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Domestic Violence Against Single, Never-Married Women in the Occupied Palestinian Territory 15 May 2013 | 05:27 am
This study examines the association between decision-making power, with other background variables, and domestic violence against single, never-married women in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT...
Gender-Based Violence in Egypt: Analyzing Impacts of Political Reforms, Social, and Demographic Change 15 May 2013 | 05:27 am
Over recent decades, Egypt has witnessed developments in gender equality. This article discusses recent changes relating to violence against women within this context. Statistical data from the Egypti...
Attitudes of Palestinian Physicians Toward Wife Abuse: Their Definitions, Perceptions of Causes, and Perceptions of Appropriate Interventions 15 May 2013 | 05:27 am
The article presents results from a larger survey, which examined the attitudes and perceptions of Palestinian physicians ( N = 396) toward wife abuse. The instrument was a self-administered questionn...
Economic Abuse in Lebanon: Experiences and Perceptions 15 May 2013 | 05:27 am
This article explores the experiences and perceptions of Lebanese women and men with economic abuse. Data were drawn from focus group discussions and face-to-face interviews with men, women and social...
Women's Shelters in Turkey: A Qualitative Study on Shortcomings of Policy Making and Implementation 15 May 2013 | 05:27 am
Despite a long history of women’s movements and policy-making efforts to ameliorate women’s status in Turkey, the number and quality of women’s shelters are far from sufficient. This article aims to r...
Violence Against Women in the Context of War: Experiences of Shi'i Women and Palestinian Refugee Women in Lebanon 15 May 2013 | 05:27 am
In times of war, women are likely to experience, in addition to the "normal" violence of peacetime, random cruelties perpetrated by the enemy against all members of the community. During research cond...
Femicide and Colonization: Between the Politics of Exclusion and the Culture of Control 15 May 2013 | 05:27 am
This article explores the murder of women and girls, which we name it Femicide, among the Palestinian community living in Israel. Specifically, it analyzes how the dialectic interrelationship between ...
Framing Deadly Domestic Violence: Why the Media's Spin Matters in Newspaper Coverage of Femicide 13 Mar 2013 | 06:17 am
The news media play a substantial role in shaping society’s perceptions of social issues, including domestic violence. However, minimal research has been conducted to examine whether news media frame ...
Men's Beliefs and Attitudes Toward Intimate Partner Violence Against Women in Pakistan 13 Mar 2013 | 06:17 am
This article documents the beliefs and attitudes of men toward intimate partner violence in Pakistan. Men’s beliefs and attitudes toward partner violence are shaped by the life-long process of gender ...
Experiences and Perceptions of Sexual Harassment in the Canadian Forces Combat Arms 13 Mar 2013 | 06:17 am
Recent studies examining sexual harassment in the military indicate a decrease in reports of harassment, which may be attributed to several factors, including zero-tolerance policies or anti-harassmen...
