Gender discrimination manifests itself as violence in the family, community, and society. It takes the forms of female … foeticide, female infanticide, abuse of the girl child, social harassment, mental torture, physical violence, and cruelty … affecting body and mind of women. The present study attempts to examine the causes and extent of domestic violence as well as …

The paper presents gender-based violence and theories its causes and correlates; it then reviews global information on … the prevalence of gender-based violence against women and its health consequences. The national context on gender … coexistence of indicators of high status with a relatively high prevalence of gender-based violence. [URL …

address gender inequality and more effectively combat HIV and AIDS. …

In this study attempt has been made to link the gender differences in parental resource allocation in demand for … education at primary, secondary and tertiary level of education to gender differences in returns to education in these …