Emma Fulu, Rachel Jewkes, Tim Roselli, Claudia García‐Moreno
BACKGROUND: Male perpetration of intimate partner violence (IPV) is under-researched. In this Article, we present data for the prevalence of, and factors associated with, male perpetration of IPV from the UN Multi-country Cross-sectional Study on Men and Violence in Asia and the Pacific. We aimed to...
Emma Fulu, Stephanie Spaid Miedema, Tim Roselli, Sarah McCook et al.
BACKGROUND: Although childhood trauma and violence against women are global public health issues, few population-based data from low-income and middle-income countries exist about the links between them. We present data from the UN Multi-country Study on Men and Violence in Asia and the Pacific, exp...
Rachel Jewkes, Emma Fulu, Tim Roselli, Claudia García‐Moreno
BACKGROUND: Rape perpetration is under-researched. In this study, we aimed to describe the prevalence of, and factors associated with, male perpetration of rape of non-partner women and of men, and the reasons for rape, from nine sites in Asia and the Pacific across six countries: Bangladesh, China,...
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...
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...
Ruchira Tabassum Naved, Mahfuz Al Mamun, Kausar Parvin, Samantha Willan et al.
Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a huge public health, development and human rights issue worldwide. Despite the fact that working women in patriarchal contexts commonly report higher level of IPV, literature on this subject is still scanty. This paper assessed the magnitude of different types of ...
Kausar Parvin, Mahfuz Al Mamun, Andrew Gibbs, Rachel Jewkes et al.
BACKGROUND: The prevalence of intimate partner violence (IPV) is high (54%) in Bangladesh. Moreover, female garment workers report higher rates of IPV and are also vulnerable to workplace violence (WPV). Experience of violence puts women at increased risk of developing depressive symptoms, which are...
Andrew Gibbs, Rachel Jewkes, Samantha Willan, Mahfuz Al Mamun et al.
Workplace violence (WPV) is widely reported in the Bangladeshi garment industry, impacting women workers' health and wellbeing. We explore factors associated with female workers experience or witnessing of WPV and perpetration by managers, in eight Bangladeshi garment factories. We hypothesise worke...
Anne‐Marie Laslett, Kathryn Graham, Ingrid M. Wilson, Sandra Kuntsche et al.
BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Although men's alcohol misuse and less gender-equitable attitudes have been identified as risks for perpetration of intimate partner violence (IPV), less is known about how men's gender-equitable attitudes and drinking act together to increase risk of IPV. This study aimed to as...
Mahfuz Al Mamun, Kausar Parvin, Marat Yu, Jessica Wan et al.
BACKGROUND: Women in Bangladesh experience high rates of Intimate Partner Violence (IPV). IPV is more prevalent against income earning women compared to their non-earning counterparts, and Workplace Violence (WPV) is also common. Such violence is a violation of women's rights, and also constrains th...
Ruchira Tabassum Naved, Mahfuz Al Mamun, Kausar Parvin, Samantha Willan et al.
Background: Intimate partner violence (IPV) and workplace violence (WPV) against women are widespread globally, and we set out to establish whether an intervention on gender-transformative programming delivered to Bangladeshi garment factory workers could reduce women’s experience of IPV and WPV. We...
Rachel Jewkes, Ruchira Tabassum Naved, Naeemah Abrahams, Nwabisa Shai et al.
Trauma exposure and witnessing intimate partner violence (IPV) in childhood are recognised risk factors for IPV. Using the UN Multi-country Study on Men and Violence in Asia and the Pacific dataset, we describe the pathways through which they influence adult IPV perpetration. In nine sites, from six...
H.H. Gutbrod, Aaron Erlich
The recent study by Rachel Jewkes and colleagues in The Lancet Global Health—“Prevalence of and factors associated with non-partner rape perpetration: findings from the UN Multi-country Cross-sectional Study on Men and Violence in Asia and the Pacific”1Jewkes R Fulu E Roselli T et al.Prevalence of a...
Kausar Parvin, Mahfuz Al Mamun, Andrew Gibbs, Rachel Jewkes et al.
Rate of Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) is high (54%) in Bangladesh. Moreover, female garments workers reports higher rate of IPV and are vulnerable to different forms workplace violence (WPV). Experience of violence put women at increased risk of developing depressive symptoms which is related with...