Abstract Background The World Health Organization defines domestic violence against
women as a major health problem. Domestic violence is a consequence of a lack of power …

ABSTRACT A growing body of work highlights the increasing significance of violence
against women (VAW) in the lives of young people. Research focusing on young people's …

Intimate partner violence (IPV) may increase as women in patriarchal societies become
empowered, implicitly or explicitly challenging prevailing gender norms. Prior evidence …

Background Justification of intimate partner violence (IPV) has several implications,
including reduced likelihood of help-seeking, increased experiences episodes of partner …

Abstract Papua New Guinea (PNG) has introduced laws and policies aimed at protecting
women from intimate partner violence. This article examines how men who live in Lae, PNG …

Introduction Evidence suggests that childhood exposure to interparental violence increases
the risk of intimate partner violence (IPV) experience or perpetration in adolescence or …

This paper examines the potential benefits and pitfalls of mobile phones for accessing social
services, particularly in response to gender‐based violence, in Solomon Islands and Papua …

A free open access ebook is available upon publication. Learn more at www. luminosoa.
org. In this vitally important book, medical anthropologist Holly Wardlow takes readers …

Many male coffee farmers in the highlands of Papua New Guinea believe they have a right
to sex with their spouse without regard to her wishes. Drawing on quantitative and …

Childhood is a time when children begin to constitute themselves as gendered subjects
largely according to social norms that are rigidly framed within dominant discourses of …