Structural violence on women: An impediment to women empowerment

Structural Violence on Women: An Impediment to Women Empowerment

Violence on women has been present in our society since times immemorial. The ethics, the values, the morals, the culture of the society has been framed in such a way or we can say structured in such a way so as to promote exploitation of this segment which is in reality the root of the society. The concept of STRUCTURAL VIOLENCE was introduced by Johan Galtung in 1969. It refers to a form of v...

Does economic empowerment protect women from intimate partner violence?

BACKGROUND The current study compared working and non-working groups of women in relation to intimate partner violence. The paper aims to explore the relationship between women's economic empowerment, their exposures to IPV and their help seeking behavior using a nationally representative sample in India. METHODS This was a cross sectional study of 124,385 ever married women of reproductive a...

Violence, Women, Work and Empowerment: Narratives from Factory Women in Sri Lanka’s Export Processing Zones

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Empowerment of Pregnant Women

Introduction: Empowerment during pregnancy is defined as a sense of self- fulfillment and increased independence, promotion of interaction with individuals and environment leading to an increase in the spontaneous psychological energy to achieve successful pregnancy and childbirth. Education during pregnancy empowers women for better adjustment confronting physical and emotional changes assoc...

Economic Empowerment of Women