WomenViolence Against WomenDomestic ViolenceSexual AbuseLegislationPatriarchyDeveloping CountriesMeasurementIt is estimated that more than 50% of the women in Latin America and the Caribbean suffer some type of family violence, in addition to other forms of violence affecting women and children in other ...
For example, statistics found by the Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL – Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean) show that education levels have increased for women across Latin America, yet participation rates in the formal workforce remain low. In most...
Women's Mental Health Abstract All women deserve a healthy life without violence, and freedom of violence is a prerequisite for global development. Violence against women and girls (VAWG) is a serious violation of human rights revealed by different configurations throughout the life of a woman. ...
Violence against women is a men’s issue—and it will take guys redefining manhood for it to change. Photo: ©Thinkstock Why is it that, when we talk about sexual violence and domestic abuse, we talk about the women involved and erase the men from the conversation? Jackson...
A recent study has also further established that men in this region exhibited higher tolerance for domestic abuse and were more likely to justify violence against women. Specifically, men in the northern region of Ghana were more likely than those from other regions to see wife-beating as a ...
Globally, nationally and locally men’s violence against women is an endemic social problem and an enduring human rights issue within all societies an
Causal Estimates of the Intangible Costs of Violence against Women in Latin America and the Caribbean Violence has a striking gender pattern. Men are more likely to be attacked by a stranger, while women experience violence mostly from their partners. Thi... JM Agüero - 《Idb Publications》 被...
In June 2023, I was zipping through the bustling streets of Haiti’s capital Port-au-Prince on the back of a motorcycle. After covering the Caribbean nation for years, I was in search of stories that could highlight the human impact of Haiti’s deepening gang...
Approaching violence against Indigenous women in the Americas from relational, intersectional and multiscalar perspectives Canadian Journal American and Caribbean Studies, 45 (2020), pp. 5-25, 10.1080/08263663.2020.1690769 Google Scholar Matamonasa-Bennett, 2015 Matamonasa-Bennett A. "A disease of the...
These harsh political and humanitarian realities of today are diverting attention from the widespread undercurrent of the lack of support and attention to violence against women and children. Many asylum seekers that arrive at the US-Mexico border are victims of domestic violence and have not had ac...