This paper studies the effect of female political representation on violence against women. Using a Regression … leads to a reduction in episodes of gender violence. The effect is particularly strong when focusing on incidents of … domestic violence, when the aggressor is the ex-husband/boyfriend, and when victims experienced sexual violence. The evidence …

impoverished neighborhood, I examine the everyday violence and the responses of the population. Due to the deficient infrastructure …

Although women?s police centers have been gaining popularity as a measure to address domestic violence, to date no … quantitative evaluations of their impacts on the incidence of domestic violence or any other manifestations of gender equality have … most severe form of domestic violence. Given that a high fraction of female deaths among women ages 15 to 49 years can be …

Building on previous studies, this article provides a brief overview of the prevalence and patterns of violence against … femicide and other gender-based violence, examines statistics that show these efforts have not effectively reduced levels of … violence or impunity, and analyzes the principal barriers to effective implementation of the laws. In the end, the article …