Men and women in partnership: Mobilizing faith communities to address gender-based violence

Roux, Elisabet le; Toit, Nadine Bowers Du

doi:10.13109/diac.2017.8.1.23

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“…Religiosity can legitimize and predict acceptance of FDV through beliefs and teachings that emphasise male authority and female submission. Male perpetrators of violence against women have been found to justify their behaviour based on patriarchal religious ideologies and interpretations of sacred texts (Le Roux & Bowers-Du Toit, 2017; Lock, 2018; Ringel & Park, 2008). Women in faith communities who experience violence often use religious language and symbolism to explain and tolerate violence, and remain in abusive relationships longer than other women (Hosseini-Sedehi, 2016; Knickmeyer, Levitt, & Horne, 2010; Popescu et al, 2009; Westenberg, 2017).…”

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Attitudes and beliefs about family and domestic violence in Australian faith-based communities: A qualitative study

Truong

Sharif²,

Olsen

et al. 2020

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Family and domestic violence (FDV) is a major public health and social issue that is associated with a range of physical, mental and behavioural health outcomes. Religion and faith are powerful and influential in shaping the lives of many individuals and societies, in addition to the social practices, norms and structures that are significant in understanding and responding to FDV. This qualitative study aims to deepen understanding of the influence of religious beliefs and values on attitudes and beliefs of FDV among culturally diverse faith communities in Australia. Interviews and focus groups were conducted with 64 participants from a diverse range of cultural and religious backgrounds which included faith leaders, community members and FDV sector workers. Six main themes were identified describing attitudes, beliefs and knowledge about FDV: 1) Faith and religion do not condone violence; 2) Awareness of FDV is increasing, yet remains often poorly understood; 3) FDV is still a taboo topic; 4) Denial and defensiveness about FDV persist; 5) Patience, endurance and forgiveness is often prioritised over safety; 6) Gender roles and norms founded on religious beliefs and interpretations underpin many FDV understandings and responses. These findings demonstrate the tensions between expressions of faith and attitudes to women and FDV. Further exploration of these issues within specific faith communities, as well as how to support and engage with these communities in increasing understandings of FDV and developing effective responses, is needed in the Australian context.

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Attitudes and beliefs about family and domestic violence in Australian faith-based communities: A qualitative study

Truong

Sharif²,

Olsen

et al. 2020

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“…Awareness-building problems should be devised in ways that decrease the risk of the perceived threat that comes from female empowerment. To minimize the perceived threat from such programs, we could co-opt a patriarchal hierarchical structure by engaging with traditional authority figures such as faith organizations (le Roux and Bowers-Du Toit 2017 ). We should also engage with men, at-risk groups for OGBV perpetration, by building supportive peer groups of gender-aware men (Greig et al 2015 ).…”

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Anxiety and prior victimization predict online gender-based violence perpetration among Indonesian young adults during COVID-19 pandemic: cross-sectional study

Wirawan

Hanipraja²,

Chrysanta

et al. 2022

Egypt J Forensic Sci

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Background Most of human interactions moved to the cyberspace for much of the pandemic. It was no surprise that online violence was also on the rise. One of the objectives of this study was to describe the prevalence and risk factors of online gender-based violence (OGBV) perpetration during the COVID-19 pandemic. Results The final analysis included 1006 respondents, 84.2% of whom were women and 94.5% were heterosexual. Over 60% of respondents admitted having perpetrated at least one type of OGBV once. It included 58.6% of women who admitted having perpetrated OGBV. Logistic regression analysis identified anxiety, online disinhibition, and history of victimization as independent risk factors of perpetration with an adjusted odds ratio (aOR) of 1.82 (95% CI 1.30–2.56), 1.38 (95% CI 1.03–1.85), and 9.72 (95% CI 5.11–18.51), respectively. Sub-group analysis that identified these factors also facilitated increased frequency and severity of OGBV perpetration. Conclusions We found a high proportion of OGBV perpetration among young adults during the pandemic among all genders although women were grossly overrepresented among the respondents. Risk factors of perpetration included anxiety, online disinhibition, and prior victimization. The pandemic situation which heightened general anxiety and increased dependency on online communication may facilitate the perpetration of OGBV. The generalization of this result should pay attention to the caveat that the demographic of respondents is heavily skewed toward women.

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“…Specifically, it has shown that deterrent convictions enabled by free legal representation in courts, community mobilization on violence against women and formation of gender dialogue groups have been helpful in combatting violence against women. Scholars have previously documented that mobilizing both men and women to fight gender based violence plays a major role in mitigating it (Le Roux& Bowers-Du Toit, 2017, Greig &Edström, 2012, Casey et al, 2018.…”

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Ending impunity for gender crimes: Access to justice for violence against women and its contribution to sustainable peace building in Rwanda.

John¹,

Gachihi²,

Amatsimbi³

et al. 2021

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This paper seeks to establish the contribution of Accessible justice to ending impunity for violence against women. Consequently, it investigates how far availing legal remedies to victims of violence against women leads to sustainable peace building in Rwanda. In doing so, the study adopts a case of Access to Justice Bureaus- a judicial service established by the government of Rwanda to help people have access to free legal remedies. Based on data collected from fifty five in-depth interviews and six focus group discussions in the four provinces and Kigali city, findings reveal that through free legal representation, community mobilization, formation of gender dialogue groups and multi-sectoral collaboration, Access to Justice Bureaus have played an important role in combatting impunity to violence against women. Conversely, findings also point to a number of challenges that need to be addressed if violence against women is to be fully eradicated.

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Men and women in partnership: Mobilizing faith communities to address gender-based violence

Cited by 16 publications

References 11 publications

Attitudes and beliefs about family and domestic violence in Australian faith-based communities: A qualitative study

Attitudes and beliefs about family and domestic violence in Australian faith-based communities: A qualitative study

Anxiety and prior victimization predict online gender-based violence perpetration among Indonesian young adults during COVID-19 pandemic: cross-sectional study

Ending impunity for gender crimes: Access to justice for violence against women and its contribution to sustainable peace building in Rwanda.

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