Gender-based violence: concepts, methods, and findings.

Nancy Felipe Russo, Angela Pirlott

Journal: Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 2007;1087():178-205

PMID: 17189506

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Abstract

The United Nations has identified gender-based violence against women as a global health and development issue, and a host of policies, public education, and action programs aimed at reducing gender-based violence have been undertaken around the world. This article highlights new conceptualizations, methodological issues, and selected research findings that can inform such activities. In addition to describing recent research findings that document relationships between gender, power, sexuality, and intimate violence cross-nationally, it identifies cultural factors, including linkages between sex and violence through media images that may increase women's risk for violence, and profiles a host of negative physical, mental, and behavioral health outcomes associated with victimization including unwanted pregnancy and abortion. More research is needed to identify the causes, dynamics, and outcomes of gender-based violence, including media effects, and to articulate how different forms of such violence vary in outcomes depending on cultural context.

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DOI: 10.1196/annals.1385.024

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MeSH Terms: Cultural Characteristics, Female, Global Health, Humans, Interpersonal Relations, Life Style, Male, Mass Media, Power, Psychological, Pregnancy, Pregnancy, Unwanted, Prejudice, Social Environment, Socioeconomic Factors, Spouse Abuse, Substance-Related Disorders, United Nations, Vulnerable Populations, Women's Health, Women's Rights