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Work, Welfare, and Child Maltreatment
Paxson, Christina H.; Waldfogel, Jane - 2021
This paper examines how child maltreatment is affected by the economic circumstances of parents. 'Child maltreatment' encompasses a wide range of behaviors that adversely affect children. It includes neglect, physical abuse, sexual abuse, and other forms of abuse or neglect. Using state-level...
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The American way of violence
Pinkney, Alphonso - 1972
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Gender-Based Violence Country Profile: Grenada
World Bank - 2023
Though referred to as Grenada, the island state is in fact a collection of three islands - Grenada, Carriacuo, and Petit Martinique, cooperatively governed as Grenada. For the five years prior to the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020, economic growth in Grenada was considered robust. The...
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Gender-Based Violence Country Profile
World Bank - 2023
the gender inequality index. Guyana faces significant challenges in addressing gender-based violence (GBV) and supporting …
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Gender-Based Violence Country Profile: Dominica
World Bank - 2023
The Commonwealth of Dominica (Dominica) is a multiparty unicameral parliamentary democracy. According to data from the 2011 Census, the population has fallen in every census since 1981, standing now at some 73,000 people. As throughout the world, men are more active in the labor force than...
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Gender-Based Violence Country Profile
World Bank - 2023
the tourism industry. Jamaica has a high prevalence of gender-based violence (GBV), with a domestic violence rate that … increased by 15.6 percent in 2022 compared to the previous year. Exposure to violence has been found to have negative … recreational drugs. The Covid-19 pandemic has intensified intimate partner violence (IPV), with a higher percentage of women …
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Gender-Based Violence Country Profile
World Bank - 2023
's progress in economic and social development has been impeded by persistent political instability, surging violence, and record …
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Gender-Based Violence Country Profile
World Bank - 2023
exacerbated the situation, resulting in an increase in reported cases of domestic and intrafamily violence …
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Gender-Based Violence Country Profile
World Bank - 2023
El Salvador has a long history of political and social challenges, including a 12-year civil war that ended in 1992. The country has struggled with high levels of crime, poverty, and inequality, which have hindered its economic and social development. The service sector is an important component...
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Gender-Based Violence Country Profile
World Bank - 2023
living with disabilities, and LGBTQ+ groups. In order to address violence and discrimination against women and girls in …
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