicating, and preventing, but also in perpetrating and perpetuating violence. Altogether, the special issue exposes the ambivalence of the State as protector and oppressor in both the public and private dimensions and aims to advocate for the need of a deeply socio-cultural, global and holistic approach that implements an inclusive and transformative justice.</p>","PeriodicalId":23606,"journal":{"name":"Violence Against Women","volume":" ","pages":"3805-3810"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147677157","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 : 2026-09-01Epub Date: 2025-09-02DOI: 10.1177/10778012251372553
Eli Buchbinder, Zvi Eisikovits
{"title":"Transforming the Self: Metaphors Used by Israeli Abused Women.","authors":"Eli Buchbinder, Zvi Eisikovits","doi":"10.1177/10778012251372553","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10778012251372553","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Freeing the self from ongoing intimate partner violence is only part of overcoming its harmful consequences. Changes in the experience of abused women and their phenomenological world following separation or divorce from the perpetrator is essential for the process of recovery. This study analyzed the metaphors used by abused women to describe their lifeworld in violence and the processes experienced after the divorce, including transformation and emerging resilience. It was based on semi-structured interviews with a purposive sample of 12 women aged 33-55 years. They had been married for 5-30 years and were interviewed at least 5 years after divorcing their violent partners. Interpretive phenomenological analysis of the metaphors identified two key processes of change in the lifeworld of the women: (a) movement from emotional numbness and alienation from the self to reconnecting and (b) movement from couplehood based on men's control of decision-making to a sense of control and trust in their ability to cope and orient themselves in the world. The discussion focuses on the abused women's meaning-making, identifying a dialectical process between past and present.</p>","PeriodicalId":23606,"journal":{"name":"Violence Against Women","volume":" ","pages":"4215-4235"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144971042","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 : 2026-09-01Epub Date: 2026-04-07DOI: 10.1177/10778012261440223
Hannah K Richards
{"title":"Locating Victimhood: Sexual Violence and Institutional Gaslighting in the British Military.","authors":"Hannah K Richards","doi":"10.1177/10778012261440223","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10778012261440223","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This article examines how the British military responds to sexual violence experienced by its servicewomen. Drawing on observations of 15 hearings at a British military court center, it argues that the logic of operational effectiveness saturates the material and conceptual foundations of military justice. The article shows how the institution is imagined as the victimized subject within the military courts, in turn creating the conditions for the institutional gaslighting of the victim-survivors of sexual violence. This article is the first in-depth, qualitative study of the British military courts, and provides an important new empirical contribution to the study of sexual violence within militaries.</p>","PeriodicalId":23606,"journal":{"name":"Violence Against Women","volume":" ","pages":"3850-3875"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13332179/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147628572","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}
Camila Cánepa, Romina Vasco, Carolina Justo Von Lurzer, Beatriz Peralta
{"title":"A Rights-Based Approach to the Script and Choreography of the Birthing Scene.","authors":"Camila Cánepa, Romina Vasco, Carolina Justo Von Lurzer, Beatriz Peralta","doi":"10.1177/10778012261484117","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10778012261484117","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Obstetric violence is reported worldwide; we aimed to explore women's childbirth experiences, including those recalled many years later, through their own accounts and those of companions, fostering meaningful participant involvement. Totally, 86 students and teachers from 5 Argentinean adult schools participated in group interviews; 18 more contributed to refining the emerging analytical categories. Within \"the birthing scene,\" we analyzed discursive elements (\"script\") and their manifestations in space (\"choreography\"). Findings show how these cultural patterns shape interactions, limiting women's options for action and for memory. We propose script and choreography can leave deep marks on women's life paths, exceeding the scene as a mental load.</p>","PeriodicalId":23606,"journal":{"name":"Violence Against Women","volume":" ","pages":"10778012261484117"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148875805","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 : 2026-09-01Epub Date: 2026-04-07DOI: 10.1177/10778012261440219
Federica Valerio
{"title":"Reframing Institutional Responsibility for Gender-Based Violence Against Women: Feminist Legal Theory, International Law and Due Diligence.","authors":"Federica Valerio","doi":"10.1177/10778012261440219","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10778012261440219","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Feminist legal theory exposes how laws and institutions have historically reproduced patriarchal power and gender-based violence. Within international law, the principle of due diligence has become a key framework for redefining state responsibility, requiring not only the punishment of individual perpetrators but also the prevention and redress of structural forms of harm. Through a feminist and intersectional lens, due diligence moves beyond formal compliance to demand institutional accountability grounded in situated knowledge. This perspective envisions justice as a transformative process that compels states to confront the cultural and epistemic hierarchies sustaining violence and to reconstruct legal practices toward genuine gender-sensitive governance.</p>","PeriodicalId":23606,"journal":{"name":"Violence Against Women","volume":" ","pages":"3833-3849"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147628640","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 : 2026-09-01Epub Date: 2025-09-19DOI: 10.1177/10778012251379421
Kirsty Forsdike, Jessica Ison, Elena Wilson, Jacqui Theobald, Mette Hotker, Alex Donaldson, Hannah Korsmeyer, Leesa Hooker
