Gender-Based Violence: A Comprehensive Guide

This book provides comprehensive information about various types of gender-based violence (GBV) and abuse. GBV is a major public health and social problem that affects people, mostly women and girls, in every community, culture, and country. GBV refers to the violence or a pattern of abusive behaviours including physical aggression, sexual coercion, psychological abuse and controlling behaviours resulting in physical, sexual or psychological harm. It is associated with severe physical and psychological consequences, and can result in death. .

GBV can take many forms including female foeticide, infanticide, female genital mutilation, child marriage, grooming, trafficking, forced marriage, dowry- related abuse, honour-based violence, rape, sexual assault, stalking, harassment, street violence, abuse against older people, domestic violence, and intimate partner violence. It can take place in public, private and virtual settings, and within thecontext of intimate, familial, community and institutional relationships. While all these forms affect girls and women more, boys and men can also be exposed of various forms of violence including child abuse, sexual abuse, wartime violence, corporal punishment to name a few.

This book takes a unique approach and presents an overview of gender-based violence and related practices throughout the world. The book is written in a user friendly manner in order to be accessible as an introductory text to a wide range of readers including students, practitioners and researchers. Edited by a public health academic and a social worker, with contributions representing a wide range of disciplines, the book will appeal to many professions including nurses, midwives, social care and social work practitioners, police, teachers, psychologists, and sociologists.

Auteur

Professor Parveen Ali is a Professor of Gender Based Violence and has a joint position at the University and Doncaster & Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals (DBTH). Prof Ali joined the School of Nursing and Midwifery in 2014. She is a Registered Nurse, Registered Nurse Teacher and Senior Fellow of Higher Education Academy and Fellow of Faculty of Public Health. Prof Ali leads MMedSci Advanced Nursing Studies and is a Deputy Director of Research and Innovation in the Health Sciences School. Her role at the DBTH aims to develop research capacity among Nurses, Midwives and Allied Health Professionals. Prof Ali is Editor-in Chief of International Nursing Review and editorial board member of Journal of Advanced Nursing and Journal of Interpersonal Violence

Prof Ali completed her PhD from University of Sheffield in 2012. She completed MScN and BScN from Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan. Her research focuses on gender-based violence, domestic abuse, inequalities in health related to gender and ethnicity, and health care professionals' preparation. She is a mixed method researcher and has led and contributed to many projects around her research and teaching interests. She is an expert in developing and delivering effective and interactive face to face and online learning material. She is the developer and lead educator of Supporting victims of domestic violence and domestic abuse training game.

Prof Ali's research focuses on gender-based violence especially intimate partner violence from the perspective of victims and perpetrators, health inequalities, consanguinity and genetics, and inequalities in health care experiences and health outcomes and how reparation and training of health professionals such as doctors, nurses, and allied health professionals can contribute to tackling such inequalities. She serves on various grant awarding bodies and research ethics committees in the UK and other countries. She is a recipient of various awards including Mary Seacole leadership Award, Sigma's Emerging Nurse Researcher Award for Europe.

Dr. Michaela Rogers (PhD (Sheffield), MA Social Work (MMU), PgCAP (Salford), BA (Hons) Social Sciences: Social Policy (MMU), SFHEA), is a Registered social worker (Social Work England) and Senior Lecturer in Social Work at the University of Sheffield, UK. She is currently the Director of Education for the Department of Sociological Studies. Michaela has a professional and academic background in the field of social work and social care. Her practice experience ranges from statutory social work in safeguarding children and young people to voluntary sector management and frontline positions working with groups of vulnerable people (for example, women and children escaping domestic abuse). Michaela's research spans the areas of social care, social justice, equality, and diversity, safeguarding, interpersonal abuse and gender-based violence. These projects typically aim to explore social problems in terms of everyday experiences or assess the impact of service delivery or specific policy initiatives. For example, her work on gender-based violence and domestic abuse has a focus towards the experiences of marginalised groups (LGBTQ communities and older people) exploring the barriers and enablers to help-seeking and accessing support. Michaela has published widely on gender-based violence, domestic abuse and has published a number of books contributing to social work literature on skills and knowledge development for practice. Current research includes healthcare professionals' recognition of and responses to domestic violence in GP practices, technology-facilitated intimate partner abuse and the intersection of female offending, mothering and domestic abuse.

Contenu

Each chapter will look at one form of violent act or harmful practice and will provide information such as definitions or typologies, prevalence, where it is practiced, its impact (including health impact), preventive measures etc. There will be a short case study included in each chapter to explain the problem. Chapter 1. Abuse against older womenThis chapter will provide an overview on 'Abuse of older women' as a form of gender-based violence. Theoretical concepts that explain discrimination and stereotyping of older survivors (namely, ageism and sexism) will be drawn upon. It will provide information about the prevalence of the practice, its physical, psychological, social, and economic impacts. Where appropriate, a case study will be included to highlight the harmful practice, any preventive measure, or interventions to illustrate current practice and policy. Chapter 2. Accusations of witchcraftAccusations of witchcraft can result in persecution in the form of beatings, banishment, cutting off or amputation of limbs, torture, and even murder. This chapter will provide an overview about 'accusation of witchcraft' as a form of gender-based violence. It will provide information about the prevalence of the practice, its physical, psychological, social, and economic impacts. Where appropriate, a case study will be included to highlight the harmful practice, any preventive measure, or interventions to illustrate current practice and policy. Chapter 3. Acid AttackAn acid attack (also known as acid throwing, vitriol attack, or vitriolage) is a form of gender based violence involving the act of throwing acid or a similarly corrosive substance onto the body of another with the intention to disfigure, maim, torture, or even kill. This chapter will provide an overview of 'acid attack'' including information about the prevalence of the practice across the world, its physical, psychological, social and economic impacts on victims. Where appropriate, a case study will be included to highlight the harmful practice, any preventive measure, or interventions to illustrate current practice and policy. Chapter 4. Breast ironingBreast ironing (also known as breast flattening) is the act of pounding or massaging a pubescent girl's breasts, using hard or heated objects, to make them disappear or stop their development. The practice is usually performed…