Violence against women and girls is prevalent worldwide but historically has been
overlooked and condoned. Growing international recognition of these violations creates …

Violent conflict, a pervasive feature of the recent global landscape, has lasting impacts on
human capital, and these impacts are seldom gender neutral. Death and destruction alter …

Gender-based violence (GBV) is widespread globally and has myriad adverse health effects
but is vastly underreported. Few studies address the extent of reporting bias in existing …

Violence against women is a major problem in all countries, affecting women in every socio-
economic group and at every life stage. Nowhere in the world do women share equal social …

Around the world at least one woman in every three has been beaten, coerced into sex, or
otherwise abused in her lifetime. Most often the abuser is a member of her own family …

Now that international attention is focused on gender-based violence, methodologically
rigorous research is needed to guide the formulation and implementation of effective …

If development means the expansion of human capabilities, then freedom from domestic
violence should be an integral part of any exercise for evaluating developmental progress …

The results of three population‐based studies on violence against women in Nicaragua are
compared in this article. Two of the studies were regional in scope (Leon and Managua) and …

Sex workers have long been considered a high-risk group for HIV infection, but to date little
quantitative research has explored the association between HIV risk and exchange of sex …

Domestic violence has devastating consequences for both the individual victim and wider
society. It drains the resources of public and voluntary services and of employers and …