Patriarchy, Gender Violence and Poverty amongst Pakistani Women: A Social Work Inquiry

Domestic Violence against Albanian Immigrant Women in Greece: Facing Patriarchy

Immigration is becoming an increasingly important policy concern in Europe and in many other nations. Importantly, there is an ever-growing number of women who migrate, many of whom are undocumented. Violence against immigrant women is nearly impossible to estimate. However, immigrant women who are abused face multiple barriers to seeking legal protection from the abuse as a result of their mig...

Social Themes of Domestic Violence Against Women

Introduction: Domestic violence against women is an ancient and common problem in any society. Knowing the leading social themes may help us to prevent and control domestic violence against women. The current study aims to investigate the role of access or lack of access to the resources in domestic violence against women. Methods: The thematic analysis applied as the research method. Thirty-on...

The hidden figure: sexual intimate partner violence among Pakistani women.

BACKGROUND The objectives of the present study were to determine the magnitude and factors associated with sexual intimate partner violence (SIPV) in women presenting to tertiary-care hospitals of Karachi, Pakistan. METHODS Five hundred women who presented to four tertiary-care hospitals to deliver were interviewed from September to December 2005. SIPV was assessed by using questions on sexua...

Gender and Reduction of Poverty in Iran

Title: Plantation Patriarchy and Structural Violence: Women Workers in Sri Lanka

Using the case of Sri Lanka, this paper argues that plantations were patriarchal institutions that perpetuated structural violence against women workers. ‘Plantation patriarchy’ incorporated social hierarchies and gender biases stemming from colonialism, race, caste, ethnicity, religion and culture into the structure of the labour regime and in the social organisation on plantations, justifying...