Search for dissertations about: "Violence in women"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 143 swedish dissertations containing the words Violence in women.

  2. 1. Subjects of Violence : On Gender and Recognition in Young Men’s Violence Against Women

    Author : Hanna Bornäs; Lucas Gottzén; Gunnar Karlsson; Rickard Jonsson; David Gadd; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; youth; violence; gender; Jessica Benjamin; intersubjectivity; recognition; feminism; psychoanalysis; temporality; Laplanche; afterwardsness; psychosocial; vulnerability; men’s violence against women; IPV; barn- och ungdomsvetenskap; Child and Youth Studies;

    Abstract : The dissertation concerns young men’s violence against women partners. It is based on in-depth qualitative interviews with nine men who have been violent against women partners in their youth, and an additional interview with the mother of one of the young men. READ MORE

  4. 2. Exposed to Violence

    Author : Mariella Öberg; Gun Heimer; Steven Lucas; Alkistis Skalkidou; Lotti Helström; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Sexual violence; physical violence; psychological violence; intimate partner violence; childhood violence; polyvictimization; Medicinsk vetenskap; Medical Science;

    Abstract : Violence against women is a crime against human rights and a major global public health issue affecting the lives of millions of girls and women worldwide. Exposure to violence poses a threat to health, both in the short and the long term. READ MORE

  5. 3. Candies in hell : research and action on domestic violence against women in Nicaragua

    Author : Mary Carroll Ellsberg; Jaquelyn C. Campbell; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; domestic violence; partner abuse; Nicaragua;

    Abstract : The overall aim of the research was to explore the magnitude and characteristics of domestic violence against women in Leon, Nicaragua. A cross-sectional survey was carried out among a representative sample of 488 women between the ages of 15-49 years. In-depth interviews were performed with women who had experienced violence. READ MORE

  6. 4. Violence against foreign-born women in Sweden

    Author : Cecilia Fernbrant; Socialmedicin och global hälsa; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Key words: violence against women; foreign-born; mortality; gender equity; social isolation; Iraqi refugees; Thai women;

    Abstract : Violence against women (VAW) is an increasing public health concern. Prevalence of such violence may potentially be greater among foreign-born women due to lack of empowerment and other contributing factors. Research concerning violence against foreign-born women in Sweden is scarce. READ MORE

  7. 5. Visibility at risk for women as rights-holders : a study with regard to a refugee camp context

    Author : Jenny Zetterqvist; Joakim Nergelius; Kerstin Nordlöf; Catharina Calleman; Örebro universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Women; rights-holder; human rights; CEDAW; gender-based violence; domestic violence; protracted refugee camp situations; local customary law tradition; East Africa; plural legal context;

    Abstract : By taking the recognition of persons as rights-holders in the framework of international human rights into account, this study directs its attention to women in protracted refugee situations, restricted to stay in camps also when their human rights are at risk due to various forms of violence. The question in focus is the following: To what extent may there be a risk that women in a refugee camp context, distinguished by a protracted refugee situation, do not become visible as rights-holders and entrusted to act with regard to international human rights and the problem of violence against women, especially domestic violence?The research process has taken the form of a continuous dialogue with the material for the study, a dialogue directing attention to material from an established international human rights system on one hand and material dealing with a local refugee camp context on the other. READ MORE