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Social Participation After Intimate Partner Violence: Investigating the Impact on Women's Citizenship
Nicole Moulding1, Donna Chung2, Carole Zufferey1
1University of South Australia, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
Violence Against Women
|August 23, 2023
Summary
Intimate partner violence (IPV) significantly reduces women's social participation, often permanently. However, some survivors re-engage through activism, highlighting state and community response failures in addressing IPV.
Area of Science:
- Sociology
- Criminology
- Public Health
Background:
- Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a pervasive issue affecting women's lives.
- Understanding the long-term consequences of IPV on social engagement is crucial.
Purpose of the Study:
- To examine the impact of IPV on women's social participation using a citizenship framework.
- To explore how women re-engage socially and politically after experiencing IPV.
Main Methods:
- A large-scale mixed-methods study.
- Analysis of social participation changes during and after IPV.
Main Results:
- Social participation significantly decreased across all categories during IPV.
- Pre-violence participation levels were rarely regained.
- Many women engaged in new forms of participation, including activism, post-IPV.
Conclusions:
- IPV has a profound and lasting negative effect on women's social participation.
- Inadequate state and community responses to IPV can foster new forms of political engagement among survivors.
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