Nicole L. Johnson , Morgan Benner , Natania S. Lipp , C. Finn Siepser , Zeist Rizvi , Zhuozhi Lin , Elise Calene
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Abstract
Intimate partner violence is one of the most common forms of violence against girls and women globally. Gender inequality may be a critical variable of focus for prevention. Using the most representative global data to date on gender inequality (i.e., the United Nations' gender inequality index) and intimate partner violence (i.e., the World Health Organization's Global Violence Against Women database), the current study aims to examine the proposed relationship between gender inequality and intimate partner violence at the macro-level. Matching data from the World Health Organization's global database and the United Nations' gender inequality index exists for 75 countries. Results demonstrate a positive global relationship between intimate partner violence and gender inequality, with countries with higher gender inequality reporting higher rates of intimate partner violence across the lifespan. Implications for the prevention of intimate partner violence globally are discussed.
期刊介绍:
Women"s Studies International Forum (formerly Women"s Studies International Quarterly, established in 1978) is a bimonthly journal to aid the distribution and exchange of feminist research in the multidisciplinary, international area of women"s studies and in feminist research in other disciplines. The policy of the journal is to establish a feminist forum for discussion and debate. The journal seeks to critique and reconceptualize existing knowledge, to examine and re-evaluate the manner in which knowledge is produced and distributed, and to assess the implications this has for women"s lives.