A history of gender-based violence.

2017 ◽  
pp. 153-173
Author(s):  
Sarah L. Cook ◽  
Rebecca A. Wilson ◽  
Emily B. Thomas
Keyword(s):  
Gender Based Violence ◽  
History Of ◽  
Gender Based

scholarly journals A VIOLÊNCIA DE GÊNERO NO BRASIL: O CASO DOS CRIMES PASSIONAIS

2012 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 21
Author(s):  
MARCELO GONÇALVES SOSA
Keyword(s):  
Gender Issues ◽  
Gender Violence ◽  
Gender Based Violence ◽  
Crimes Of Passion ◽  
Legal Literature ◽  
Concrete Problem ◽  
History Of ◽  
Gender Based

RESUMOO artigo que segue pretende focalizar a violência de gênero no Brasil, notadamente uma de suas manifestações- os crimes passionais- através da análise de textos de autores elencados aqui e que tem versado sobre esse tema ao longo da história do Brasil. Assim partimos de um problema concreto qual seja: os crimes passionais podem ser considerados questões de gênero? Partindo assim, desse mote, identificamos na literatura jurídica elementos que apontam nessa direção e corroboram essa assertiva. Nesse ínterim, episódios relacionados aos crimes passionais que envolveram adultérios ou suspeitas de adultérios tiveram um tratamento diferenciado. No estado patriarcal de cunho marcadamente machista, os homens quando acusados de adultério recebiam um tratamento benevolente. Ao contrário quando as mulheres eram acusadas de adúlteras, recebiam da sociedade, a reprovação e muitos homens agiam contra elas da forma mais violenta, respondendo ao que a sociedade esperava deles, ou seja, a morte ou mutilação da mulher. Assim quando nos referimos aos crimes passionais ou crimes da paixão, estamos tratando de um universo marcante da violência de gênero que engloba análises de vários matizes e tendências.Palavras-chave: violência, gênero, crimes passionais. ABSTRACTThe following article intends to focus on gender violence in Brazil, especially one of its manifestations, crimes of passion, through analysis of texts by authors listed here who have learned about this theme throughout the history of Brazil. So we start with a concrete problem which is: crimes of passion can be considered gender issues? Starting then, this theme, we identified elements in the legal literature pointing in that direction and support this assertion. In the meantime, episodes related to crimes of passion involving adultery or suspected adultery had a different treatment. In the state's patriarchal slant markedly macho men when accused of adultery received benevolent treatment. Unlike when they were accused of adulterous women, received the society, the reproach and many men were acting against them in the most violent, responding to what society expected of them, ie, death or mutilation of women. So when we refer to crimes of passion or crimes of passion, we are dealing with a universe marked gender-based violence which includes analysis of various hues and trends.Keywords: violence, gender, crimes of passion. Identificador de Objeto Digital (DOI)10.5902/198136947171 

scholarly journals Domestic violence detection amid the COVID-19 pandemic: the value of the WHO questionnaire in Emergency Medicine

QJM ◽  
2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martina Di Franco ◽  
Giuseppe Fabio Martines ◽  
Giuseppe Carpinteri ◽  
Guglielmo Trovato ◽  
Daniela Catalano
Keyword(s):  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Emergency Room ◽  
Keyword Search ◽  
Gender Based Violence ◽  
Period 2 ◽  
Violence Detection ◽  
History Of ◽  
Gender Based ◽  
Health Rights ◽  
Design And Methods

Abstract Background Gender-based violence affects 35 to 45% of women worldwide, mostly coming from domestic violence. A good screening procedure in clinical practice is useful, but WHO does not advise universal screening, recommending further research. Aim (1) To report the frequency of domestic violence cases among admissions to the Emergency Room of a major Italian Hospital in 2020, including during complete “Lockdown” period; (2) to document acute and chronic health effects of domestic violence and (3) to asses usefulness of the WHO screening as a tool for uncovering cases which would otherwise remain hidden. Design and Methods A database containing all the information recorded for each of 19,160 patients in the Emergency Room was constructed by a keyword search (“violence”, “assault”, “trauma”) to filter the data and retrieve cases of violence in the period between January 1st-June 2nd 2020. The self-administered questionnaire of the WHO Multi-country Study on Women’s Health and Domestic Violence against Women was used in women referred to the emergency room for any cause, excluding trauma. Results 22.67% disclosed a recent history of domestic violence, after completing the WHO questionnaire. Of those not participating to the survey, diagnosis of domestic violence was only 0.6%(128/19,160). Conclusion Power of detection of domestic violence by the WHO questionnaire is very high, while the frequency of occurrence of these events in this population was considerable. Seemingly, it elicits the responsiveness to the topic of the volunteer interviewees. Its use should be firmly recommended, reasonably, while Covid-19 pandemic is affecting health, rights and response.

