Triple Headed Patriarchal Hydra: Masculinities and Violence against Women in Nepal

Prevalence and Correlates of Violence against Women in Nepal: Findings from Nepal Demographic Health Survey, 2011

Using data from a nationally representative sample of 3224 ever-married women interviewed as part of Nepal Demographic Health Survey—2011, this paper examined the prevalence and correlates of violence against women in Nepal. Results showed that one out of every two ever-married women aged 15 49 of the country experienced violence of any kind in their life. Odds of experiencing violence are high...

SORTILIN: many headed hydra.

Masculinities, Violence and Communitarian Control

iolence is gendered: it is in considerable measure a problem and consequence of masculinity. Contemporary state interventions to control violence are no less gendered: structures of response, from arrest through imprisonment, glorify tough cops, celebrate adversarial relations, and construct a virtuous "protective" state by incarcerating or, in some countries, killing "the bad guys". What alter...

(Re)Gendering Violence: Men, Masculinities and Violence

This paper focuses on constructions of violence, in particular the ways in which violence is constructed as a social problem in and through policy discourses. Inspired by an earlier study into the ways in which practitioners, engaged in work with men who are violent towards their female partners, construct and understand violence, this paper highlights the extent to which societal/cultural beli...

P-151: Violence Against Women and Children:Causes, Challenges and Prevention

Background: Violence against women is a problem of public health on a global scale. Two decades of international research organizations including the World Health Organization show the problem of violence against women is more serious and more common than was previously considered. These studies aimed to investigate, the most common causes of violence against women and prevention strategy from ...