“The Little Money I Get Is Used to Buy Drugs”: A Qualitative Exploration of the Economic Cost of Intimate Partner Violence for Female Survivors in Ghana

Empirical research confirms the economic costs of intimate partner violence (IPV) for women. Yet, scholarship on this topic is lacking in Ghana, where IPV against women is commonplace. We used in-depth interviews with 15 female survivors of IPV in the Eastern Region to examine the economic costs of...

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VerfasserInnen: Apatinga, Gervin Ane (Verfasst von) ; Tenkorang, Eric Y. (Verfasst von)
Medienart: Elektronisch Aufsatz
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 2024
In: Violence against women
Jahr: 2024, Band: 30, Heft: 14, Seiten: 3498-3514
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Violence
Women
Ghana
economic cost
Africa
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Zusammenfassung:Empirical research confirms the economic costs of intimate partner violence (IPV) for women. Yet, scholarship on this topic is lacking in Ghana, where IPV against women is commonplace. We used in-depth interviews with 15 female survivors of IPV in the Eastern Region to examine the economic costs of IPV for women. Findings showed that the economic costs were both direct and indirect. Direct costs included out-of-pocket payments for medical and nonmedical services, while indirect costs included diminished work abilities, increased absenteeism from work, and lowered work productivity. Ghanaian policymakers must enforce and strengthen policies to prevent violence against women.
ISSN:1552-8448
DOI:10.1177/10778012231182408