Gender-Based Violence Perspectives from Africa, the Middle East, and India /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Djamba, Yanyi K. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Kimuna, Sitawa R. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Θέματα: Social sciences.; Public health.; Anthropology.; Criminology.; Social structure.; Social inequality.; Social Sciences.; Criminology & Criminal Justice.; Public Health.; Social Structure, Social Inequality.

This book offers new perspectives on gender-based violence in three regions where the subject has been taboo in everyday discourse often due to patriarchal cultural norms that limit women’s autonomy. The contributions to this book provide rare insight into not only the levels and the socio-demograph...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Introduction Yanyi K. Djamba and Sitawa R. Kimuna
• Part 1: Gender Based Violence: Perspectives from Africa
• Chapter 1: Socio-Demographic Factors Associated with Men’s Attitudes Toward Wife Beating in Ethiopia Yanyi K. Djamba, Sitawa R. Kimuna and Mosisa G. Aga
• Chapter 2: First Intimate Physical Violence and Fertility in Cameroon Alice Jacqueline Azebaze Kagou and Hélène Kamdem Kamgno
• Chapter 3: Violence Against Young Females in South Africa: An Analysis of the Current Prevalence and Previous Levels of youth Mortality, 1997-2009 Nicole De Wet
• Chapter 4: Exploring the Linkages Between Spousal Violence and HIV in Five Sub-Saharan African Countries Kerry L.D. MacQuarrie, Rebecca Winter and Sunita Kishor
• Part 2: Gender Based Violence: Perspectives from the Middle East
• Chapter 5: Consanguineous Marriage: Protective or Risk Factor for Intimate Partner violence? Jinan Usta, Marwan Khawaja, Dima Dandachi and Mylene Tewtel
• Chapter 6: Women and Health in Refugee Settings: The Case of Displaced Syrian Women in Lebanon Jinan Usta and Amelia Reese Masterson
• Chapter 7: Gender Dynamics in Palestinian Society: Domestic and Political Violence Sarah Memmi
• Part 3: Gender Based Violence: Perspectives from India
• Chapter 8: Examining Nonconsensual Sex and Risk of Reproductive Tract Infections and Sexually Transmitted Infections Among Young Married Women in India Ajay Kumar Singh, Rabindra Kumar Sinha and Ruchi Jain
• Chapter 9: Questioning Gender Norms to Promote Sexual Reproductive Health Among Early Adolescents: Evidence from a School Program in Mumbai, India Pranita Achyut, Nandita Bhatla and Ravi Verma
• Chapter 10: Transmission of Inter-generational Spousal Violence Against Women in India Aparna Mukherjee.