Inhalt: Violence against women, in its various forms, is endemic in communities and countries around the world, cutting across class, race, age, religious and national boundaries. According to the United Nations Declaration, violence against women includes “any act of gender-based violence that results in, or is likely to result in, physical, sexual or psychological harm or suffering to women, including threats of such acts, coercion or arbitrary deprivations of liberty, whether occurring in public or private life (United Nations, 1993)”. The most common type of violence against women worldwide is “domestic violence” or the physical, emotional and/or sexual abuse of women by their intimate partners or ex-partners (Heise et al., 1999). There are other forms of violence, such as dowry harassment and wife inheritance, which are linked to traditional or customary practices and are limited to specific regions and communities.
Schlagwörter:ethical issues in surveys; ethics; Forschungsansatz; Forschungsdesign; Gewalt; Gewalt gegen Frauen; sexual harassment; sexual violence; sexuelle Belästigung; sexuelle Gewalt; violence
CEWS Kategorie:Sexuelle Belästigung und Gewalt
Dokumenttyp:Graue Literatur, Bericht