Rachel Jewkes, Emma Fulu, Ruchira Tabassam Naved, Esnat Chirwa et al.
BACKGROUND: Understanding the past-year prevalence of male-perpetrated intimate partner violence (IPV) and risk factors is essential for building evidence-based prevention and monitoring progress to Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 5.2, but so far, population-based research on this remains very li...
Andrew Gibbs, Kristin Dunkle, Leane Ramsoomar, Samantha Willan et al.
Background: Understanding the drivers of intimate partner violence (IPV), perpetrated by men and experienced by women, is a critical task for developing effective prevention programmes.Objectives: To provide a comprehensive assessment of the drivers of IPV.Methods: A comprehensive review of the driv...
Md. Mosfequr Rahman, Md. Aminul Hoque, S. Makinoda
Syed Masud Ahmed
This paper explores the association between microcredit-based development programmes and domestic violence against women perpetrated by their husbands. A sub-set of cross-sectional data collected in 1999 from 60 BRAC-ICDDR,B study villages in Matlab, Bangladesh, was used. Data were analyzed to chara...
Anita Raj, Jay G. Silverman
OBJECTIVES: to identify the prevalence of male-perpetrated intimate partner violence (IPV) against South Asian women (Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, Sri Lankan, Bhutanese, Nepalese, Maldive Islanders) residing in Greater Boston; to identify forms of abuse, abuse-related injuries, and help-seeking b...
Jay G. Silverman, Michele R. Decker, Nitin Kapur, Jhumka Gupta et al.
OBJECTIVE: To assess the relationship between men's reported violence against wives and their sexual risk behaviours and sexual health. DESIGN, SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS: Cross-sectional analyses of a survey of a nationally representative household-based sample of married men in Bangladesh (n = 3096)...
Kathryn M. Yount, AliceAnn Crandall, Yuk Fai Cheong, Theresa L. Osypuk et al.
Child marriage (before age 18) is a risk factor for intimate partner violence (IPV) against women. Worldwide, Bangladesh has the highest prevalence of IPV and very early child marriage (before age 15). How the community prevalence of very early child marriage influences a woman's risk of IPV is unkn...
Bushra Sabri, Michelle Simonet, Jacquelyn C. Campbell
OBJECTIVES: Limited research exists on multilevel influences of intimate partner violence (IPV) among immigrant groups in the United States, particularly South Asians. Using a socioecological framework, this study examined risk and protective factors of IPV among a diverse group of South Asian immig...
Ruchira Tabassum Naved, Tabassum Rahman, Samantha Willan, Rachel Jewkes et al.
The ways in which women's engagement in paid work shapes their experiences of violence in the home and workplace is widely debated, particularly in Bangladesh, but rarely considered together. We undertook 23 in-depth interviews with female garment workers living in slums in Bangladesh, and nine inte...
Md. Jahirul Islam, Lisa Broidy, Kathleen Baird, Paul Mazerolle
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Intimate partner violence (IPV) around the time of pregnancy is a serious public health concern and is known to have an adverse effect on perinatal mental health. In order to craft appropriate and effective interventions, it is important to understand how the association b...
Abbas Bhuiya, Tamanna Sharmin, Syed Manzoor Ahmed Hanifi
This paper reports finding from a study carried out in a remote rural area of Bangladesh during December 2000. Nineteen key informants were interviewed for collecting data on domestic violence against women. Each key informant provided information about 10 closest neighbouring ever-married women cov...
Shalini Roy, Mélissa Hidrobo, John Hoddinott, Akhter Ahmed
Abstract Transfer programs have been shown to reduce intimate partner violence (IPV), but little evidence exists on how activities linked to transfers affect IPV or what happens when programs end. We assess postprogram impacts on IPV of randomly assigning women in Bangladesh to receive cash or food,...
William Sambisa, Gustavo Ángeles, Peter Lance, Ruchira Tabassum Naved et al.
This study explores the prevalence and correlates of past-year physical violence against women in slum and nonslum areas of urban Bangladesh. The authors use multivariate logistic regression to analyze data from the 2006 Urban Health Survey, a population-based survey of 9,122 currently married women...
Sidney Ruth Schuler, Sohela Nazneen
Studies addressing the relationship between women's empowerment and intimate partner violence (IPV) have yielded conflicting findings. Some suggest that women’s economic and social empowerment is associated with an increased risk of intimate partner violence (IPV), arguably because men use often IPV...
Mosiur Rahman, Keiko Nakamura, Kaoruko Seino, Masashi Kizuki
BACKGROUND: Data from a statewide survey in India and clinic-based studies in developed settings have previously suggested an association between maternal physical intimate partner violence (IPV) experiences and the low use of antenatal care (ANC). This study aimed to explore the association between...