{"title":"Alcohol and Drug Facilitated Sexual Violence: Using the World Café Method for a Multi-Stakeholder Collaborative Approach to Prevention Development.","authors":"Kirsty Forsdike, Jessica Ison, Elena Wilson, Jacqui Theobald, Mette Hotker, Alex Donaldson, Hannah Korsmeyer, Leesa Hooker","doi":"10.1177/10778012251379421","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10778012251379421","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This article presents a study exploring the prevention of alcohol and drug (AOD)-facilitated sexual violence. A participatory action research/appreciative inquiry method, World Café Forum, was used to take a multi-stakeholder approach to explore prevention initiatives. Thirty-two individuals from 14 stakeholder organizations attended. Analysis established five recurring themes, overlayed by power imbalances: education and training; policy-led initiatives; holding people accountable; social information campaigns; and cultural change. Responsibility for addressing the issue is contested. The greatest opportunity to address AOD-facilitated sexual violence lies with organizations, with a focus on restorative justice. Policy frameworks and place-based initiatives are required.</p>","PeriodicalId":23606,"journal":{"name":"Violence Against Women","volume":" ","pages":"4341-4356"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13332160/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145092584","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 : 2026-09-01Epub Date: 2026-04-21DOI: 10.1177/10778012261440227
Elif Şeyban, Francesca Zanasi, Marco Albertini
{"title":"Women's Socioeconomic Status and Violence Against Women: The Case of Turkey.","authors":"Elif Şeyban, Francesca Zanasi, Marco Albertini","doi":"10.1177/10778012261440227","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10778012261440227","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study analyses the relationship between women's socio-economic status and intimate partner violence in Turkey using data from the Turkish National Research on Domestic Violence on 6,488 women. It explores if and how women's educational level and employment status influence the risk of physical, sexual, emotional, and economic violence, testing both the amelioration, which argues that women's empowerment reduces violence, and the backlash hypothesis, which suggests that men may respond to women's rising status with violence. Findings indicate that education is protective against intimate partner violence, supporting the amelioration hypothesis, while employed women and those more educated than their partners face higher risks, consistent with the backlash hypothesis. The study highlights the importance of adopting a multifaceted approach to women's empowerment.</p>","PeriodicalId":23606,"journal":{"name":"Violence Against Women","volume":" ","pages":"3925-3950"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13332169/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147782682","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}
{"title":"Understanding Adolescents' Perspectives on Street Harassment in Kathmandu, Nepal, Using Video Vignettes.","authors":"Anna Bolgrien, Deborah Levison, Binu Sharma","doi":"10.1177/10778012261484148","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10778012261484148","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>After viewing a cartoon video vignette, girls and boys ages 12-17 in peri-urban Kathmandu, Nepal, were asked how a girl character felt and reacted to street harassment. Using survey questions, interviews, and focus groups, researchers address four themes: awareness of harassment, a desire to confront harassers, the need to rely upon adult intervention, and desire for social change. Findings indicate that even young girls are affected by the patriarchal project of restricting movements and dress of females. Girls' desire to confront harassers and for social change is encouraging, but generational power differentials leave them dependent on finding allies among adults.</p>","PeriodicalId":23606,"journal":{"name":"Violence Against Women","volume":" ","pages":"10778012261484148"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148875845","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 : 2026-09-01Epub Date: 2026-04-13DOI: 10.1177/10778012261440249
Majka Ryan, Noreen Heraty
{"title":"\"Slipping Through the Net\": Support Workers' Perspectives on Domestic Violence Services for Minority Ethnic Women.","authors":"Majka Ryan, Noreen Heraty","doi":"10.1177/10778012261440249","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10778012261440249","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>To advance more equitable access to supports for all victim-survivors of domestic violence (DV), this article evidences the complexity of Domestic Violence Support Service (DVSS) provision to minority ethnic women in Ireland. Drawing on semi-structured interviews with DVSS providers, it shows how compounded structural and intersectional challenges affect support quality and limit providers' capacity to understand and identify with these women's experiences. The article reveals providers' approaches and identifies systemic, institutional, and practical barriers to effective DV support. Using intersectionality and role-taking, the article offers a holistic understanding of structural and practical shortcomings that adversely affect both minority ethnic women and support workers.</p>","PeriodicalId":23606,"journal":{"name":"Violence Against Women","volume":" ","pages":"3951-3977"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13332163/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147677097","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}
{"title":"Funding Postassault Care: Typologies of State SAMFE Payment Systems in U.S. Legislation.","authors":"Bridget Diamond-Welch, Quinn Daniel, Waverly Patterson, Pimthong Thongtad","doi":"10.1177/10778012251394968","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10778012251394968","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Sexual assault medical forensic exams (SAMFEs) are essential for survivor care and justice system engagement. To receive federal STOP grant funding, states must ensure survivors are not billed for SAMFEs. However, states vary widely in what services are covered, leading to inconsistent implementation, billing errors, and institutional confusion. This study reviews codified statutes from all 50 states to develop a typology of SAMFE payment systems, focusing on governance, covered services, and fiscal caps. The framework highlights structural variation and provides a foundation for future research and policy development aimed at improving trauma-informed, equitable care for survivors.</p>","PeriodicalId":23606,"journal":{"name":"Violence Against Women","volume":" ","pages":"4357-4374"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2026-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145514380","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}