Violence against women in South Asia: the need for the active engagement of the health sector. Glob Public Health. 2014;9(6):678-90.doi: 10.1080/17441692.2014.916736. Epub 2014 May 19.Jejeebhoy SJ, Santhya KG, Acharya R. Violence against women in South Asia: the need for the active ...
JUBA, Nov. 29 (Xinhua) -- Violence perpetrated against women and girls in war-torn South Sudan is among the highest in the world and twice the global average, a new report released on Wednesday reveals. According to a survey conducted by the International Rescue Committee charity and the Geo...
funding for shelters and led to the formation of nationaladvocacygroups such as the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence. In 1994 the U.S. Congress passed theViolence Against Women Act, and in 1995 Pres.Bill Clintonestablished theViolence Against Women Officein theDepartment of Justice; ...
Each woman killed is a loss in and of itself in relation to the woman whose life has been taken. On average, in the UK 58 percent of women killed by men are killed by a current or former partner. Often in these cases, the killing of a woman follows months, years or even decades o...
Sexual harassment is a pervasive and serious problem that affects the lives and well-being of many women and men in the Middle East. According to a UN Women survey, online harassment was the most common type of violence against women in nine countries in the region during the pandemic (Ranga...
Penelope E Andrews.Violence Against Women in South Africa: The Role of Culture and the Limitations of the Law. Temple Political & Civil Rights Law Review . 1999Penelope E Andrews.Violence Against Women in South Africa: The Role of Culture and the Limitations of the Law.Temple Political & ...
“Women enjoy punishment”: attitudes and experiences of gender-based violence among PHC nurses in rural South Africa Violence against women is pervasive in South Africa where, as in many other countries, cultural values and norms serve to condone and reinforce abusive pra... KM Motsei - 《Soci...
economic and social justice for all women in their diversity and to eliminate all forms of male violence against women. daccess-ods.un.org 本组织的使命是努力实现男女平等,促进妇女在公共生活和私人生活所有领 域的权利,为无论何种身份所有妇女争取经济和社会正义,消除所 有 形 式的 男子 侵害妇女的暴...
Events around the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women are coordinated by the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM). The logo of this organization consists of "UNIFEM". The letters “U” and “N” are in blue and the letters “I”, “F”, “E” an...
Issues of violence against women are becoming increasingly debated in countries of the global South, particularly as a human rights concern (Spratt 2013). This violence has its roots in gendered social, structural, and cultural marginalization; the feminization of poverty; and the legacies of ...