Sökning: "violence against women"

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1. 6. Domestic violence against women in rural Indonesia : searching for multilevel prevention

   Författare :Elli Nur Hayati; Malin Eriksson; Maria Emmelin; Ulf Högberg; Mohammad Hakimi; Gunilla Krantz; Umeå universitet; []
   Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; domestic violence; prevention; rural Java; Indonesia; folkhälsa; Public health;

   Sammanfattning : Background: Domestic violence has been recognized globally as one of the most important Public Health concerns with severe negative health consequences for the exposed women. Through UN bodies several international milestones have successfully pushed attention towards worldwide improvements in the life situations of women. LÄS MER

3. 7. Politicians Under Threat : Gender Aspects of Violence against Political Representatives

   Författare :Sandra Håkansson; Elin Bjarnegård; Johanna Rickne; Josefina Erikson; Hilde Coffe; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Violence against Politicians; Gender and Politics; Political Violence; Political Representation; Comparative Politics;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis investigates violence against politicians and its gender dimensions. Violence targeting elected representatives in the course of their work has received scant research attention, despite the central function of elected officials in representative democracy. LÄS MER

4. 8. Kvinnors rätt i stormaktstidens Gävle

   Författare :Åsa Karlsson Sjögren; Umeå universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; gender; judicial status; women; early modern; urban and rural laws; town; Sweden; marriage; property; work; violence; sexuality; historia; History;

   Sammanfattning : The purpose of the present dissertation is to investigate the judicial status of townswomen in 17th- centuiy Sweden. How is the gender system reproduced during this period? Did any decisive changes in gender relations take place, and if so, how should they be understood?Both secular and church legislation is studied, along with the deliberations of the legal commission of 1686. LÄS MER

5. 9. Violence against a person : the role of mental disorder and abuse : a study of homicides and an analysis of criminality in a cohort of patients with schizophrenia

   Författare :Per Lindqvist; Umeå universitet; []
   Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Aggression; alcohol intoxication; alcoholism; family; follow-up studies; forensic psychiatry; homicide; mental disorder; schizophrenia; substance abuse;

   Sammanfattning : Interpersonal violence is a matter of growing concern. Where the safety of the common man is concerned, the dangerousness of mental patients, the ongoing de-institutionalization within psychiatry, and the role of alcohol is disputed. LÄS MER

7. 10. Visibility at risk for women as rights-holders : a study with regard to a refugee camp context

   Författare :Jenny Zetterqvist; Joakim Nergelius; Kerstin Nordlöf; Catharina Calleman; Örebro universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Women; rights-holder; human rights; CEDAW; gender-based violence; domestic violence; protracted refugee camp situations; local customary law tradition; East Africa; plural legal context;

   Sammanfattning : By taking the recognition of persons as rights-holders in the framework of international human rights into account, this study directs its attention to women in protracted refugee situations, restricted to stay in camps also when their human rights are at risk due to various forms of violence. The question in focus is the following: To what extent may there be a risk that women in a refugee camp context, distinguished by a protracted refugee situation, do not become visible as rights-holders and entrusted to act with regard to international human rights and the problem of violence against women, especially domestic violence?The research process has taken the form of a continuous dialogue with the material for the study, a dialogue directing attention to material from an established international human rights system on one hand and material dealing with a local refugee camp context on the other. LÄS MER