Gender-Based Violence in the Context of Mothering: A Critical Canadian Health Perspective
Tara Mantler,
Kimberley Teresa Jackson
Abstract:Violence against women is a predominant, human rights violation, globally. Understood as any act of gender-based violence resulting in physical, sexual, or psychological harm or suffering to women, approximately 35% of women experience violence across the lifespan. While violence can be experienced at any age, women of reproductive age suffer the greatest prevalence, underscoring that for many women, experiencing violence or the health and social sequelae, which may follow violence, co-occurs with mothering. M… Show more
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