Taking The Next Step To Stop Woman Abuse

Author : Linda MacLeod
Publisher : National Clearinghouse
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 56 pages
Book Rating : 4.6Q/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Taking the Next Step to Stop Woman Abuse written by Linda MacLeod and published by National Clearinghouse. This book was released on 1996 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report suggests that recognition of violence against women as a health issue, as well as the central involvement and contribution of the health sector, is critical to bringing about change in order to eliminate violence. Evidence is cited regarding the use of health services by abused women and their desire for services to respond to their full range of needs, not those just directly related to abuse. A brief historical overview shows the evolution of the responses to women abuse across Canada, from a primary emphasis on treatment and intervention in the 1970s to a health promotion emphasis in recent years. The report then examines violence against women in the context of two approaches: one considering all conditions that contribute to health (a population health model) and another that looks at violence prevention as a critical issue for promoting health (a health promotion model). Some 30 projects funded by Health Canada are analyzed to explore what has been learned and what tools are available to meet current challenges.

Author : Institute of Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309211549
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Preventing Violence Against Women and Children written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2011-09-12 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Violence against women and children is a serious public health concern, with costs at multiple levels of society. Although violence is a threat to everyone, women and children are particularly susceptible to victimization because they often have fewer rights or lack appropriate means of protection. In some societies certain types of violence are deemed socially or legally acceptable, thereby contributing further to the risk to women and children. In the past decade research has documented the growing magnitude of such violence, but gaps in the data still remain. Victims of violence of any type fear stigmatization or societal condemnation and thus often hesitate to report crimes. The issue is compounded by the fact that for women and children the perpetrators are often people they know and because some countries lack laws or regulations protecting victims. Some of the data that have been collected suggest that rates of violence against women range from 15 to 71 percent in some countries and that rates of violence against children top 80 percent. These data demonstrate that violence poses a high burden on global health and that violence against women and children is common and universal. Preventing Violence Against Women and Children focuses on these elements of the cycle as they relate to interrupting this transmission of violence. Intervention strategies include preventing violence before it starts as well as preventing recurrence, preventing adverse effects (such as trauma or the consequences of trauma), and preventing the spread of violence to the next generation or social level. Successful strategies consider the context of the violence, such as family, school, community, national, or regional settings, in order to determine the best programs.

Author : Charlie Donaldson
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1592859631
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Stop Hurting the Woman You Love written by Charlie Donaldson and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2010-06-28 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A first-ever how-to book to help abusive men change their behavior by changing their thinking. End the cycle of abuse - for good. Authors Charlie Donaldson, Randy Flood and Elaine Eldridge uncover a proven action plan that violent men can use to change their behavior. Filled with insightful questionnaires and actual case histories, the essential how-to book Stop Hurting the Woman You Love, will help end abusive patterns in favor of healthier, happier relationships.

Author : Council of Europe
Publisher : Council of Europe
ISBN 13 : 9287179743
Total Pages : 62 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence - A tool to end female genital mutilation written by Council of Europe and published by Council of Europe. This book was released on 2014-12-01 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This guide, produced jointly by Amnesty International and the Council of Europe, aims at helping design policies and measures to better address female genital mutilation and to pave the way for change. It is based on the Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence (also known as the Istanbul Convention), which entered into force in August 2014. The Istanbul Convention is the first treaty to recognise that female genital mutilation exists in Europe and that it needs to be systematically addressed (Article 38 of the Convention). It requires states parties to step up preventive measures by addressing affected communities, as well as the general public and relevant professionals. It entails obligations to offer protection and support when women and girls at risk need it most – and makes sure that their needs and their safety always come first.

Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309175836
Total Pages : 237 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Understanding Violence Against Women written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1996-06-07 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Violence against women is one factor in the growing wave of alarm about violence in American society. High-profile cases such as the O.J. Simpson trial call attention to the thousands of lesser-known but no less tragic situations in which women's lives are shattered by beatings or sexual assault. The search for solutions has highlighted not only what we know about violence against women but also what we do not know. How can we achieve the best understanding of this problem and its complex ramifications? What research efforts will yield the greatest benefit? What are the questions that must be answered? Understanding Violence Against Women presents a comprehensive overview of current knowledge and identifies four areas with the greatest potential return from a research investment by increasing the understanding of and responding to domestic violence and rape: What interventions are designed to do, whom they are reaching, and how to reach the many victims who do not seek help. Factors that put people at risk of violence and that precipitate violence, including characteristics of offenders. The scope of domestic violence and sexual assault in America and its conequences to individuals, families, and society, including costs. How to structure the study of violence against women to yield more useful knowledge. Despite the news coverage and talk shows, the real fundamental nature of violence against women remains unexplored and often misunderstood. Understanding Violence Against Women provides direction for increasing knowledge that can help ameliorate this national problem.

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Publisher : Council of Europe
ISBN 13 : 9287174075
Total Pages : 150 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence and explanatory report, Istanbul (Turkey) 11.V.2011, CETS No. 210 written by and published by Council of Europe. This book was released on 2012-04-11 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence (CETS No. 210) is the first legally binding instrument to address violence against women and domestic violence in Europe. It contains a wide range of obligations aiming to prevent violence, protect its victims, prosecute the perpetrators, implement co-ordinated policies and promote international co-operation. It also envisages a monitoring mechanism. The convention recognises violence against women as a violation of human rights and is a major step forward in achieving gender equality in law and in fact.

Author : Amnesty International
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 140 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book It's in Our Hands written by Amnesty International and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and Labor. Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Preventing Child Abuse and Improving Responses to Families in Crisis written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and Labor. Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Ann Jones
Publisher : Beacon Press (MA)
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Next Time, She'll be Dead written by Ann Jones and published by Beacon Press (MA). This book was released on 1994 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "We take for granted our right to freedom from bodily harm. But every year in America, nearly four million women are beaten by their husbands or lovers. Every day, four women are killed. And who deprives these women of their constitutional right? We do." "Despite shelters, support groups, and advocacy programs, the abuse of women in this country is worse than ever. Judges refuse to punish batterers, doctors send battered women home with tranquilizers, journalists describe murdered wives and girlfriends as victims of "tragic love." And too many friends and neighbors simply stand by, asking "Why doesn't she just leave?" when in fact women do leave in vast numbers, braving the loss of everything, and they are still beaten, raped, and murdered after they have gone." "In her powerful new book, best-selling author Ann Jones explains how we unwittingly encourage violence against women in America and how we can change our ways. She exposes the dangerous stereotypes we all share, habits of mind that warp our views and skew our responses to male violence against women. Unlike other studies of domestic violence that focus mainly on battered women, this book looks at the attitudes and institutions that foster the problem. Citing numerous recent cases, Jones shows that judges, police, journalists, doctors, psychiatrists, social workers, clergy, academic "experts," and even many feminists still hold women responsible for appeasing men and absorbing their violence. Compelling chapters show how America's legal system denies women's rights, leaving women unprotected. Jones takes a hard look at the language we use when we talk about men beating women - language that tends to shift the blame to women and exonerate the men who beat them. She shows us how pop psychology and pop culture - movies, songs, TV shows - confuse anger and violence with love, implying that assault in a "domestic" setting is somehow different, somehow tolerable, and still somehow women's fault." "Next Time, She'll Be Dead is an urgent call to action. Ann Jones offers us new ways to think about the assault upon women in this country. Her conclusion gives specific, comprehensive suggestions for what the criminal justice system, the medical and mental health establishments, the schools, the clergy, the media, and every one of us can do to acknowledge and champion the absolute right of women to be free from bodily harm."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Author : Donna Denham
Publisher : National Clearinghouse
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 72 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Two Steps Forward-- One Step Back written by Donna Denham and published by National Clearinghouse. This book was released on 1999 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: