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    Women’s empowerment as a protective factor against intimate partner violence in Bangladesh: a qualitative exploration of the process and limitations of its influence

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    2017-08
    Publisher
    © 2016 SAGE Publications Inc.
    Author
    Schuler, Sidney Ruth
    Lenzi, Rachel
    Badal, Shamsul Huda
    Bates, Lisa Michelle
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    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10361/9494
    Citation
    Schuler, S. R., Lenzi, R., Badal, S. H., & Bates, L. M. (2017). Women’s empowerment as a protective factor against intimate partner violence in bangladesh: A qualitative exploration of the process and limitations of its influence. Violence Against Women, 23(9), 1100-1121. 10.1177/1077801216654576
    Abstract
    Literature on the relationship between intimate partner violence (IPV) against women and women’s empowerment is contradictory. Findings from a recent survey in rural Bangladesh suggest that empowerment is becoming protective even though IPV rates remain high. We construct qualitative case studies exploring factors and social processes underlying relationships between empowerment and IPV in four villages. Empowerment may be protective against IPV in the aggregate, but this relationship can be subverted at the micro level. Interventions are needed to reinforce the potential of empowerment to reduce IPV and counteract factors such as geographic isolation and limited employment opportunities that inhibit empowerment.
    Keywords
    Bangladesh; Chemical binding; Employment; Empowerment; Gender; Human; Partner violence
     
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    This article was published in the Violence Against Women [© 2016 The Author(s) ] and the definite version is available at: https://doi.org/10.1177/1077801216654576 The Article's website is at: http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1077801216654576
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    http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1077801216654576
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    https://doi.org/10.1177/1077801216654576
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    BRAC Institute of Governance and Development, BRAC University
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