Essays about: "Intimate partner violence attitudes"

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1. 6. Major Gaps on the Rights of Women in Ethiopia

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

   Author : Etsegenet Kedir Mohammed; [2016]
   Keywords : Harmful traditional practices; violence against women; stereotypical attitudes; reproductive health rights......; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : Abstract Several international instruments including CEDAW have recognized every human being to be free from any form of violence including being free from inhuman and degrading treatment. Equality of men and women is also recognized starting from the establishment of UN in 1945 under its charter. READ MORE

3. 7. The impact of gender-related stereotypes on intimate partner violence in the South Caucasus: Comparative study of Azerbaijan, Georgia and Armenia

   University essay from Malmö högskola/Fakulteten för hälsa och samhälle (HS)

   Author : Tinatin Khatchvani; [2015]
   Keywords : domestic; violence; Azerbaijan; Georgia; Armenia; South Caucasus;

   Abstract : The main aim of the given thesis is to investigate the impact of gender-based stereotypes and public opinion on intimate partner violence in the South Caucasus and offer the reader recommendations to change the existing alarming situation. As a theoretical background of the study, Patriarchy theory and General Systems theory will be used based on which the influences of stereotypes on the intimate partner violence in the region will be explained. READ MORE

4. 8. Violent Relations: An Ecological Analysis of Factors Associated with Intimate Partner Violence in Kampala, Uganda

   University essay from Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management

   Author : Isabella Thafvelin; [2014]
   Keywords : Violence against women; intimate partner violence; male perpetrators; feminist perspectives; family violence perspectives; and integrative ecological framework; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : The purpose of this qualitative case study was to add to the understanding of why intimate partner violence against women perpetrated by a male partner occurs in Kampala, Uganda. The study combined a feminist and a family violence perspective by using an integrative ecological framework which structured the analysis around four levels: societal, community, individual/relationship, and individual level. READ MORE

5. 9. “The man is superior” : A description of Ghanaian nursing students’ attitudes toward intimate partner violence

   University essay from Röda Korsets Högskola

   Author : Anna Länsberg; Liv Persson; [2013]
   Keywords : intimate partner violence; attitudes; feminist framework; nursing education; Ghana; relationsvåld; attityder; feministisk referensram; sjuksköterskeutbildning; Ghana;

   Abstract : Bakgrund: Relationsvåld riktat mot kvinnor är ett globalt folkhälsoproblem med många negativa hälsokonsekvenser. Våld i nära relationer sägs vara vanligt och kulturellt accepterat i Ghana trots införandet av Domestic Violence Act år 2007 som gör relationsvåld illegalt. READ MORE

6. 10. What is behind that closed door?------ Intimate Partner Violence during Pregnancy in China

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Social Studies of Gender

   Author : Xiaojie Yang; [2011]
   Keywords : IPV; pregnancy; feminist perspective; ecological theory; traumatic bonding theory; Landenburger’s coping strategies ; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to examine intimate partner violence (IPV) towards pregnant women, with the ambition of fulfilling the gap of available knowledge about this complex subject area, in the Chinese context. The specific objects are: 1) to assess the risk factors and forms associated with intimate partner violence during pregnancy 2) to explore the social dynamics and gender power relations that underline intimate partner violence during pregnancy by exploring the perceptions, attitudes and experiences of survivors and professionals about violence during pregnancy, connection of domestic violence and coping strategies of domestic violence survivors. READ MORE