information on the prevalence of spousal abuse and threats of violence against women. Constructing comparable groups of …This paper provides evidence of the long-term relationship between male-to-female spousal violence and the … importantly, the role that marital selection and the diffusion of norms rejecting intimate partner violence may play in explaining …

Violence has a striking gender pattern. Men are more likely to be attacked by a stranger, while women experience … violence mostly from their partners. This paper estimates the costs of violence against women in terms of intangible outcomes … that physical violence against women is strongly associated with their marital status because it increases the divorce or …

Violence against women (VAW) is only beginning to be recognized as a major societal problem within and across Asia …. This is evidenced by the high level of self-reporting by men and women of sexual violence and domestic violence in recent … UN surveys; the extremely low conviction rates for these forms of violence; the slow, partial or non-adoption of anti …

processes in three Asian countries (China, India and Indonesia) and on three different issues: violence against women, domestic …This paper aims to understand how policy change for women's rights occurs, and what factors and conditions facilitate … explores the range of actors that mobilize for/against gender equality policy change, with a particular focus on women …

Every day, three women are murdered in the United States by a current or former partner. Yet policy action to prevent … gender-based violence has been limited. Previous studies have highlighted the effect of female political representation on … crimes against women in the developing world. This paper investigates whether the election of a female politician reduces the …