Since 2013, Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO) that have adopted Turkish nationalism in Germany been included the reports for Federal Office Protection of Constitution. According to reports, they are considered be elements threaten German democratic culture and minorities Germany. The issue was brought Bundestag it agenda these NGOs could a security threat radical right wing features. In this...

This article explores male perceptions and attitudes toward violence against women in Indonesia. It analyzes interview data from Indonesian men collected as part of a large multimethod Australian government-funded project on masculinities and violence in two Asian countries. Reluctance to talk about violence against women was evident, and the accounts of those men who did respond referred to th...

Although a substantial literature examines the relationship between culture and health in myriad individual contexts, a lack of comparative data across settings has resulted in disparate and imprecise conceptualizations of the concept for scholars and practitioners alike. This article examines scholars and practitioners' understandings of culture in relation to health interventions. Drawing on ...

Emerging out of radical theories about the uneven nature of power and underwriting practices that assist marginalized peoples in constructing their own development strategies, ‘‘participation’’ has recently come under fire for being co-opted and mainstreamed by governmental and nongovernmental agencies, part of a new development ‘‘tyranny’’ that betrays the concept’s populist roots. The issues ...

PROBLEM Many women who experience gender-based violence may never seek any formal help because they do not feel safe or confident that they will receive help if they try. APPROACH A public-private-academic partnership in Gujarat, India, established a toll-free telephone helpline - called 181 Abhayam - for women experiencing gender-based violence. The partnership used existing emergency respon...