Protecting Women from Violence: Bridging the Implementation Gap Between Law and Practice

Tavares, Paula Paulina Costa; Recavarren, Isabel Santagostino; Sinha, Aarushi

doi:10.1596/33222

2019

DOI: 10.1596/33222

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Protecting Women from Violence: Bridging the Implementation Gap Between Law and Practice

Paula Paulina Costa Tavares¹,

Isabel Santagostino Recavarren²,

Aarushi Sinha³

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Gendered Family Violence among Migrants Seeking International Protection: A Life Course Perspective

Weitzman,

Swindle,

Brenes-Camacho

2023

Social Forces

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Although family and migration scholars recognize that intimate partner violence (IPV) can motivate women’s movement between countries, little research considers IPV or other gendered family violence further back in women migrants’ life histories or explores the legacy of gendered family violence in cases where such violence is not the primary push factor. Here, we analyze in-depth interviews conducted among thirty-four Latin American women seeking asylum or international protection from a diversity of threats to comprehensively understand their experiences with childhood and adult family violence prior to migration. Our analysis reveals three key takeaways. First, IPV, incest, abandonment, and other forms of gendered family violence can characterize women’s family dynamics across the life course even when these experiences do not directly prompt migration. Second, amidst pervasive patriarchal norms, family violence has the power to destabilize women’s social circumstances and fracture their ties to family members in ways that indirectly encourage migration. Third, owing to these same gender norms, even when gendered family violence directly prompts migration, women may conceptualize their primary motive as protecting their children rather than themselves. These findings move beyond common conceptualizations of the family violence–migration nexus and highlight the breadth and implications of gendered family violence among migrants seeking protection from a broad spectrum of intra- and extra-familial threats.

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Gendered Family Violence among Migrants Seeking International Protection: A Life Course Perspective

Weitzman,

Swindle,

Brenes-Camacho

2023

Social Forces

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Can Conservatism Make Women More Vulnerable to Violence?

Araújo

Gatto

2021

Comparative Political Studies

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Violence against women (VAW) affects at least 35% of women worldwide. The need to combat VAW is seemingly noncontroversial: As existing work shows, ideology does not explain governments’ propensity to adopt anti-VAW legislation. Yet, effectively implementing anti-VAW legislation requires complex policy frameworks at odds with conservative values. Voters’ preferences can meaningfully influence policy outputs, so can electoral conservatism make women more vulnerable to violence? Employing data from 5570 Brazilian municipalities, we find that conservatism in the electorate is associated with the adoption of fewer anti-VAW policies. With data from a nationally representative survey of Brazilian respondents ( N = 2086), we then show that conservative voters are less likely to prioritize the need for tackling VAW. That is, the adoption of fewer anti-VAW policies in conservative municipalities reflects conservative voters’ policy preferences. Critically, our results suggest that in contexts where the electorate holds conservative preferences, policy responsiveness may incur costs to women’s lives.

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Community-Based Violence Against Women (VAW) Desks in the Philippines: A Multi-Level Assessment

Consignado¹,

Amparo²,

Alampay³

2022

JSSH

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This study is a multi-level assessment of community-based Violence Against Women (VAW) desks status: (1) VAW system (policies and legislation); (2) entity (VAW desk setup), and (3) individual (VAW desk officers) levels’ capacities in Calamba City, Laguna, Philippines. Data were gathered through a survey of 105 VAW desk officers and key informant interviews of five local officials. In addition, document reviews of national and local policies and reports on VAW were also employed in this study. Findings suggested that policies on establishing barangay-level VAW desks were properly enforced in Calamba City. However, the research results also showed a lack of equipment and resources to address VAW cases properly. In addition, VAW desk officers’ age and educational background limit their capacity to implement their responsibilities effectively, for there are no clear qualifications needed to be a desk officer. There is also no clear local system on the orientation of roles and responsibilities of the desk officers. Thus, the following recommendations: (1) national or local policy amendment to include the basic qualifications of desk officers; (2) maximize the role of the local group of desk officers in capacity-building and advocacy while partnering with civil society; (3) proper fund allocation of the city to ensure full functionality of VAW desks; and (4) strengthen feedback system and enforcement of rewards and penalties to motivate proper functioning of the desk offices. The paper contributes to local governance perspectives, specifically on multi-level coordination, to effectively address VAW and provide gender and development (GAD) support services.

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Protecting Women from Violence: Bridging the Implementation Gap Between Law and Practice

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Gendered Family Violence among Migrants Seeking International Protection: A Life Course Perspective

Gendered Family Violence among Migrants Seeking International Protection: A Life Course Perspective

Can Conservatism Make Women More Vulnerable to Violence?

Community-Based Violence Against Women (VAW) Desks in the Philippines: A Multi-Level Assessment

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