scholarly journals Home is where the female is: Analysing the geography of gender inequalities and the home

Topophilia ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 32-36
Author(s):  
Janine Isaac
Keyword(s):  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Housing Policy ◽  
Violence Against Women ◽  
Comprehensive Approach ◽  
Gender Inequalities ◽  
Public Realm ◽  
Private Space ◽  
The Public ◽  
Socially Constructed ◽  
Domestic Violence Against Women

Discourses on the home as a physicality often recount on romantic or nostalgic notions such as safety, comfort, and identity. Home as a defined boundary from the public realm and as a private space can be conceptualised as a gendered landscape, in which women are confined to roles involving reproductive and domestic labor. Thus, in a paradoxical sense, although home is socially constructed to fit ideals and create a space of material safety, it can also create a geography of difference in terms of women and the systemic barriers that can lead to violence against women, such as domestic or familial violence. This paper discusses the geography of the home and its physical and social attributes as it intersects with gender inequalities. Moreover, an intersectional and focused analysis on how domestic violence can occur because of gendered perceptions in the home is provided. This introductory research paper examines existing literature and can add to the limited research in domestic violence against women. Thus, the paper may be used to inform future housing policy such that a more comprehensive approach which includes domestic violence perspectives are considered.

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yevheniia Duliba ◽  
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Olena Drozdova ◽  
Mila Khmara ◽  
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...  
Keyword(s):  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Social Services ◽  
Violence Against Women ◽  
Public Awareness ◽  
Effective Interaction ◽  
Gender Inequalities ◽  
Negative Stereotypes ◽  
Domestic Violence Against Women ◽  
Psychological Assistance ◽  
Domestic Violence Prevention

The article deals with the situation of domestic violence against women in Ukraine during the COVID-19 pandemic. A comparison of various statistical and reporting materials of the Ministry of Social Policy of Ukraine, the National Police of Ukraine, courts, free legal aid centres, international organizations led to the conclusion that although in Ukraine there is intolerance of domestic violence against women in its various manifestations. This phenomenon is still often invisible and takes many different forms, stemming from the gender inequalities that women face throughout their lives, from childhood to old age. The main tasks and measures that are aimed at preventing and combating domestic violence against women are identified and an analysis of their implementation is analysed. Such measures include prevention of domestic violence by overcoming negative stereotypes in Ukrainian society, raising public awareness of the forms, manifestations, causes and consequences of domestic violence; responding to domestic violence by building a new violence response system to ensure coordination and effective interaction of specially bodies authorized implementing measures to prevent and combat domestic violence, other bodies and institutions performing functions related to carrying out activities in the field of domestic violence prevention and counteraction to domestic violence; ensuring the availability and quality of providing necessary social services to victims of domestic violence; proper investigation of the facts of domestic violence, bringing the perpetrators to justice and changing their behaviour. It is concluded that domestic violence against women is one of the most pressing problems of our time and that the ratification of the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence remains important for Ukraine, the introduction of an information campaign against domestic violence against women to create a culture of zero tolerance, raise awareness of the existence of various types of assistance for women victims of domestic violence (receiving legal assistance, psychological assistance, various social services, support and protection).

Family Courts and Human Security in South West Nigeria

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Janet Oluwaleye Monisola
Keyword(s):  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Violence Against Women ◽  
Physical Violence ◽  
Fundamental Rights ◽  
Secondary Sources ◽  
Family Courts ◽  
South West ◽  
The Family ◽  
Domestic Violence Against Women

The trend of violence against women in Nigeria has increased more than ever recently, with many women having been deprived of their fundamental rights. Violence against women in Nigeria includes sexual harassment, physical violence, harmful traditional practices, emotional and psychological violence, and socio-economic violence. This article investigates cases of domestic violence against women in South West Nigeria by assessing the role of family courts in the adjudication of such cases. Both primary and secondary sources of data were employed to examine incidents of violence against women and the role of the family courts in ensuring justice. The author employed both primary and secondary sources of data; the data gathered were analysed by frequency and simple percentages, while qualitative data were descriptively analysed. The article reveals the causes of domestic violence against women to include a cultural belief in male superiority, women’s lack of awareness of their rights, women’s poverty owing to joblessness, men seeking sexual satisfaction by force, women having only male children, the social acceptance of discipline, the failure to punish the perpetrators of violence, the influence of alcohol, and in-laws’ interference in marital relationships. It also reveals the nature of domestic violence against women. The research revealed that the family courts have played prominent roles in protecting and defending the rights of women. The author therefore recommends that the law should strengthen the family courts by extending their power to penalise the perpetrators of violence against women. 

The relationship between domestic violence against women and suicide risk

2018 ◽  
Vol 32 (4) ◽  
pp. 574-579 ◽  
Author(s):  
Funda Kavak ◽  
Ümmühan Aktürk ◽  
Aysel Özdemir ◽  
Abdurrezzak Gültekin
Keyword(s):  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Violence Against Women ◽  
Suicide Risk ◽  
Domestic Violence Against Women ◽  
The Relationship

scholarly journals Domestic violence against women: representations of health professionals

2015 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 718-724 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vera Lúcia de Oliveira Gomes ◽  
Camila Daiane Silva ◽  
Denize Cristina de Oliveira ◽  
Daniele Ferreira Acosta ◽  
Cristiane Lopes Amarijo
Keyword(s):  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Violence Against Women ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Professional Training ◽  
Social Representations ◽  
Family Health ◽  
General Group ◽  
Domestic Violence Against Women ◽  
Structured Representation ◽  
Negative Connotation

AbstractObjective: to analyze the representations about domestic violence against women, among health professionals of Family Health Units.Method: qualitative study based on the Theory of Social Representations. Data were collected by means of evocations and interviews, treating them in the Ensemble de Programmes Pemettant L'Analyse des Evocations software - EVOC and content analysis.Results: nurses, physicians, nursing technicians and community health agents participated. The evocations were answered by 201 professionals and, of these, 64 were interviewed. The central core of this representation, comprised by the terms "aggression", "physical-aggression", "cowardice" and "lack of respect", which have negative connotations and were cited by interviewees. In the contrast zone, comprised by the terms "abuse", "abuse-power", "pain", "humiliation", "impunity", "suffering", "sadness" and "violence", two subgroups were identified. The first periphery contains the terms "fear", evoked most often, followed by "revolt", "low self-esteem" and "submission", and in the second periphery "acceptance" and "professional support".Conclusion: this is a structured representation since it contains conceptual, imagetic and attitudinal elements. The subgroups were comprised by professionals working in the rural area and by those who had completed their professional training course in or after 2004. These presented a representation of violence different from the representation of the general group, although all demonstrated a negative connotation of this phenomenon.

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