The evolution and development of adaptations results from the gradual selection of traits that enable organisms to acquire and maintain resources needed for survival and reproduction. We argue that instances of individual, regional, and global violence are rooted in our adaptations to seek, acquire, maintain, and utilize limited resources, regardless of whether such adaptations are currently su...

background: domestic violence is a concern in the communities and need a wide attention. violence against women can cause all kinds of physical and mental illness. this is a threat to woman’s and family member’s health. stress, anxiety and depression during pregnancy are risk factors for adverse consequences. little is known about the level of the mental illnesses in women who exposed to domest...

The human rights framework holds that all people, including women and people living with HIV, have the right to live without stigma, discrimination, and violence, and with self-determination. In recent years, global health advocates have used this framework to bolster support for issues of sexual and gender-based violence and associated health consequences. At the U.N. Summit on Peacekeeping on...

BACKGROUND The international community recognises violence against women (VAW) and violence against children (VAC) as global human rights and public health problems. Historically, research, programmes, and policies on these forms of violence followed parallel but distinct trajectories. Some have called for efforts to bridge these gaps, based in part on evidence that individuals and families oft...

the problem of human trafficking is a universal phenomenon with broad effects on global society. its cause and locus is in poor and underdeveloped societies which have difficulties like poverty, unemployment, inequality, discrimination and violence against woment, and the domination of men in patriarchal family, social and political systems. women and children are the main victims of it, who be...

The World Health Organization has declared that violence is a global public health problem. The prevalence of violence exposure among adults with intellectual and unspecific disabilities has been demonstrated in several studies, whereas only a few articles on people with sensory disabilities have been published. The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence and risk for exposure to ph...

VAWnet is a project of the National Resource Center on Domestic Violence. “Violence during pregnancy is a critical concern because it is often frequent and severe in nature. Pregnant abused women tend to report experiencing more severe violence compared to non-pregnant abused women (Campbell, Oliver, & Bullock, 1993; McFarlane, Parker, & Soeken, 1995). In addition, pregnant violence survivors o...

BACKGROUND Bullying and violence are problems of aggression in schools among adolescents. Basic daily healthy practices including nutritious diet, hygiene and physical activity are common approaches in comprehensive health promotion programs in school settings, however thier relationship to these aggressive behaviours is vague. We attempted to show the advantages of these healthy lifestyle beha...