...Avanish Bhai Patel Purpose Women are being victimized sexually everywhere today, whether it is at home or office. Women are targeted for molestation, eve-teasing, and rape and sometimes they are murdered after rape. The objective of the present study is to understand the trend of sexual abuse...

... cases formed from the practical evidence of five developing countries. Design/methodology/approach The authors interviewed 15 women from five countries who were the victims of IPV during the early periods of Covid-19 outbreak. Due to geographical remoteness, the authors conducted informal telephone...

...Ahmed Mohammed Al-Rantisi; Ola Usama Faraj Purpose In the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, many countries, including Palestine, implemented lockdown rules. These measures slowed the outbreak of the coronavirus, and because of the poor management of the Palestinian government in dealing with women’s...

...Sajida Parveen; Bilal Ahmad; Tahira Iram; Yasir Rasool Purpose The purpose of this study is to explore the dynamics behind the violence against the share of women in their inherited land. This study explores the subject matter from the perspective of actual victims and law experts in the domain...

...Anita Jahid Purpose The pandemic situation has increased the domestic violence rate against women and children significantly around the world. However, it is difficult to measure the accurate rate of increased domestic violence because of restrictions and limited mobility in accessing help...

...Julie McGarry; Basharat Hussain; Kim Watts Purpose In the UK, the Identification and Referral to Improve Safety (IRIS) initiative has been developed for use within primary care to support women survivors of domestic violence and abuse (DVA). However, while evaluated nationally, less is known...

...Jehangir Bharucha; Rita Khatri Purpose In India, women feel unsafe particularly in public spaces and single women feel threatened in almost every context ( Nag, 2016 ). The purpose of this paper is to examine women’s safety in the metropolitan city of Mumbai and argue that we need to address...

...Liesbeth De Donder; Gert Lang; Minna‐Liisa Luoma; Bridget Penhale; José Ferreira Alves; Ilona Tamutiene; Ana J. Santos; Mira Koivusilta; Edith Enzenhofer; Sirkka Perttu; Tiina Savola; Dominique Verté Purpose This article aims to explore the perpetrators of abuse among older women living...

... a three‐year period in a medium secure psychiatric setting for women. It focuses on incident type, the characteristics of victims and perpetrators and safeguarding processes, including protection strategies. The action implications of the findings are discussed with reference to the unique feature...

...Rita Hirani Powerhouse is unique in that it is the UK's first and only safe house for abused women with learning difficulties. It was originally formed so that women with learning difficulties at risk of being abused could access a safe and supportive place to stay. This was the Powerhouse refuge...

...Michelle McCarthy The research reported here examines the experiences of women with learning disabilities who have lived at the only specialist refuge available in this country. A full description of the specialist refuge is given and lessons drawn for other learning disability service providers...