针对妇女的暴力:全球范围和规模
Charlotte Watts1, Cathy Zimmerman
1Health Policy Unit, Department of Public Health and Policy, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London WC1E 7HT, UK. charlotte.watts@lshtm.ac.uk
Lancet (London, England)
|April 17, 2002
概括
全球上有数以百万计的妇女经历了严重的暴力形式,包括亲密伴侣暴力,性虐待,人口贩运和战争时期的强奸. 这种暴力往往是持续的,没有得到充分的报道,并且是由各种各样的个人实施的,这突出了一个关键的公共卫生问题.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
- 性别研究是性别研究.
背景情况:
- 对妇女的暴力是普遍存在的全球性问题,具有重大的健康和社会后果.
- 现有的研究越来越多地提供了对其范围的全球概述.
研究的目的:
- 讨论针对妇女的常见和严重的暴力形式的严重程度.
- 突出各种各样的事者以及这种暴力的持续性质.
主要方法:
- 文献综述和对各种形式的针对妇女的暴力现有研究的综合.
- 对报告数据的分析,同时承认由于敏感性而报告不足.
主要成果:
- 常见的严重形式包括亲密伴侣暴力,性虐待,人口贩运,剥削,对性工作者的暴力,性别选择,婴儿杀戮和战时强奸.
- 凶手的范围从亲密伴侣和家庭成员到邻居和那些处于权力地位的人.
- 暴力往往是连续的,持续数十年,并且被严重低估.
结论:
- 世界上有数以百万计的妇女受到暴力或其后果的影响.
- 解决针对妇女的暴力问题需要全面了解其多方面的性质和普遍性.
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