Focusing on the domestic violence sector as a case study, this article examines how the Big
Society agenda, coming alongside public spending cuts, is affecting the independence and …

'Before the 2010 General Election, David Cameron placed the" Big Society" at the heart of
his efforts to rebuild Britain's" broken society". The essays in this volume probe the historical …

Objective This study examines the legacy of experiencing armed conflict in childhood and
adolescence on women's later risk of intimate partner violence (IPV) in four ex‐Soviet …

European Union (EU) accession has been a highly ambivalent and contradictory process
both for women's mobilization and networking, and the introduction of gender equality …

Gender mainstreaming (GM) is a strategy to empower women and promote gender equality.
Using mixed-methods, this study draws on perspectives of non-governmental organizations …

This article investigates internationally funded women's empowerment initiatives in
Tajikistan. Following the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 and the subsequent Tajik civil …

The EU indirectly affects its member states' social policy, and there is a long-standing debate
about its direct causal effect on member states regarding non-economic matters. This article …

Socioeconomically disadvantaged adolescents who are exposed to social norms related to
violence against women are more likely to experience or be perpetrators of intimate partner …

During the past 20 years, Hungarian women's movements have been increasingly reaching
out to their transnational counterparts for inspiration and support. The activists' growing …

This article examines how Russian NGOs in the field of domestic violence operate in a legal
climate characterised by both state restriction and support. I conceptualise anti-violence …