the purpose of this research is to study domestic violence against women in the city of tehran, the results of which may be generalized to all cities in iran due to tehran’s population diversity. having defined certain terms and theories, the writers have presented hypotheses, which have been tested in a field study on a statistical universe of 100 housewives, selected randomly from various are...

Introduction: Violence against women is characterized by damage to physical and mental health of the victim, and is not linked solely to the use of physical force, but also the idea of submission, culturally ingrained in gender relations, in which man behaves itself as being dominant and women an inferior being. As result of violence, women are hindered in their social life, repressed and psych...

This paper reviews the growing body of research literature on the relationship of domestic violence to welfare. Not only do women on welfare suffer from domestic violence in far greater numbers than women in the general population, but their abusers, threatened by the women's efforts at education, training, or work, also use violence and threats of violence to sabotage these efforts at economic...

Research on violence against women has improved and provides important information on patterns, prevalence, risk and consequences of this major threat to female well-being. Since the identification of violence against women as a problem worthy of study in 1970, evident progress has been made in understanding physical, psychological and sexual violence against women. However, while methodologica...

To discuss the cultural roots of violence against women (VAW), this study focuses on individual gender norms, prescriptive role expectations, moral justification VAW, and institutional norms that define cultures, provide opportunities for legitimize roles behaviors. We used indicators related to VAW from different sources an overview 12 countries (Armenia, Cyprus, Czechia, Germany, Greece, The ...

We present key findings on the evidence from research studies on violence against women with disabilities and evidence from interventions to prevent violence. Responses to prevent and address gender based violence against women in this high risk group need to take into account the intersection of gender and disability and how this increases the vulnerability of women with disabilities to violen...

Violence against women is a significant public health problem which impacts women, men, and children. Little is known about the frequency or correlates of violence against women in Africa. In this cross-sectional study, we found that 66.7% of 144 women surveyed in a study of AIDS knowledge, attitude, and behaviours, report being beaten by an intimate male partner and 50.7% report having ever be...