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Migrant Women-experiences from the Mediterranean Region
2019
Introduction: The phenomenon of migration is characterized and influenced by a number of different variables; and the different stages of journey are related to different levels and types of psychological distress. Women, in particular, are exposed to further specific risks during migration. Aim: To determine the factors that affect the psychological health of migrant women during the different stages of the migration journey. Methods: We provide a narrative review of the literature around the experiences of women during migration process, with a geographical focus on women migrating to the Mediterranean area. Results: Little data is currently available on the burden of mental health disor…
Significati, ruoli e simboli nella partecipazione attiva di giovani organizzati in bande, gang e gruppi violenti
2021
The youth gangs are groups of young people who find commonality in the same values and cultural models that oppose the norms of society. The acts of violence perpetrated against the community, most often gratuitously, by groups of more or less structured young people, are an expression of actions that push away the goal of peace, most often a not shared objective. The motivations behind the decision to join gangs are diverse. They can range from sharing a model based on the use of violence, to the assimilation of aggressive and oppositional attitudes towards the native society, to the adoption of illegal behaviour also typical of criminal organisations. Over time, the groups, called in diff…
Does country-level gender equality explain individual risk of intimate partner violence against women? A multilevel analysis of individual heterogene…
2019
Abstract Background Gender equality is widely accepted as an important explanatory factor for the occurrence of intimate partner violence (IPV) against women. However, the relationship is not straightforward, as high country-level gender equality is not always associated with lower IPV prevalence. We apply ‘multilevel analysis of individual heterogeneity and discriminatory accuracy’ (MAIHDA) to (i) quantify the extent to which the country of residence determines individual risk of IPV and (ii) investigate the association between country-level gender equality and individual experience of IPV, and to which extent this association explains the observed between-country differences. Methods Usin…
Framing Social Work Discourses of Violence Against Women. Insights From Finland and India
2021
Violence against women (VAW) is a global social problem. In India, its high prevalence is connected to gender inequality, whereas Finland suffers from the so-called Nordic Paradox—that is, the existence of both gender equality and a high prevalence of VAW. This qualitative study employed a critical constructioniist approach and frame analysis to analyze data from interviews with Finnish (n =20) and Mumbai (n =18) social workers. We asked how social workers frame their response to VAW and how ways of framing elucidate institutional practices that facilitate the interventions. Anti-oppressive, juridical, procedural, and collaborational frames revealed institutional practices mirroring how soc…
construcción de una europa más igualitaria desde la protección de las víctimas de violencia de género
2021
El propósito de este artículo es analizar las aristas de la Directiva sobre la Orden Europea de Protección cuando se trata de proteger a las víctimas de violencia de género. El inexistente concepto de víctima de violencia de género dificulta sobremanera el adecuado uso del instrumento y nos muestra cuánta Europa queda por construir. Al final del artículo proponemos la creación de una medida cautelar civil para acercarnos al resto de ordenamientos jurídicos de nuestro entorno y facilitar el reconocimiento mutuo.
Percepción sobre la violencia de género según el nivel educativo y el género
2014
El presente estudio tiene como objetivo comparar diferentes variables relacionadas con la violencia de género entre estudiantes universitarios y de otros niveles educativos y el género. La muestra está formada por 247 estudiantes. Los resultados apuntan diferencias estadísticamente significativas en función del nivel educativo en las variables percepción de los tipos de maltrato, aprobación de la violencia y tolerancia de conductas de riesgo, entre otras. La percepción de los estudiantes no universitarios frente a los universitarios los coloca en una situación de mayor riesgo ante la misma. Con respecto al género las diferencias se dan en algunas formas de actuar y en la percepción de los t…
Gender violence in migration: Voices of migrant women in Sicily
2015
Migrant women constitute a growing reality in Italy, also with reference to violence among family members. In particular, violence endured by the foreign female takes on a character of ‘dual violence,’ the violence experienced within the relationship is supplemented by the violence from the social context, which often isolates her, or even expels her following her ‘coming out into the open.’ The article presents extensive reflections emerging from the results of research carried out in 2012 in Sicily, aiming to explore the experience and perception of family violence and the possible influence of the migratory experience on changes in the forms and implications of family violence. The refle…
Violenza di prossimità
2013
The essay reflects on the effects that the loss of power on the part of the male gender determines today in male-female relationships. Il saggio riflette sugli effetti che la perdita di potere maschile nell'ambito pubblico, determina oggi una sorta di revanche da parte defli stessi all'interno delle relazioni uomo-donna
La evaluación del “Programa de Prevención de la Violencia Estructural en la Familia y en los Centros Escolares” = The evaluation of “Families and Sch…
2014
We present an evaluative study about Families and Schools Structural Violence Prevention Program (FSSVPP), a Scholar Mediation experience that it was implemented in some centres of Secondary School into the Community of Valencia in Spain. In this work, it is used complementary techniques in the information getting process, data analysis and results interpretation. The aim of it, is to find out how was implemented the program in order to make decisions that improve its future editions. The most important conclusions show us that: a) the necessity of this sort of programs in the educational and social context; b) the fundamental supporting of all scholar community in the going on in this kind…
Quality of life of abused older women: moderating influence of coping mechanisms
2019
In 2002, the World Health Organization (WHO) brought global attention to elder abuse and the need for prevention in issuing the Toronto Declaration. With the rise in the proportion of people aged 60 and over, but also the spectacular demographic projections for people aged 80 years and older (globally the number of persons aged 80 and over is expected to triple by 2050), how we age, and how well we age is of great concern. Furthermore, there will be a growing need to protect the most vulnerable older people from harm. For the development of policies and interventions, more insight into this complex phenomenon is required. Therefore, the current chapter examines the effect of abuse on the qu…