Galtung, Violence, and Gender: The Case for a Peace Studies
... the “spaces” where violence can be found.42 Patriarchy is then a vertical structure, with men on top and women on the bottom, expressing itself in many other forms of violence against women, legitimized by cultural justifications. Patriarchy and sexism are also embodied in cultural violence, insofar ...
... the “spaces” where violence can be found.42 Patriarchy is then a vertical structure, with men on top and women on the bottom, expressing itself in many other forms of violence against women, legitimized by cultural justifications. Patriarchy and sexism are also embodied in cultural violence, insofar ...
PDF - safe steps Family Violence Response Centre
... many abusive relationships. 10 More recently the New Zealand Family Violence Death Review Committee has termed this relationship dynamic 'entrapment'. 11 The average length of relationship for safe steps clients is 8 years. Women often tell us that the abuse in their relationship did not begin with ...
... many abusive relationships. 10 More recently the New Zealand Family Violence Death Review Committee has termed this relationship dynamic 'entrapment'. 11 The average length of relationship for safe steps clients is 8 years. Women often tell us that the abuse in their relationship did not begin with ...
Global Initiative to End All Corporal Punishment of Children
... Ending corporal punishment is key in ending all gender-based violence Ending violent punishment of girls and boys is central to ending gender-based violence against girls and women. The draft update to General Recommendation No. 19 states that “gender-based violence against women is the fundamental ...
... Ending corporal punishment is key in ending all gender-based violence Ending violent punishment of girls and boys is central to ending gender-based violence against girls and women. The draft update to General Recommendation No. 19 states that “gender-based violence against women is the fundamental ...
Male Victims of Intimate Partner Violence in the United States
... violence. Unfortunately, scholars in the field of criminal justice have been relatively silent on this subject, with most empirical research published from non-criminal justice scholarly journals about the criminal justice system. Graham-Kevan (2007) argued, “The scholarly neglect of this topic has ...
... violence. Unfortunately, scholars in the field of criminal justice have been relatively silent on this subject, with most empirical research published from non-criminal justice scholarly journals about the criminal justice system. Graham-Kevan (2007) argued, “The scholarly neglect of this topic has ...
Create Space for Gender-Peace
... Whether living in a remote village in Bangladesh or an upscale Manhattan condo the violence that women and girls endure occurs frequently and similarly regardless of socio economic factors. One in three women will endure gender violence in their life time. The cost to society is huge. It affects our ...
... Whether living in a remote village in Bangladesh or an upscale Manhattan condo the violence that women and girls endure occurs frequently and similarly regardless of socio economic factors. One in three women will endure gender violence in their life time. The cost to society is huge. It affects our ...
Better HAG Uganda ToR CoP Training
... Better HAG Uganda has successfully been awarded a 2-year grant funding from the African Women’s Development Fund (AWDF) for a project titled “Leveraging Strategies of Positive Action towards Reducing Violence against Women and Girls” aimed at improving the health and safety of women and girls throug ...
... Better HAG Uganda has successfully been awarded a 2-year grant funding from the African Women’s Development Fund (AWDF) for a project titled “Leveraging Strategies of Positive Action towards Reducing Violence against Women and Girls” aimed at improving the health and safety of women and girls throug ...