We found a match
Your institution may have access to this item. Find your institution then sign in to continue.
- Title
Women’s Empowerment as a Protective Factor Against Intimate Partner Violence in Bangladesh: A Qualitative Exploration of the Process and Limitations of Its Influence.
- Authors
Schuler, Sidney Ruth; Lenzi, Rachel; Badal, Shamsul Huda; Bates, Lisa M.
- Abstract
Literature on the relationship between intimate partner violence (IPV) against women and women’s empowerment is contradictory. Findings from a recent survey in rural Bangladesh suggest that empowerment is becoming protective even though IPV rates remain high. We construct qualitative case studies exploring factors and social processes underlying relationships between empowerment and IPV in four villages. Empowerment may be protective against IPV in the aggregate, but this relationship can be subverted at the micro level. Interventions are needed to reinforce the potential of empowerment to reduce IPV and counteract factors such as geographic isolation and limited employment opportunities that inhibit empowerment.
- Subjects
BANGLADESH; INTIMATE partner violence; VIOLENCE prevention; FOCUS groups; INTERVIEWING; SELF-efficacy; GENDER role; SOCIAL norms; WOMEN'S health; JUDGMENT sampling; CULTURAL values; SOCIAL attitudes; SOCIOECONOMIC factors; THEMATIC analysis; DATA analysis software
- Publication
Violence Against Women, 2017, Vol 23, Issue 9, p1100
- ISSN
1077-8012
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/1077801216654576