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 …

violence. The phenomenon is observed in many countries, including in Brazil, despite its robust legal framework to prevent and … protect women from domestic violence. Through qualitative research, this paper explores the experience of women survivors of … violence against women (VAW) in seeking help to exit abusive relationships, with the aim of identifying avenues to strengthen …

the relationship between the presence of domestic violence legislation and women-to-men adult mortality rates. Using panel … data for about 95 economies between 1990 and 2012, the analysis finds that having domestic violence legislation leads to … lower women-to-men adult mortality rates. According to conservative estimations, domestic violence legislation would have …

models and empirical evidence suggest that working can increase a woman's risk of suffering domestic violence. Using a … dataset collected in peri-urban Dhaka, this analysis documents a positive correlation between work and domestic violence. This … with a theoretical model in which a woman with low bargaining power can face increased risk of domestic violence upon …