The concept and measurement of violence against women and men /

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Available Open Access under CC-BY-NC licence. The extent of violence against women is currently hidden. How should violence be measured? How should research and new ways of thinking about violence improve its measurement? Could improved measurement change policy? The book is a guide to how the measu...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Authors: Walby, Sylvia (Author), Towers, Jude (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Policy Press, 2017.
Series:Policy Press shorts. Policy & practice.
Subjects:
Violence > Research > Methodology.
Gender studies, gender groups.
Gender studies: women.
Social groups.
Society and culture: general.
Society and social sciences Society and social sciences.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Abuse / Domestic Partner Abuse.
Gender based violence
Gender equality
Measuring violence
UN Women
UNODC
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter
  • Contents
  • Glossary
  • Notes on authors
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction: Measuring Violence to End Violence
  • Legal and Policy Developments
  • Conceptualising Violence and Gender
  • Different Forms of Violence
  • Collecting Data
  • Coordination
  • A New Measurement Framework and Its Indicators
  • Index

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