Author Una Hombrecher, ethnologist, Head of the International Project " Overcoming Domestic Violence " run by " Bread for the World " and the Social Service Agency In collaboration with (organisation and concept) Christina Sümmerer, certified psychologist, staff member in the International Project " Overcoming Domestic Violence " run by " Bread for the World " and the Social Service Agency of t...

a study on the demestic violence in women with addicted and non-addicted husbands reffered to forensic center of urmia, iran     aghakhani n [1] ,mosavi e [2] ,eftekhari a [3] ,eghtedar s [4] ,zareei a [5] ,mesgarzadeh m [6] ,rahbar n [7] , nikoonajaz ar [8] *     received: 8 oct , 2013 accepted: 20 nov , 2013   abstract   background & aims: violence against women is a phenomenon in which women...

While a lot of Psychologists, Sociologists and Criminologists, have profound anxiety with regard to growth of harshness in streets and public places, the probability of ones get into attack in family is more than it. Violence against women is a kind of violent behavior related to sexuality that leads to hurt or perhaps ensue to physical, sexually and psychological damages. The aim of this resea...

conclusions as one of the manifestations and the moving force of empowerment, education is the first major strategy in codifying, designing, and implementing empowerment programs. for women to be empowered, the active participation of all people in education is required. results results indicated that the frequency of domestic violence against participating women was significant after education...

objective: this paper explores the relationship between domestic violence against women inflicted by husbands, unwanted pregnancy and pregnancy termination of bangladeshi urban women. materials and methods: the study used the nationally representative 2007 bangladesh demographic and health survey (bdhs) data. the bdhs covered a representative sample of 10,996 ever married women from rural and u...

permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Dear Editor, On 25 September 2015, the 193 member states of the United Nations (UN) unanimously adopted the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), a set of 17 goals and 169 targets aiming to transform the world over the next 15 years. These goals are aimed to eliminate poverty, d...

BACKGROUND Female sex workers (FSWs) are disproportionately affected by violence from multiple partner categories. This increases their vulnerability to HIV. OBJECTIVES To describe patterns of violence and polyvictimization among female SWs in Soweto. METHODS A respondent-driven sampling (RDS) recruitment methodology was used to enrol 508 Soweto-based FSWs using a survey instrument. Raw and...