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Violence Against Women: The Missing Agenda
| Content Provider | Scilit |
|---|---|
| Author | Heise, Lori |
| Copyright Year | 2018 |
| Description | Violence against women is the most pervasive yet least recognized human rights abuse in the world. The most endemic form of violence against women is wife abuse, or more accurately, abuse of women by intimate male partners. Data from developing countries also highlight a link between violence and health. On the Indian subcontinent, tradition has combined with greed to forge a particularly deadly form of wife abuse known locally as ''bride burning'' or ''dowry deaths.'' Due to the stigma and shame associated with rape, sexual assault may be one of the most underreported crimes. The health care system is the only institution that all women are likely to interact with sometime in their lives. Thus it is particularly well placed to identify and assist victims of violence. Historically, the international health community has been interested in women only as a means to an end, such as controlling population growth or saving children's lives—rather than as human beings with independent needs. Book Name: The Health of Women |
| Related Links | https://api.taylorfrancis.com/content/chapters/edit/download?identifierName=doi&identifierValue=10.4324/9780429496455-9&type=chapterpdf |
| Ending Page | 196 |
| Page Count | 26 |
| Starting Page | 171 |
| DOI | 10.4324/9780429496455-9 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited |
| Publisher Date | 2018-05-04 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Book Name: The Health of Women Womens Studies Health Community Children's Wife Abuse Violence Against Women |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Chapter |