‘We Want Freedom Not Just Safety’: Biography of a Girlfesto as a Strategic Tool in Youth Activism

Young ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 110330882093759 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marnina Gonick ◽  
Catherine Vanner ◽  
Claudia Mitchell ◽  
Anuradha Dugal
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Gender Based Violence ◽  
Community Art ◽  
Riot Grrrl ◽  
History Of ◽  
Global North ◽  
Social Visions ◽  
Gender Based ◽  
North And South

Girls are increasingly visible as activists demanding social change, equity and justice. Yet communication between girls and policymakers is fraught with challenges over how to translate young people’s knowledge into policy change. This article traces the history of the manifesto as a form for the marginalized to articulate new social visions, drawing on the Riot grrrl manifestos as examples of this genre. It describes the creation of the first Girlfesto at the 2018 Circles Within Circles event that brought together girls, young people, activists, researchers, and policymakers from six countries in the Global North and South to consider the role of community art-based activism by girls and young people in challenging gender-based violence, concentrating on colonial systems of violence against indigenous women and girls in Canada and South Africa. We analyse the Montebello Girlfesto and the opportunities and challenges in using the Girlfesto model, with reflections from girl participants.

Determinants of Gender-Based Violence and Its Physiological Effects Among Women in 12 African Countries

2019 ◽  
pp. 088626051988853 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ayodeji Emmanuel Iyanda ◽  
Kwadwo Adu Boakye ◽  
Omowumi Helen Olowofeso ◽  
Yongmei Lu ◽  
Jaclyn Salcido Giles
Keyword(s):  
Alcohol Consumption ◽  
Gender Equality ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Physiological Effect ◽  
Demographic And Health Surveys ◽  
Physiological Effects ◽  
Gender Based Violence ◽  
African Countries ◽  
History Of ◽  
Gender Based

Goals 3 and 5 of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals are to promote good health and well-being and to achieve gender equality, respectively. To successfully move toward these goals in the area of gender equality, there is the need to understand the underlying legislative or laws that protect women and girls from all forms of domestic violence (DV), including gender-based violence (GBV). The cardinal objective of this study, therefore, was to examine the risk factors of GBV and the physiological effects of GBV. To date, few studies have quantified the relationship between laws on DV and the incidence of DV/GBV. This article fills that gap by using Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) data of 12 African countries. We applied multivariate logistic regression to estimate the association of the absence of laws on DV, men dominant power, history of violence, alcohol consumption, women’s attitude toward men’s violence perpetration, and decision-making power with the scores of GBV and physiological effects of GBV. Group Kruskal–Wallis Rank test was used to determine the variation of the two outcomes among the 12 countries. Results show significant disparities in the score of GBV, H test (11) = 168,217, p < .001, and score of physiological effects, H test (11) = 122,127, p < .001, among the 12 countries. Specifically, Ghana, Namibia, Rwanda, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Sierra Leone, and Togo reported the highest physiological effect of GBV. Presence of DV laws, male dominance, alcohol consumption, history of abuse, and women empowerment predict GBV and the physiological effect of GBV. Thus, building strong legal frameworks against all forms of DV and empowering women may reduce the incidence of GBV and physiological effects of GBV for all African women.

The Life and death of Anene Booysen: Colonial discourse, gender-based violence and media representations

2017 ◽  
Vol 47 (4) ◽  
pp. 470-481 ◽  
Author(s):  
Floretta Boonzaier
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Violence ◽  
Media Representations ◽  
Collective Consciousness ◽  
Colonial History ◽  
Colonial Discourse ◽  
Gender Based Violence ◽  
Gendered Violence ◽  
Life And Death ◽  
History Of ◽  
Gender Based

This article makes the argument that representations of gendered and sexual violence, its perniciousness and its persistence need to be traced historically, not just to the recent history of apartheid but to a longer colonial history, which has continued relevance for the ways in which bodies and subjectivities are coded. Media reportage on the death of Anene Booysen in 2013 is read through a decolonial feminist lens to argue that it tells us something of the enduring legacy of coloniality, to illustrate how gendered violence is made meaningful in our collective consciousness, and to show that it demands a rethinking of our framing of gendered violence in the present.

scholarly journals A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Associated Factors of Gender-Based Violence against Women in Sub-Saharan Africa

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (9) ◽  
pp. 4407
Author(s):  
Muluken Dessalegn Muluneh ◽  
Lyn Francis ◽  
Kingsley Agho ◽  
Virginia Stulz
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Alcohol Consumption ◽  
Associated Factors ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Gender Based Violence ◽  
History Of ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
Gender Based ◽  
Family Abuse ◽  
Ssa Countries

A systematic review and meta-analysis were employed to address the associated factors of gender-based violence (GBV) in sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries. The Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analysis guidelines were followed. Ovid Medline, CINAHL, Cochrane Central, Embase, Scopus and Web of Science were used to source articles with stringent eligibility criteria. A total of 4931 studies were found and 50 studies met the inclusion criteria. Pooled meta-analyses revealed that low educational attainment, higher alcohol consumption, substance use, history of child and family abuse, limited decision-making skills, experiencing depression, males having multiple sexual partners, and younger age were found to be individual- and family-associated factors that increase the experiences of GBV. Community tolerant attitudes to violence, women’s unemployment, being Muslim, lower socioeconomic class, food and social insecurity were found to be community- and societal-associated factors of GBV. Alcohol consumption, low educational attainment, experiencing depression, being younger, a history of child and family abuse, tolerant attitudes to violence, and low socioeconomic status were poignant factors associated with GBV amongst women in SSA countries. The need to develop a multipronged approach of intervention is a top priority in SSA to reach the Sustainable Development Goals’ (SDGs) target of 2030 to eliminate all forms of violence. Socio-behavioural change communication interventions at individual and community levels need to be introduced, and interventions need to address the prevention of child and family abuse and increase women’s feelings of empowerment in order to prevent GBV in SSA.

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