Changing community responses to wife abuse: A research and demonstration project in Iztacalco, Mexico.

Fawcett, Gillian M.; Heise, Lori; Isita-Espejel, Leticia; Pick, Susan

doi:10.1037/0003-066x.54.1.41

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“…In a comprehensive study spanning ten Latin American nations including Honduras, researchers found that optimal support for IPV victims came from women’s organizations that connected women’s health and legal rights (Sagot 2005). Further research in Mexico demonstrated that women feel more comfortable turning to other women for help such as their mother or a mother figure, rather than turning to formal support services (Fawcett et al 1999). In the context of the previously established role of our study’s FCVs as “madreguías,” or “Mother-guides,” these suggestions are reinforced by our findings.…”

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Bridging Prevention and Health: Exploring Community Perceptions of Intimate Partner Violence in Rural Honduras

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This qualitative study rooted in community-based participatory research principles utilized semi-structured interviews with 2 focus groups (n=9) with female healthcare volunteers (FCVs) and 3 male key informants who were community leaders (MCLs). The study aimed to examine how a rural Honduran community defines and responds to intimate partner violence (IPV) in order to lay the foundation for future interventions. Based on grounded theory, the authors assessed for common themes across transcripts. Authors found that a number of participants denied the existence of IPV. Perspectives on the causes and definitions of IPV varied between FCVs and MCLs. All participants affirmed the need for intervention and many participants mentioned healthcare and legal systems as potential venues to ameliorate IPV. The results highlight potentially important differences between FCV and MCL perspectives that may inform future interventions. Findings suggest health-care workers can play a role in IPV prevention and intervention in rural Honduras.

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Bridging Prevention and Health: Exploring Community Perceptions of Intimate Partner Violence in Rural Honduras

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“…Studies of informal support in the Latino/a community show how this support comes into play to assist battered Latinas. The findings of a study on battered Mexican women show that participants perceive family, friends, and other informal support sources as more accessible than formal support (Fawcett et al,1999). Another study comparing Mexican-American and Anglo extended family integration found that the former group reported higher rates of closeness and informal support from their families (Sarkisian, Gerena, & Gerstel, 2007).…”

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“…One of the main issues regarding the underreporting of domestic violence among Latinas has been that these women often do not access the help that may be available (Van Hook, 2000). In addition to the mixed reports on the prevalence of domestic violence, there is limited research on Latinas living in the United States, especially Spanishspeaking, undocumented women and those who live in rural areas (Fawcett, Heise, Isita-Espejel, & Pick, 1999;Menjívar & Salcido, 2002;Yoshioka, 1999).…”

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Ethics and Cultural Competence in Research with Battered Immigrant Latina Women

Silva-Martínez

Murty

2011

Journal of Ethnic And Cultural Diversity in Social Work

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This article addresses key issues in ethical andculturally competent research with battered immigrant Latinas. The discussion centers on the importance of having an understanding of the realities of the population studied in a research project as well as a commitment to engage in partnership and collaboration with the communities the participants represent. The objective of this article is to conceptualize how domestic violence should be assessed with underserved populations such as battered immigrant women. We illustrate this approach with examples from ethnographic research on immigrant Latina women experiencing domestic violence in the United States and from oral history research conducted in Mexico.

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“…The response to women when they decide to seek help plays a crucial part in determining their future actions (Fawcett, Heise, & Isita-Espejel, 1999). Judgmental or victim-blaming attitudes are likely to inhibit progress in overcoming violence (JanoffBulman & Frieze, 1983).…”

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Voices of Resistance

Critelli

2012

Violence Against Women

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Gender violence is a global human rights issue that presents serious risk to women in Pakistan. Multiple factors make leaving violence extremely challenging. This study examines the experiences of women who escaped violence and sought shelter services in Pakistan through an ecological lens within the social, cultural, and legal realities of Pakistan. Nineteen women residing at a private shelter were interviewed. Explored were the processes leading women to take action against violence, barriers encountered, and the consequences of the decision to go to a shelter, with a focus on the women's strengths and resilience. Keywordsgender violence, Pakistan, shelters, women's rights Violence against women, a global human rights violation and public health concern, is widespread in all countries, irrespective of social, economic, religious, or cultural group (Garcia-Moreno, Jansen, Ellsberg, Heise, & Watts, 2005). It has a profound effect on women and girls everywhere as it erodes their basic rights to life, health, and security. For more than three decades, women's organizations have drawn attention to this issue and have developed a variety of strategies to delimit gender violence. Nevertheless, violence continues as a serious social problem. No nation has successfully eradicated it, although the incidence and types of violence, and remedies available to women differ across contexts. Women's organizations in Pakistan are working within their particular social and cultural context to address this pervasive problem. Article 438Violence Against Women 18(4) Heise (1998) proposed an ecological framework for understanding and assessing the likelihood of gender violence applicable in developing as well as developed nations. This framework outlines structural, societal, and individual level elements in the context of cultural, economic, legal, and political systems of a nation (Khan & Hussein, 2008; Krug, Dalhberg, Mercy, Zwi, & Lozano, 2002). Violence is a product of the interaction of all of these factors and, conversely, within these domains exist factors that protect women or put them at greater risk of violence.High profile cases of violence against women in Pakistan have been prominent in international media reports with occasional reports of exceptional women who have stood up to violence (Kristoff, 2005). The media focuses largely on the continual victimization of women with overly simplistic explanations of their plight. Minimal attention is paid to the complex forces within the family, community, and society that shape violence and women's responses to it. Importantly, voices of everyday women who claim the right to live free of violence are rarely heard because few studies have included interviews with women who have left abusive situations in Pakistan.This study examines the experiences of women who have taken steps to leave abusive situations and seek shelter services in Pakistan. These interviews reveal decision-making processes through an ecological lens within the cultural, economic, legal, and politic...

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Changing community responses to wife abuse: A research and demonstration project in Iztacalco, Mexico.

Cited by 37 publications

References 11 publications

Bridging Prevention and Health: Exploring Community Perceptions of Intimate Partner Violence in Rural Honduras

Bridging Prevention and Health: Exploring Community Perceptions of Intimate Partner Violence in Rural Honduras

Ethics and Cultural Competence in Research with Battered Immigrant Latina Women

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