Gender-based violence: social implications for health
"The central issue of this volume is violence against women and young girls as part of symbolic or systemic violence, overt or subtle, and its impact on their health and general well-being. Recognised as a determinant of health, violence has been aptly described as a silent epidemic affecting w...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Bruxelles Berlin Chennai Lausanne New York Oxford
Peter Lang
[2025]
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| In: | Year: 2025 |
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| Parallel Edition: | Non-electronic
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| Summary: | "The central issue of this volume is violence against women and young girls as part of symbolic or systemic violence, overt or subtle, and its impact on their health and general well-being. Recognised as a determinant of health, violence has been aptly described as a silent epidemic affecting women not only in Europe but globally. This book aims to provide an additional platform for discussing the issue of violence against women and young girls, with a particular focus on its impact on health. The central question of this volume is the nature of interdisciplinary studies of gender violence, bringing together sociologists, lawyers, psychologists, anthropologists and biologists"-- |
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| Physical Description: | 1 Online-Ressource (144 Seiten), Illustrationen |
| ISBN: | 9783034355100 9783034355117 |
| DOI: | 10.3726/b22481 |